KotS | Galatra | Fun facts
Galatra society is split in two ways: the region (north, south, east, west) someone lives in and their ecomonic class. [Basically like real life but I have funny names for them :)]
Regional stereotypes
Northerner
The high class region of Galatra, the people that live there are generally connected to the dissolved noble class.
Generally stuck up and pretentious.
Having unblemished skin is seen as odd in Galatra, but northerners make a point of not getting into scuffles or doing hard labor.
Artisans often live in this area, specifically painters and sculptors.
Before the kingdom was found, the northern tribe of this region was the largest of the old tribes, and while not the most physically fit, used siege tactics to absorb the other tribes into their own. Basically, the kingdom of Galatra was formed from the northern region’s conquest.
Westerner
The business center of Galatra, this region is very similar to the northern region in the perception that everyone there is rich, but in reality there are far less wealthymen than not.
The birthplace of Galatra’s Industrial Revolution.
People from the west are seen as more approachable than northerners, but are similarly distrusted by most people.
Western names often include hyphens, which is a layover from the tribal days where parents would name their children after themselves. Example: name of father- Hof-Niko + name of mother- Olga-Kyvn = name of child- Kyvn-Hof (paternal) or Niko-Olga (maternal).
The western tribe was the first to be assumed into the northern tribe due to outside pressures of an enemy country as the only tribe that shared a boarder with them. The western boarder has shrunk since then.
Southern
The south is the brightest region of Galatra, known for bright colors and special grown plants, glowvers, that emit light.
The people are seen as loud, bold, and foul mouthed. More extravagant folk moved down south, making the region the entertainment capital of the kingdom.
Southern people are usually on two ends of a bell-curve; if someone is really short, they’re probably from the south, and if someone is really tall, they’re probably from the south. The south is not average.
Commonly found artisan goods are usually food related, like pastries, bread, or wine. This is because the south has the best access to the coast, and therefore first dips on imported goods. Other region’s businessmen are eager to wedge in the market.
The southern tribe fought the hardest against northern conquest. They were generally more physically skilled than other tribes, but when cut off from inland wood for fire or mines for coal, the tribe slowly succumbed.
Docks
Most Galatrians see the docks as synonymous to the south, but the region has a lot of cultural differences.
The south has a great emphasis on individuality, more family before community, while the docks generally try to fold community into a family structure. Neighbors are expected to act like aunts or uncles, where one family can watch another’s children with the expectation the favor will be returned eventually.
In a general sense, it’s like the western region and the southern region fused and allowed immigration.
The region runs up from the southern to the western coast of Galatra, and the people living there make trade in exporting and importing after the Industrial Revolution.
Home of Galatra’s first ship and fleet.
In the past, members of the southern tribe that were able to flee the northern siege ended up at the coast. When they arrived, they met a population of banished members of the enemy country. Since then the docks have become a rich culture of both nations.
Eastern
A highly distrusted population in Galatra, home of witchcraft and other such taboos
The east is a very quiet region, known for a mixture of infamous warriors, mages, and philosophers. Artisan goods from here are literature, paints, and talismans.
Purple is a very popular color in Galatra and the fibers that make the dye were grown almost exclusively in the eastern tribes before the Industrial Revolution. Trade was very beneficial to the east as purple dye was inexpensive to make locally. Through constant trade, northern tribes slowly developed walls around the eastern tribes, and only through habit did the eastern tribes become a part of the kingdom, officially becoming a Galatra region right before the first war.
Actually building a border around the eastern tribes was a difficult task. Most easterners could care less about the other regions and their developments. Frequently northern contractors building the border would be interrupted by an eastern family asking why they were building something on their gardens, or construction being undone overnight.
To this day the eastern border is fuzzy, and where exactly the region begins and ends depends on who you ask and when. A large sprawl of now-abandoned timber fields between the east and north further complicates matters.
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