Tongh Culture

The Tongh Culture was a Post-Collapse human and gnome (and later dwarf) society that lived in Hoshibu in north-western Pia.

Art
Tongh art consisted primarily of pottery idols and vessels.

The Tongh also had a tradition of musical storytelling, accompanied by drumming and dancing.

Dress
Tongh dress consisted of tunics, dresses, hide pants, leather boots and fur hats.

Language
The Tongh spoke the Tongh Language.

Naming Conventions
Tongh naming conventions were simple, featuring only a single given name. If needs be, this differentiated by father's name and tribe name.

Religion
The Tongh Culture worshiped the Old Spirits, who appeared to them as local animals. After a migration of Koburu dwarves in ~2300 3E, many Tongh gnomes and dwarves began worshiping the Koburu pantheon:
 * Tesergi, creator god
 * Koro, an evil god
 * Somun, god of dwarves and son of Tesergi
 * Limun, god of gnomes and son of Tesergi

Society
Early Tongh society was fairly egalitarian. By about 1500 3E, however, the Tongh had adopted the tribal chief system of the Morchen. Tongh chiefs, like Morchen ones, were usually male.

War
The Tongh occasionally warred among each other, usually in times of scarcity. However, they more frequently fought with the neighbouring Morchen.

Technology
The Tongh Culture used stone tools and made pottery artifacts. During the Koburu migration into Hoshibu, knowledge of advanced stonework and of writing entered Tongh culture. By 2500 3E, the Tongh were using the Koburu Proto-Script.

Agriculture
Early Tongh were hunter-gatherers. By 2500 3E, knowledge of agriculture and husbandry had spread into Hoshibu from the Pinong, and the Tongh began to cultivate millet and rice and herded sheep, pigs and goats.

Weapons
Tongh weapons consisted primarily of bows, spears and clubs.