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FOUNDATION: CULTURES

The second part of determining any Beanutian’s identity is their Culture.

For most people, their Culture consists of the combined circumstances of their surroundings during their formative years, and in some cases the most influential time in their life. This includes the Land they consider home, the people they consider family, and the ideals and traditions they hold fast to.

Within The Beanut Lands, the vast and varied cultures are innumerable. For the purposes of roleplay, however, our historians have divided them into a distinctive list of thirty-three unique, dynamic cultures which will provide any player with a clear understanding of their character’s upbringing. There are three native cultures for each of the ten Species of the world, as well as three additional cultures representing the “melting pot” of diversity in the Crownlands, which have been heavily inspired by many cultures from around the world.

Kartaki

Torgali Native Culture

The people that live amongst the dense networks of rivers and towers around the source of the Kartakaum River, primarily densely localized around the city towers of Kartakai.

Home Land

Torgalia (Urban)
– Kartakai City
– Kartakaum River Valley

Tenkabi

Torgali Native Culture

This represents a large population of the people in Torgalia and the surrounding Wilds. They all share traditional Torgali values borne of survival.

Home Land

Torgalia (Rural/Isolated)

Upland Reach

Ma-Pak-Kura Wilds,

Elder Fang Mountains

Nettle Forest (Rural/Isolated)

Mau’kali

Torgali Native Culture

People who live in the tropical southern and eastern coastlines, islands, and marshes known as the “Edgelands”.

Home Land

Torgalia (Rural)
– Coastal Edgelands

Stonefoot

Torgali Non-Native Moniker

People who were born or raised with a non-native culture are often referred to with a moniker such as this. While these monikers are primarily started by the native people of their ancestral homelands, it is often used world-wide as an honorific term in polite conversation, in lieu of referring directly to a person’s species or appearance.

Oasin

Canzian Native Culture

A never-ending cavalcade of various nomadic clans whose lives and livelihoods revolve around the mysterious Wandering Oasis

Home Land

Canzia
– The Wandering Oasis

Hinlands
– Poshan
– Willory Steppes

Mkase

Canzian Native Culture

The rough-living ridgelanders, highlanders, and canyon dwellers of the most punishing, arid, southern regions of the Beanut Lands.

Home Land

Canzia
– The Red Highlands
– Rafriac Region
– Barren Borderlands

Ukamimba

Canzian Native Culture

Primarily residing on the southeastern coasts of Canzia, the Ukamimba have developed a special relationship with their spiritual selves. They often endeavor to reach beyond the physical world, even if it comes at a cost.

Home Land

Canzia
– Southern Coastlands
– Red Highlands

The Brittle Break
– Starspires
– Brittle Bay

Silkskin

Canzian Non-Native Moniker

Altoval

Lovalian Native Culture

While the comfortable and cultured Altoval live in the shadow of the Golden Days of Lovalia, they still honor timeless traditions of their elders and provide a heavy influence on the world’s educational systems, historical records, and the arts.

Home Land

Lovalia (Urban)
– Poraval
– Whistling Steppes
– Toremound
– Pine Cove
– Muspelheim
– Oakenheim

Greunval

Lovalian Native Culture

Regardless of Lovalia’s political rise and decline, the Greunval have always been the same: hardworking folks who value the small blessings of the rural areas of Lovalia, when the cold season is over. Many Greunval communities revolve around carpentry, masonry, and other crafts that make expert use of Lovalia’s unique natural resources.

Home Land

Lovalia (Rural)
– Toremound
– Pine Cove
– Oakenheim
– Vorn
– Brumi
– Whistling Steppes

Norloval

Lovalian Native Culture

The Norlovalian people spend their lives without flair or fashion, instead finding value within themselves. Enduring the harsh frozen Wastes, Mountains, and icy waters of the deep north, these people are often found in rapt contemplation and reflection.

Home Land

Lovalia (Isolated)
– Aurgelmir Mountains
– White Wastes

Bearded Crescent

Nettle Forest
– Northern Tundra

Southlander

Lovalian Non-Native Moniker

Danuvican

Dawi Native Culture

Danuvicans value personal achievement and advancement above all else. Raised to honor both physical regimens and educational routine, the Danuvicans are taught that stricture breeds excellence. Their unique ways of military and educational training has proven extremely effective against the standards of the wider world, but often causes them to come across as strange.

Home Land

Danuvica (Urban)
– Kormitus
– Nornvirn
– Dagonerus

Arcanican

Dawi Native Culture

Similar to other Dawi cultures, the Arcanicans hold personal and collective achievement very dear to their hearts, and rarely stray from their ideals of strict scheduling and ethics. However, the Arcanicans prefer to experience more of the world in order to further solidify their own understanding of their culture as it pertains the greater picture.

