FALCONS ARE CRAZY.GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Yeah, they use airships. There's two world systems; the one below has oceans, and the one above (where the game takes place) floats in the sky.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
There're sky fish, but no flying beavers. You could put one in as an alt if you wanted, though. X{P
jasae bushae says:
alt?
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Alternate. You make one regular character that I use to crunch numbers, and then you can do whatever you want with your other characters >_>
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Flacons are the most culturally-rich, but they're also regarded as the craziest.
jasae bushae says:
ohs?
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
EVERYTHING in that country is dictated by their religion. Although they're a monarchy, the church is really what pulls the big guns, and the ruler can't even do anything without finding out whether or not such an action would be "God's will" through asking the Rahtma, the figurehead of Falcon religion.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Their laws are pretty crazy. X{P They're considered violent, but if you understand the culture, it makes... a little more sense. X{D
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
For instance, they don't care about murder unless it's a nobleman or a higher-up.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
They believe that Falcons who are killed are simply reincarnated according to their standing with God, so in their eyes, you're not really doing anything.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
They believe that peoples' social status in this life is dictated by their actions in a previous life, so they consider the rich to be holy, because they believe that they had to have completely purified themselves in order to reach that place.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons also don't care about killing other races. They believe that heretics will be reincarnated as believers if they are sacrificed correctly, and the church presses people to do this.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
However, there's one holiday, called Ra-Tier, which is celebrated on the 27th of March. Basically, it's believed that that's the day when their eight-headed God finally rests his eyes, and so ANYONE is allowed to pass on to the afterlife through a purification killing without being reincarnated.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
People usually mass-murder their families during that >_> They believe that if you love someone, you want them to be in paradise. The rich are exempt from this, however.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons are moderately magically-capable.
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Falcons are moderately magically-capable.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons are moderately magically-capable.
They can be any kind of mage with a little work, but they won't be as skilled as a Serpent.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
The only exception is with necromancy-- they're the only race that is capable of it.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Necromancy's kind of dangerous, because your minions have a tendency to level faster than you if you don't constantly work at it, and they'll have no problem eating you if you lose control of them.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
The capital of Falcon is Edinnyi.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons also believe that anything that is being shaped by God is holy, and is untouchable.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
An example of this would be pregnant women and children... because they are still growing, they believe that God's hand is upon them, and that for anyone other than their families to touch them would be blasphemous.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
As a result, there are children's roads alongside the main streets, which are separated by gold ribbons. Adults seen in the childrens' street will be shamed and killed.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Hmm...
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons are veeerrryyyy proud of their hair X{D They especially prize curly hair, because they think it's a sign of wisdom.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Because of this, Falcon rulers and high-ranking religious people will curl their hair in the front-- the back remains straight because they do not want to appear arrogant, but the front is curled as a prayer to receive wisdom.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons never cut their hair. Having short hair is a sign of shame.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
The only exception to this would be in mixbreed noblemen, who don't need to prove their holiness and would want to keep their hair short so as to fit in with their other family.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Rich people can basically do whatever the ******** they want X{D
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Males wear their hair in a twisted braid called a jukha. This tradition started maaaaannnyyy years ago, when a fleshie was living among the people.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
The story goes that the villagers figured out that the fleshie was a male, so the city required all males to grow their hair out. Whoever could not was undead, and would be destroyed.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Since then, the jukha has become a sign of life and masculinity. It is not removed unless the man is sleeping or dead, and in the former case it must be put back on before anyone else sees him.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
If you're a full Falcon-looking man who's not wearing a jukha in public, the more superstitious Falcons will immediately assume that you're undead and will form an angry mob. X{D
jasae bushae says:
XD
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
And there are a LOT of superstitious Falcons. >_>
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Even though they're magically-capable and are allied with Serpent, they refuse to use their technology because the church says it's the work of evil. >_>
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
So, Falcons will get dirty looks for using more advanced stuff X{D
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
It doesn't really matter unless you happen to get caught by a crazy person who wants to lynch you, though.
jasae bushae says:
and you mentioned they were culturaly advanced?
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Well, they're the most cultural country. They're the only people who still carry on their old traditions, and they have the most folklore and they're the most religious.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Hmm... Religious Falcons don't eat poultry. X{D They believe that one of God's heads takes the form of a bird to spy for him, and if you eat the bird that contains the Head, you're eating a part of God.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
You're allowed to kill birds, since that would just send the spirit back, but eating it is a no-no. >_>
jasae bushae says:
XD
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons are the tallest of the three-- they can reach over 7' tall, although it's not so common.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons live on a very rainy, northern continent, so they're usually not very dark. They can have any shade from medium-toned to pale skin, any shade of hair from mid-brown to near-white blond (although darker shades are recessive), and any shade of blue eyes.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
They're also pretty skinny. It's impossible to find a fat Falcon. X{D
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Hmm... they have different organs than the other races.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
Falcons also have three hearts: one in their chest, a small one in the center of their brains, and one in their abdomen. They need them because they've got hollow bones and weak muscles compared to their tall frames, so it would be impossible to disperse the needed amount of blood on one normal heart.
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
They can survive just fine without the one in their chest, but losing their top or bottom one would cause serious complications.
jasae bushae says:
hmm...intresting
jasae bushae says:
miffys poking me to tell you more about my character XD
GUST OF WIND D-DANCE says:
The extra blood allows them to be the fastest of the three despite their weak muscles.
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