Sebduanian

Sebduanian are a Macen ethnic group that inhabit the area to the southeast of the Tossou Mountains. They mostly follow the Silnarian or Qinism religion. Their religious following is diverse, being at the crossroad of multiple competing religions and also of a mercantile nature. They are chiefly concentrated in the territory of the modern day Salvainian Empire.

General Information

• Primary Faith: Silnarian, Qinism with minority Zism and Alism.
• Language: South Silnarian (Regional variant of Silnarian, mutually intelligible)
• Locations: Salvainia
• Minority: N/A
• Races: Mostly Water Macen.
• Inheritance Law: Male-Preference Primogeniture.
• Slavery: Sebduanian are fine with chattel slavery of all races - theirs own included, and indentured servitude is also an extremely common practice. Sebduanian social attitude are very slavery-friendly, and many of them believe that slavery is a necessary good.
• Name Generation: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/irish-names.php & https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/celtic_names.phpRemove and remove all O, Mac, Ni, Ui (Distinctively Irish) prefixes to last name. Remove anything obviously English in origin.

Cultural Traits

• Family Centric: Sebduanian have a family centric culture. The ties of massive family clans are not important, but ties with your immediate and extended family are seen as important, and family time is greatly valued. Most celebrations in Seb duanian culture tend to be done with the extended family rather than the community as a whole.
• Art & Refinement: There is a degree of appreciation for fine arts and culture, especially for the middle upper class of Sebduania. Arts are often patronized and even the lower class take a liking to grandiose statues and arts.
• Free Love: Sebduanian are rather liberal with their romantic preferences - and some of them do not make much effort if any attempt to hide extramarital affairs. It is not uncommon for couples to live together and cohabit without formally marrying unless children are had. As long as a couple does not have children, Sebduanian believe romance and physical intimacy are fair game, and even then - so long as the parents stay on good terms, there is no issue with such intimacy. Arranged marriage are frowned upon, and priests see it as an evil that prevents the “good intermixing of blood in favor of the will of elder”
• Youthness Obsession: There’s a general cultural obsession with reversing aging and looking young. Of course, eternal youth is not possible for the vast majority of people, but there’s a general respect for looking and acting young.
• Intricate Meals: Sebduanian respect and believe in good, well-prepared meals with fresh ingredients. There is a great tradition of regional dishes and passing down recipes as done by your ancestors.
• Moderation & Temperance: Sebduanian believe in a somewhat diverse diet of grain, vegetables, and meat. And that all kinds of food should be enjoyed in moderation. Portions tend to be smaller, but can be refilled as needed.
• Merchantile: Sebduanian are highly respectful of merchants and trade as a profession.
• Flexible Timing: Sebduanian considers time to be somewhat flexible and doesn’t require you to be exactly on time - but just reasonably within.

Cuisine

Sebduanian cuisine is highly varied. Their coastal nature and climate zone allows for the incorporation of different regional dishes into the diet. Sebduanian diet are largely based on wheat, rice and potatoes. It is considered to be quite sophisticated, influenced by Silnarian court practice, but with very heavy southern cultivation in terms of the diet. In terms of oil, olives are cultivated widely in Sebduania, and are the primary source of fat.

Meat is mostly from chicken, with mutton being the most popular type of meat from large animals. Sebduanian have an extensive cuniculture, with rabbits being bred and raised in large amounts for meat, and is considered appropriate food for all classes of people. Cows are mostly raised for dairy with cheese being a very important part of the Sebduanian diet. Aged cows are slaughtered and their meat sliced thinly and often pan fried - steaks and large cuts of beef are seldomly eaten. Sebduanian has an extensive aquaculture in its inland province, and fishes are often fried and prepared in various manners.

For seasoning, Sebduanian uses a mixture of garum - a leftover of Silnarian influence, and various light garlic and onion based sauces. Seasonings are light, with a focus on bringing out the natural flavor of the food and enhancing it. Olive oil is also used quite commonly. Aniseed, ginger and sugar feature prominently for different kinds of sweet.

In terms of drink, wine is the most common type of drink with commoners often drinking wine from second pressing. Beer is also drunk, and both types of alcohol are plentiful and inexpensive. Wine is often paired with cheese in high class diets. Coffee is very popular and imported en masse. With the prevalence of temperance movement, it has overtaken alcohol in popularity as an everyday drink.

Sebduanian cuisine are a mixture of Italian, Greek & Provencal Cuisine

Warfare & Tactics

Like Silnaria to the north, Sebduania also has relatively flat and wide terrain. Warfare here tends to be focused on cavalry, and unlike the Silnarian, there is no native horse archery tradition. Instead, Sebduanian mainly focuses on utilizing a massive amount of shock cavalry, complemented by an infantry core of men armed with shields, short arms and crossbows.

Like the Silnarian, the widespread use of field artillery was also inherited, and mobile horse-drawn giant crossbows are also quite common.