Home Land

Surface Lands (Urban)
– Brittle Spine
– Hinlands
– Any settlement with a Library or Academy

Nostrovican

Dawi Native Culture

Nostrovicans prefer to keep to themselves, not necessarily out of hate or fear of the outside world, but because they tend to be brimming with ideas, innovations, and ingenuity. They have no time for the silly outside world and its politics, people, or predetermined rules. Like other Dawi cultures, Nostrovicans have a love for structure and process, but they tend to have their own way of doing things that might seem bizarre to others.

Home Land

Danuvica (Ubran/Rural)
– Marinot

Surface Lands
– Grave Barrens
– Crownlands Velvet Valley

Adoptist

Dawi Non-Native Moniker

Nymbi

Faekin Native Culture

The Nymbi-kin are one of the most atypical cultures of the entire Beanut Lands, due to the fact that they never experience the outside world. While that does not make it a unique culture itself, the near-millennia lifespan of most Faekin Nymbi has created a strange, leisurely pace of life that seems to never focus on the future or past, even for those who happen to be of other species. Nymbi live in the moment, doing what they want when they want without considering consequence.

Home Land

Harmonious Glen

Wyndi

Faekin Native Culture

Though they may be the most worldly of all Faekin cultures, the Wyndi-kin still live their lives with a freedom and whimsy that brings inspiration to others. Spreading excitement and drama, the Wyndi are often seen performing in theatre troupes, engaging in the world’s politics, and generally interacting with high society and commoners alike.

Home Land

Crownlands
Heartlands
Willonia
Hinlands

Sylki

Faekin Native Culture

Uniquely linked with the Wonderkin of the Grimlands, the Sylki have developed their own sister-culture that complements and also challenges the views and values of the Grimkin majority. The Sylki people work hard to elevate the quality of life in the Grimlands and provide wisdom to their neighbors. They never underestimate the power of information, influence, and insight.

Home Land

Grimlands: (Urban)
– Waldovia
– Steplands

Fadewing

Faekin Non-Native Moniker

Deltren

Bodren Native Culture

The Deltren people hold deep significance to their connection with water, and often schedule their lives around its importance, but have otherwise assimilated with the modern world at large, residing on land most of the time. The majority of Deltren people live, as their name implies, in and around the river deltas of the central Beanut Lands, primarily the Heartlands and Brittle Bog.

Home Land

Brittle Bog: (Urban)
– Willidren Shelf
– Mylovian Fen

Heartlands: (Urban)
– Everpetal

Hydren

Bodren Native Culture

The Hydren people are what most outsiders think of when they hear of the denizens of the Brittle Bog. Living near to equal portions of their lives between the water and land and primarily consisting of farmers, ranchers, and homesteaders, the Hydren people maintain communities that are independent, but still welcoming to outsiders on their travels in the Bog.

Home Land

Brittle Bog: (Rural)
– Willidren Shelf
– Mylovian Fen
– Fang Reach

Heartlands:
– Twintails Riverlands

Merdren

Bodren Native Culture

The Merdren are the people who have adopted the most aquatically active life, many living and residing predominantly within the deeper waters of the Bog and southern Brittle Bay.

Home Land

Brittle Bog: (Isolated)
– Sidren
– Rootport

Brittle Bay (Isolated)

Lyndren

Bodren Non-Native Moniker

Wetwood

Fangren Native Culture

Stitched together from numerous small and isolated peoples that inhabit the lowland forests and coastal regions that were created at the merging of the Forest and Bog, the Wetwoods once referred only to the people of Gurbodden. The term has stretched to include all the Fangren people who live in the less dense region of the forest; their close relationship with the Deltren people and inclusion of some shared Bodren traditions have seperated them from the Tangleroot people.

Home Land

Nettle Forest: (Rural)
– Gurbodden

Brittle Bog: (Urban/Rural)

Heartlands: (Urban/Rural)

Crownlands (Urban/Rural)

Tangleroot

Fangren Native Culture

The Tangleroots are the largest cultural group of the Fangren, representing the vast swath of peoples that live within the heart of the Nettle Forest.

Home Land

Nettle Forest: (Isolated)
– Bramblewood
– Elderwood Deep
– Lilibaguli Valley
– Upland Reach
– Rekano Ridge

Ghostoak

Fangren Native Culture

North of the Frostfoot River that bisects the upper regions of the Nettle Forest live the Ghostoak people. Made up of smaller tribal clans in a loose trade federation, these people survive as masters of hunting and trapping in the frost covered lands they call home.

