Restiinin

The Restiinin are a **Manna** tribe located within the city of **Restiin**, and are well known as being the most hostile of all the tribes, easily rivaling their sister tribe of the **Essih**.

## Settlement

The Restiinin live within the city of **Restiin**. Their city is highly guarded, with guards on the walls every hour of the day, and doubled during the night.

Restiin is a large, industrial city located in the sunny plains of **Kropari**. It is an above ground city that is completely made of metal and stone, and is reminiscent of a large castle. The outside of the city is covered in ramps and ladders, which allows the people of the city to get in and out easily. Restiin is known as the first city that began creating new machinery and to work with new prototypes of all types, and is credited as being the home of **engineering**. The Restiinin showcase this fact by covering the walls of their city in ballista’s and guns, warding off intruders.

## History

The Restiinin believe that they are direct reincarnations and descendants of their founder, **Aton Myles**, who was the first to discover how to create moving parts with the metals that the tribe now works with. Some Restiinin also believe that Aton had been reincarnated into **Celena’s** lover, **Sereth Qu’iett**, due to her close relationship with the **Celestial** during her life.

## Physical Appearance

The Restiinin are oddly short compared to their fellow Manna, topping five feet at most. Due to their height, the Epreans refer to them as **dwarves** rather than **Manna**. Despite their small stature, they’re extremely strong with lots of upper body strength.

They typically wear metal armors or loose clothes, with their armors and machinery being decorated with gold and precious gemstones--their favorite being **dragon’s fire opal**.

The most common hairstyle for the Restiinin to wear is braids with feathers and jewels embedded within them, with a form of affection between Restiinin being through washing each other’s hair and decorating it. The longer the hair of a Restiinin, the higher in society they are seen. Their clothing is typically tight and easy to move in, but protective against high heats and dangerous materials.

## Culture

The Restiin are well ahead of the rest of the world in technology, with some Epreans believing that they are from another age, or that some of them may be timewalkers.

**Seers** and **Oracles** heavily run the Restiinin society, alongside **engineers**, despite their small number. The seers and oracles closely convene with **Celena**, warning the people of the tribe when the **Celestial** was preparing to visit their city. The Restiinin’s put aside their hostile ways when the peaceful Celestial comes by, decorating their entire village with ribbons and paper lanterns in her honor. It is also common for Restiinin’s to throw small festivals in the Celestial’s honor even when she isn’t visiting, with the festivals taking place at least once or twice a month. It is believed that the Celena had blessed the tribe, due to their strange ability to heal much quicker and cleaner than other **Manna**.

Since the Restiinin work so closely with machinery, they are known for having extremely fine motor control. They can do meticulous adjustments to their technology, doing many things that are seen as impossible are difficult to achieve by other races.

### Food

The Restiinin enjoy high carb foods, with most of their diet consisting of seasoned meats, ales, pastas, and rice. The most popular dish within their culture that they create is rare, buttered steak on top of Terotian rice and potatoes, which the Restiinin refer to as a **Rare Terotian**.

### Trade

Restiinin typically have their foods traded into the city in return for technology. The Restiinin often trade away high quality machinery and weaponry, with some gizmos purely for entertainment purposes also being traded away.

### Worship

The Restiinin admire the Saint of Technology, **Luzos**.

### Romance

Women are less common than men within the Restiinin society, with 9 out of 10 of the births being men. Because of this, women are seen as precious and a gift when they are born, treated extremely well within the society. Due to the low population of women, same sex relationships are extremely common within the city, with almost all of the courtships involving two women or two men.

Romance conventions in the Restiinin involve crafting a metal shield with decorative, rare jewels embedded inside of it. Restiinin’s believe that the love isn’t sincere unless the lover had spent a lot of time and money on crafting the shield. The higher quality the material used on the shield, the more impressed a potential lover will be. As a bonus, some Restiinin’s craft beads and jewelry to decorate hair and clothing with.

Restiinin believe in soulmates, with many of them looking towards **Pafella** and **Eiryot** for guidance on finding their own.

During marriage, they wear heavy robes with intricate hairstyles and heavy decorations, no veils or ties. The more of the face that is seen during a wedding, the better.

### Death

Death is seen as a blessing and honor within the Restiinin culture. Many believe that they will be freed from a life of hardship once death claims them, and that they will be well taken care of by the Celestial **Eiryot**. Funerals involve the body being cremated within a furnace and the ashes being compressed into a jewel.

If a lover is still alive, the lover will wear the jewel in their hair in honor of their lost mate.

### Language

Restiinin’s simply named their tribe after their city of Restiin, but specialize in communicating through sign language with one another.

## Leadership

**Josep Pan** is the current leader of the Restiinin.