Post by Ace on Sept 3, 2017 19:09:26 GMT -5
what we have decided so far
- all characters live in villages (no outsiders unless vital to plot)
- villages are made up of clans
- clans are made up of a single family
- girls stay in their clan their whole life typically, males marry into different clans though always carry their born-clan's values
- leaders of the clans are the oldest women, called matriarchs
- all village decisions have to go through the Circle of Clan Mothers (all the matriarchs)
- many villages across the land
- THE PLOT: grey eyes. occasionally a kid is born with grey eyes instead of brown. this means they have creator-given magic that is solely to benefit the clan. clans with a grey-eyes flourish, clans without a grey-eyes have to survive without powerful blessings.
- our main village is made up of seven clans (turtle, deer, wolf, eagle, bear, crane, and marten)
- villages are made up of clans
- clans are made up of a single family
- girls stay in their clan their whole life typically, males marry into different clans though always carry their born-clan's values
- leaders of the clans are the oldest women, called matriarchs
- all village decisions have to go through the Circle of Clan Mothers (all the matriarchs)
- many villages across the land
- THE PLOT: grey eyes. occasionally a kid is born with grey eyes instead of brown. this means they have creator-given magic that is solely to benefit the clan. clans with a grey-eyes flourish, clans without a grey-eyes have to survive without powerful blessings.
- our main village is made up of seven clans (turtle, deer, wolf, eagle, bear, crane, and marten)
- Turtle: the best parents, currently the most populated clan (so much so that they can barely feed their own but because of their numbers, they enjoy the generosity of the other clans, who are trying to keep their future generations healthy)
- Deer: elegant, graceful, shy, fearful, pride themselves on beauty, generous
- Wolf: warrior clan, clashes with marten clan, tied to family, fierce, protectors, carries out many of the punishments
- Eagle: the richest clan, throughout history has given the village the most grey-eyes (which has produced a certain amount of arrogance), the only clan that currently has a grey-eyes (their matriarch and she's getting very, very old)
- Bear: honesty, healing, peace, staying in one's own lane, currently the poorest clan
- Crane: a naturally tall people, vastly intelligent, very attentive to the local news and spreads it quickly but also keeps the rumours in check,
- Marten: warrior clan, clashes with wolf clan, good with their words, does most of the hunting, quite strict in observation of laws and protocols,
- Joining Form
{ name } clan | age
description (physical, personality)
other
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Plot
so bear clan (the poorest clan currently) gets an omen in the form of a sick bear with glowing grey eyes. they interpret this to mean that their poor fortune is going to continue and eagle clan will be involved somehow, which makes sense considering the richest clan has been particularly apathetic towards the poorest clan as of late. BUT. then one of their girls give birth to a grey-eyes and they then realize that it meant their future grey-eyes is trouble.
grey-eyes makes mom kill the only other grey-eyes in the village.
Sweat Lodges for Naming: the process
requires forty-five large rocks, mch firewood, firekeepers, water to pour over the hot rocks, singers to sing medicine songs, someone to present the child, someone to sit in the main doorway and accept the red-hot rocks as they come in, a young Eagle to sit in the east, a Wolf or Turtle to sit in the south, a Bear to sit in the west, and elder to sit in the north, and someone to offer the prayers, provide guidance, and make the medicine.
description (physical, personality)
other
sn
Plot
so bear clan (the poorest clan currently) gets an omen in the form of a sick bear with glowing grey eyes. they interpret this to mean that their poor fortune is going to continue and eagle clan will be involved somehow, which makes sense considering the richest clan has been particularly apathetic towards the poorest clan as of late. BUT. then one of their girls give birth to a grey-eyes and they then realize that it meant their future grey-eyes is trouble.
grey-eyes makes mom kill the only other grey-eyes in the village.
Sweat Lodges for Naming: the process
requires forty-five large rocks, mch firewood, firekeepers, water to pour over the hot rocks, singers to sing medicine songs, someone to present the child, someone to sit in the main doorway and accept the red-hot rocks as they come in, a young Eagle to sit in the east, a Wolf or Turtle to sit in the south, a Bear to sit in the west, and elder to sit in the north, and someone to offer the prayers, provide guidance, and make the medicine.