Home Land

Nettle Forest: (Isolated)
– Snowpines
– Northern Tundra

Bearded Crescent

Lovalia:
– White Wastes
-Aurgelmir Mountains

Sunfield

Fangren Non-Native Moniker

Colonian

Willonian Native Culture

The Colonians predominantly populate Willonia itself, the greatest fertile agricultural center on the continent. Their short life span and ambitious temperament have led them to multiple population booms. Characterized primarily by their adherence to progressive, industrial, and capital ideals, the Colonians do not seek to conquer other people of the world, but rather to elevate the whole world to a modern way of life.

Home Land

Willonia (Urban/Rural)

Nolian

Willonian Native Culture

Nolians are a people who exist and benefit from the modern industrialization of Willonia, but who actively resist the existing Willonian Government structure, undermining laws and values that Colonians have put in place over the last few centuries. Within the modern society, Nolians are a minority voice who tend to romanticize other cultures, attempting to adopt their ideals and aim to influence Willonia to do the same.

Home Land

Willonia (Urban/Rural)

Armadian

Willonian Native Culture

The Armadians are comprised of the small communities, sporadic towns and villages that dot the northern and western coasts of the Willonia’s fringe territories. Much less industrialized and developed than the surrounding lands, these people lack the inter-regional influence and government that most other Willonian communities have adopted, but they keep stronger ties to their traditions and culture from a previously seafaring lifestyle.

Home Land

Willonia:
– Westlands
– Port Province
– Ginty Norlands Province

Crownlands:
– Altheim

Bēnovian

Willonian Non-Native Moniker

Bandy

Hinfolk Native Culture

The most widely-seen culture of the Hinfolk are the Bandy– those who love to travel, trade, and experience the world for all of its wonder. While they spend most of their time experiencing this joy of interacting wth diverse people and learning about the world at large, the Bandy people still consider the Hinlands their home, and may one day return therewhen they have had their fill of adventure.

Home Land

Hinlands

Yokee

Hinfolk Native Culture

While the Yokee have much in common with the Bandy people, as they do a good deal of traveling, they usually have an established home, family, or ties to a particular place that always brings them back to the Hinlands. Their connection to that home often causes people to mistake them for a Hearthie as well.

Home Land

Hinlands

Hearthie

Hinfolk Native Culture

These people have decided to put down roots in one place, and they rarely leave whatever home they find themselves in. Most Hearthie are located in the Hinlands, enjoying their time with family and friends, and providing services and duties to their local hometown.

Home Land

Hinlands

Vari-hin

Hinfolk Non-Native Moniker

Wonderkin

Grimkin Native Culture

The more culturally assimilated people of The Grimlands, primarily made up of the Grimkin of Waldovia and the Steplands, but also includes the people in the wider world as well. Wonderkin often find themselves pursuing a trade, craft, or occupation directly related to their own passions, rather than something that provides money or fits the expectations of others.

Home Land

Grimlands: (Urban/Rural)
– Waldovia
– Steplands

Cavernkin

Grimkin Native Culture

The isolated pockets of deep-cave smallfolk who rarely see the light of the sun. They have a strange and wild culture, created from a extreme levels of caution, silence, and survival in the threatening darkness.

Home Land

Grimlands: (Rural/Isolated)
– Lumina
– Delveron

Greyrock

Grimkin Native Culture

The more private-living Grimkin, both near the surface and underground, who primarily live in the western Stormlands area of the Grimlands. The Greyrock people have a particular affinity for elemental magic, as it has historically shaped their region, traditions, and beliefs.

Home Land

Grimlands:
– Stormlands

Brightkin

Grimkin Non-Native Moniker

Masquen

Crownlander Native Culture

Blessed by the bounty of diversity, trade, and convenience, Masquen truly benefit from all the wonders of the Beanut Lands being within reach at a moments notice. All denizens of the urban Crownlands are provided with a formal education that encourages understanding of people from all walks of life, but often means Masquen aren’t as equipped to endure harsher environments outside the comforts of a city.

Home Land

Crownlands (Urban)

Milona

Crownlander Native Culture

While Milona may not have the same comforts as City Dwellers, they also retain a great deal of that Crownlander convenience. Thanks to a simpler, more social lifestyle, they are more equipped to get along with just about anyone, but most have not trained to be particularly capable in physical endeavors.

Home Land

Crownlands (Villages)

Maybraun

Crownlander Native Culture

Maybraun experience Crownlander life differently than most of the others, earning their convenience through neighborly connection and understanding, rather than formal education or regular trade with outsiders. Inhabiting the more expansive fields, evergreen woods, and mountain ranges on the fringes of the Crownlands, Maybraun collect and export most of the natural resources unique to the Crownlands, including the bird leaves that are used at the Imperial Currency.

Home Land

Crownlands (Rural)