Ruhk
Ruh Island by Naelin
Demography
The native population of Ruh is made entirely of scaly societarians. Though this trait is shared with the island of Karte, the phenotypes that present in each island differ, notably with iguanids and tuataras only being found in Ruh, while crocodilians and turtles are only present in Karte.Diplomacy
Contrary to the other islands in the Haan Archipelago, the Ruhk don't form a singular soveirgn country, and are instead formed by many city states with their own rules and territories.When the people of Ruh need to act as one for matters of emergency or foreign policy, representatives of each city-state meet in the largest city, Cyan Stone, which led many foreigners to consider it their "capital".
Flag of Stunveldt
During several hundreds of years, the Stunveldti had their borders closed to everyone but the nation of Ruh, making the Ruhk the privileged nation with access to both foreign trade and a great amount of teobrew products.
Genders & Social Roles
The Ruhk follow the most common arrangement of genders and social roles in the archipelago, recognising four genders: neutral, woman, man and shifting. As the physical aptitudes of scalies depend much more on their phenotype than their sex or gender, gender roles are less tied to work than they are in places like Stunveldt or Dhalmain, and instead are associated to life dynamics.Clothing
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Naming Twice
On the day of their 24th birthday, every Ruhk goes through their naming ceremony where the RuhRic of their village will announce the person's definitive name after extensive analysis of their characteristics and achievements. This definitive name is formed by the person's pronoun, a verb and then a modifier.
This verb is chosen from an idea or concept linked to the person, which the village's RuhRic will explain during the ceremony, and is known as the person's "Character", which they use in their daily life.
The Cyan Stone
The stone gives the nation the colour of its flag, as well as the name of Cyan Stone City their most important city-state.
Looking at the sky
The "Stargazers", as their followers were called, believed the dogma that the stars are the only thing "granted", understanding everything else as ephemeral except for them.
The Cult of the Stars is believed to have started its downfall in 1356 E.Alz with the death of the star Vulkenar in a supernova that caused a great fracture in the beliefs and faith of the stargazers. Despite the religious basis being mostly abandoned today, astronomy is still considered an important and noble profession, with the best knowledge in astronomy coming from this island and its many observatories, the largest and most recent of which is the Cyan Tower of the Stars in Cyan Stone City, repurposed from its previous use as the home of the RuhRic's family before The High Rust destroyed the top half of the building. This area of science created an important diplomatic connection between the Ruhk and the followers of Primarite, the "Law of Space" in the Autonomist religion of the Dhalmanite people to the northwest.
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I love their naming traditions so much. <3
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