NAME (Culture)

**(Name)** are a member of the Jellid species. They have the oldest and most well documented cultural, linguistic, and social history currently known.

## Proto-(Name) Culture

### Clothing/Diet

Originating as a seaside culture, the (Name) ate a diet that consisted of mainly hunted fish and shellfish they were able to crack open with tools such as sharpened shells fastened with vegetation on a branch. Handfishing or diving for larger fish was also common. With the control of fire, cooked dishes were possible, as well as the removal of salt from ocean water as a seasoning, and boiling water to create dyes. Dried seaweed was combined with other plant fibers to make basic armor when combined with shells.

### Government/Social Organization

Social hierarchy existed, but there was no formal government. Gifts were given to the strongest in return for food, protection, or labor, and trade was common. Goods were put into pots to preserve them in the often cold waters.

### Housing

(Name) lived in concrete sand castles with palm leaves as a roof acting as ventilation and to collect rainwater. Concrete was made by throwing shells into a fire until they turn white and adding water into a paste. Rocks were crushed into a powder and mixed with sand to make concrete. Large sand castles signified power/wealth due to the effort that went into their formation. The strongest and most energetic family member led the household, regardless of age or sex, with large families being common.

### Religious Views

The moon and sun play a large role in Proto-(Name) religious views, with the moon representing the eye of their proto-deity. A form of water ritual was done in which the religious groups would retreat under water to show their submission to the faith and are unworthy of being seen by its presence. Religious thinking at the time pointed to the seemingly infinite expansion of the ocean as applicable to the sky, who's eye "swam" throughout, watching them.

TBA

The (Name) eventually began trading with the Cubozoans and expanded past beaches, marking a cultural divergence into the Cubozoans and the (Name).

## (Name) Culture

At this point, the strongest of the community evolved into the role of chieftain. The most notable of these chieftains is documented as leading to the Great (Name) Massacre. The chieftain took economic control over the land he ruled over and enslaved most under his regime, including Jellaakan. The concrete making of prior culture had at this point been perfected to construct large buildings in honor of the chieftain, who designated himself as a spiritual guide through divine revelation. Jellaakan, as part of a separate sect of religion, formed the Fellowship of the (Name) in response.

## Religion

### Views on Cross-Clan Conception

(Religion name) is the dominant religion of (name).

The typical view is that members of (religion name) are not to marry outside of their ethnoreligious group, with anyone who does to be shunned, usually resorting to living in areas not dominated by (name) or finding work with non-(name). This originated due to the extremely low numbers of the religion. Some sects have become increasingly liberalized with their views, not permitting marrying outside the ethnoreligious group, but allowing marriage if they are properly converted.

Relationships with another species are usually kept private.

### Clothing

(Name) starting from a young age wear headwear to cover their sexual patterns present on the tops of their head.