CULTURE
It is up to your group to decide if you all hail from the same clan or met while travelling far from home. In the former case, you should work with the GM and other players to envision what your home culture may be like. Three sample cultures are provided below.

GENDER
You may depict your character's gender however you wish. Your choice has no mechanical effects. In some tribes, gender may be completely meaningless. In others, gender may hold strong spiritual or, in rare cases, vocational implications. In such tribes, those who blur the boundaries that might constrain male and female often hold sacred positions.


The Dawn Clans of the Plains

“The encroaching Winter will not cow us from the lands of our ancestors. We will build our
cairns higher, grow our feasts sweeter and forge our tools sharper until the great Sun Spirit himself envies us. Then he will see that we among his children are worthy.”

The plains familiar to these dusky folk would feel oppressively alien to many cultures. Dotted with enticing plants, tempered beasts, and deep-rooted structures of unearthly stone;
the inhabitants see more of their own crafts reflected in such lands than of the Earth herself.

The honored few emissaries who roam these rippling plains carry the Sun’s booming authority and a secret, whispered fear-- that Dawnfolk rituals draw power not from the spirits but some deeper, more ancient entity far from home on this Earth.



D20 Male Name     Female Name     Title
1.   Abzof          Annaya     The Eldest
2.    Anshar         Bau
3.   Babilsh         Bel       of the Field
4.   Bazra          Bishka
5.    Charax       Gudea       the Fighter
6.   Geshtin       Ig-Alima
7.    Harran       Kassa       The Hunted
8.   Iry-Hor        Kesh
9.    Ishtur        Mani      the Outsider
10.    Ka           Nani
11.   Kalhu          Ninki-Ga    Rocksplitter
12.   Kattu          Ninli
13.   Kushim         Nusku       the Younger
14.   Limer          Siliel
15.   Lisin         Ur-Baba       the Tusked
16.     Narmer        Utu
17.   Ningo          Tolla         Whelpminder
18.  Tuk-Tuk        Uketti
19.   Gattlo         Kelek        the Wise
20.  Glash          Akkali




The Totem Clans of the Valleys

“Within every cave. Beneath every canopy. Rushing through every ford. Countless tribes of
Earthen spirits have lived here far longer than we have, and will endure long after we are
forgotten. Honor a totem spirit, trust their part in the Great Cycle, and they will bless you with all the wisdom and strength of their kind.”

Dotting high mountain peaks and secluded gullies, sacred ley crossings are marked by the
majestic trees of the spirits. Tending to their blessed carvings are the midwitches,
unquestioned creatures who walk the line between Human and Other.

With flesh like icy peaks and eyes of barren stone, expectant valleyborn brave untold
horizons to birth beneath the tree of a trusted spirit. Such a journey is only the child’s first harrowing migration. Those rare few children who survive their 12th winter rightfully earn the title of Man, Woman or Sekhet- and don their guiding totem’s mask forever.


D20 Ungendered
       Name           Totem
1.   Athra         The wise raven
2.    Bahva         the keen wolf
3.   Brakh’La       the strong auroch
4.   Brei          the stoic mouflon
5.    Dh’Gath       the powerful bear
6.   Dh'Ver          the swift rabbit
7.    Dyahf          the graceful elk
8.    Dyauga        the ferocious hyaena
9.   Guk          the indomitable rhino
10.   Hegohm        the distant hawk
11.   Hgara          the conniving lynx
12.   Kheer         the willful boar
13.   Kiva          the daring ibex
14.  Le’Ath        the elusive mouse
15.  Lisshu        the titanic sloth
16.   Metihr     the watchful owl
17.   Ngava      the enduring mammoth
18.  Reilaf        the majestic oak
19.  Swesra        the jealous polecat
20. Va'Shah       a creature you have only ever seen in dreams and omens…




The Blood Clan of the Mists

“Blood is the living essence that flows through all things. Do not spill the blood of one you do not wish as eternal kin; whose story you do not want your children’s children to carry. Choose your path now, and know that every decision is equal. Embrace all you have made, but take none for granted.”

The scarlet gloom of the deepest forests hide many secrets. The fearsome Blood Clan are
one such enigma; their breath in perfect harmony with the swaying shadows that conceal
them. Every nomad’s body is a tool; a canvas adorned by the blood and bone of their kin.
The bravest among them hunt memories; every moment a morsel to feed the dreams of their
descendants. Sometimes they dream of their own ancestors. Other times, lives that joined
their ancestors in ritual. Ritual visits are a harrowing weight to bear-- for that is the way of the Ritual of Blood.



D20    Male Name    Female Name    Ancestral Memory
1.     Ardgal         Boudi          A first kill
2.     Bebbin          N'chi
3.     Blasga         Duisa        A violent betrayal
4.     Bren         Falla
5.    Cadoc          Ghala        Chanting and music
6.    Corma          Graine
7.    Cynro           Ilda         A tree’s steady breath
8.    Drust         Kitli
9.    Eegan          Keerh          A forbidden discovery
10.   Fahda          Leeani
11.   Fihon          Liara          A strange spiritual ritual that went wrong
12.   Galchor       Malmorda
13.   Kahas           Ogmi           A battle at dawn
14.  Katigen         Sorna
15.  Keamo           Suive           A fireside story at midwinter
16.   Mahgam          Una
17. Nuall            Laeth           Starvation and loneliness
18.  Ongar           Nyam
19.  Rearg         Usmei              A strange dreamlike journey
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