VoidWraith(Culture)

This page is for VoidWraith culture, you may be looking for the VoidWraith race.

VoidWraith culture has changed much over time, slowly developing over the course of thousands of years.

Their primary language is known as "Void Tongue" and is usually naturally learned when a wraith is formed. However, some may speak in different dialects, or in older forms of it. Outside of canon, the "language" is just a replacement of the English alphabet.

## Traditions

### Fashion

VoidWraiths wear various kinds of clothing. Ponchos are particularly popular among of Wraiths, decorated with silver. Adornments worn around the horns are another popular article of clothing.

* Organic skulls of other species are valued highly due to their extreme rarity in The Void. Usually worn as a sign of status, power, or skill.

### Hunting

Hunting is a large part of VoidWraith culture and is seen as an important skill. VoidWraiths have many different ways of hunting.

* Newly formed VoidWraiths who have successfully hunted and killed something for the first time are usually celebrated, primarily by tribes.
* VoidWraiths use many different techniques for hunting such as but not limited to;
	+ Persistence Hunting, a wraith may track their prey at a moderate pace until it grows too exhausted to run.
	+ Baiting, wraiths may use various means of luring their prey to them. Such as using food, or sounds.
	+ Ambushing, a single wraith may lure hostile prey into an ambush with a group
* Hunting can be done for sport and is encouraged. Having entire festivals dedicated to it.
	+ Some smaller tribes have depictions of an aspect of hunting.

### Punishments

There are various means wraiths use to punish their own kind, for whatever crime one may have committed.

* Dehorning - Dehorning is when a VoidWraith's horns are cut off. Usually used for high crimes, such as betrayal.

### Death

Death is a large part of VoidWraith culture, the dead are honored in various ways, usually in the form of graves, however on some occasions it may differ. When a Voidwraith dies and "fades" their horns are left behind, which are usually used in the process of creating graves and such.

* The most common grave is large stones stacked atop of each other. One's horns are then placed atop of the structure.
* For those who died in battle, their weapon is usually laid on the ground with their horns placed atop ornamentally.
	+ This style can vary, the weapon of a deceased wraith may be stuck in the ground and the horns wrapped around with a rope or laid against the weapon on the ground.
	+ Armor may also be placed alongside one's weapon.

* A deceased wraith's horns may be worn by a close friend as a sign of respect. Normally, it is used in the form of adornments, jewelry. Put onto one's armor or clothing.
	+ Using a deceased wraith's horns for one's weapon is seen as disrespectful, as well as armor to a lesser extent. This is usually done by warriors for their fallen enemies.

* A deceased wraith's horns may also be put up on a wall with a plaque honoring them, this is usually done for elite wraiths of a faction.

* Fallen Alphas of The Void Legion have statues made of them, their horns are usually placed inside of the foundation below the statue to prevent theft.

* If one's horns cannot be used, whether they were destroyed, or it was a Polled wraith a personal belonging of the wraith may be used instead.
* Wraiths who take a long period to fade, primarily due to traumatic death are laid against their grave marker or laid across the ground next to it until they fade and their horns are left behind.