Asterism

**Asterism** was a state of the Lunari Empire, founded and led by Luna Maris Argentea that merged with the kingdom of Myrtana following said nation's attempted war of independence and its subsequent peace agreement with Lunari leadership. It was located on the island of Myrtana to the west of Nox Aeterna, and its capital city and only city was Lucida. The Asterism name lives on in the Asterismi cultural group that continues to thrive and develop in Myrtana.

## Culture

### Cultural Influences

Asterism's main cultural influence was that of the leviathans, as that was the species and culture that their leader and founder hailed from.

### Architecture

The general architectural style Asterism ascribed to is a temple-like style of architecture. Constructions tended to be of primarily stone and frequently possessed circular and rounded shapes in their footprints as well as domed roofs. There was a notable lack of wood in the buildings excepting flooring and furniture, and an obvious love of colorful materials.

### Cuisine

*Main Article: Asterismi Cuisine*

In general, Asterism's cuisine primarily revolved around seafood and whatever can be grown locally, though there is much less sushi to be found than in much of the rest of the Lunari Empire and more cooked fish and shellfish. The most typical spices utilized by people are sea salt and locally grown fennel. A common snack among Asters was seaweed crackers, known as sea star crackers due to being shaped into four pointed stars, garnished with local cheeses, meat, and preserves. The crackers can be seasoned a variety of different ways, but the most common form of seasoning, colloquially known as "standard seasoning", is a mix of sea salt and fennel, either ground or whole seeds.

Asterism's staple foods were sheep dairy products, potatoes, barley, fish, shellfish, and seaweed. While sheep dairy may seem like an unusual choice when they are perfectly capable of farming cows, but it is a practical choice due to Asterism's expansive textile industry. If you're going to farm a large amount of sheep, why not make all the use of them that you can?

### Economy

Asterism was a prolific exporter of various luxury goods, mainly textiles, mother of pearl, and actual pearls. While regular silk was not a product they produced, Asterism wools were known to be the finest in Plagos, and they were one of the only producers of an extremely expensive fabric known as sea silk, produced from a fiber secreted by the pen shell, in Rathnir, as well as having been the only commercial producer period of a class of textiles, known as yosalvi, distinguished by the fact that they experience very little fluid or air resistance and are almost completely waterproof. These fabrics were once only produced by leviathans, but Luna decided to entrust a select few most skilled and most trusted weavers and dyers, all employed under her company, the Moon Sea Company, of course, with the secrets of how to make and dye them. The processes remain a closely guarded secret, and the weavers and dyers are paid handsomely for their silence to such a degree that it had become the most reliable way to make a high level income in the whole state.

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### Statistics

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