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    Merie replied to the topic hullo peeps! in the forum Introduce Yourself 4 years, 2 months ago

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    LOL, I’m biased too XD I love that too, so far! Almost every other book I’ve found on it has an arc where the character stops missing their first culture and it just completely fades, which is really weird? It really defeats the entire point of the book XD

    It’s quite annoying for those of us who still hold love in our hearts for the places we know xD

    The Lehabim are mostly based on Old-Testament Israel, though the story is set later. They’re one of the nomadic tribes, they stay in the eastern wilderness part of the country. They have a long dynasty, but they also have a group of Elders who are able to disagree with the monarch and even cancel their decisions or get them off the throne if necessary. It’s a safety measure to keep the monarch from abusing their power.

    Helllloooo I don’t get to see this often!! Old Testament culture is FASCINATING; I can’t wait to see what you’ll do with it!

    The Kezbes are closer to Byzantine, at least in the v i b e s XD They’re not nomadic, their main source of income is agriculture. They live in the southern mountains. They have a really interesting political system. It looks like a monarchy on the outside, but the ascension goes to the most experienced of the three subordinate commanders instead of the oldest son. And if someone defeats the ruler in a duel, they become the ruler. I could go into why this actually works better than you’d expect, but I won’t XD

    Yes, yes, yes, I love this! (Also I totally get what you mean by just the *vibes*–I am such a writer myself xD) It sounds like their culture must be quite influenced by the military and such.

    The Orme are based on vaguely West-African and Sub-Saharan cultures. They’re nomadic as well, they’re in the west part of the country. They have probably my favorite political system. They have a married king and queen, and when one of the two dies or they choose not to rule, they elect another couple. I think the philosophy behind this is that they balance each other out and that two rulers will usually be fairer.

    That’s new, and it makes sense. It carries across the message of equality in marriage without being too on-the-nose, which I like!

    The Gitakan and Sanat are based on Classical cultures. (Think Alexandria during the Roman period) They live pretty much anywhere, though the center of government for both is in a city called Hisar. The Gitakan have a triumvirate that’s elected every four years. The Sanat are led by the seven leaders of the guilds.

    I LOVE IT. Alexandria in the Roman period is one of my favorite historical settings to read about, and anything that draws influence from it has my immediate attention.

    The Nebatan live in the northern coastal region. I didn’t really have any solid culture to base it in, so it’s vaguely New-Testament Israel with some more Celtic and European influences because of a wave of immigrants that came from there about two generations ago. So, they differ culturally from the Southern tribes, also because they’re more isolated from them by the desert. It gives off some rather funny mishaps XD

    Ooh that’s interesting?

    The Qeyik exist, that’s about all I know about them XD They actually don’t feature at all, I just wanted seven tribes. They’re in the same area as the Nebatan, but their primary income is trade, and they’re led by the richest merchants.

    Hahahaha I know how that feels, but I think you’ll probably end up developing them anyway (if you’re anything at all like me, and judging by what I’ve seen we do seem to share some worldbuilding tendencies). There seems a lot of potential in a merchant-led culture…

    My MC is the Princess of the Lehabim. I have a main character from each of the tribes except Qeyik, so there’s a lot of interaction, cultural clashing, and general chaos.

    Next I’m gonna want to know about those characters though…

    Oh, goodness, you asked one question and got an essay XD I’m sorry, I tend to get very long-winded when I’m excited XD

    It’s no problem lol, I discovered I delight in reading essays about fantasy worldbuilding xD It makes me happy that you’re willing to share about it! But now you’ll have to deal with me always wanting to talk about it hhhhh because worldbuilding is my great weakness, and if the characters are just as good, I’m done for xD

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