Chut Culture

The Chut Culture was a Post-Collapse human (and later halfling) agricultural society that lived in the Chot Semor region in southern Pia.

History
At around the turn of the 3rd Millennium 3E, a large population of Pinong halflings from the north settled in Chot Semor, bringing with them a number of technological advances including the cultivation of millet and the smelting of copper.

Art
Chut artwork consisted of elaborate pottery, copper and jade artifacts, including vessels and religious idols.

Dress
The Chut dressed in robes, tunics and dresses. Chieftains often wore elaborate headdresses and later, copper crowns, as symbols of their status.

Language
The Chut spoke the Chut Language.

Naming Conventions
Chut names are composed of three parts: a matronymic surname, a middle name indicating gender, and a given name. Most people are known merely by their given name, even in formal situations.

Religion
The Chut religion centered on the worship of Kam Ben, a creator deity who rode atop a giant tortoise named Vong Chu. They also worshiped the Old Spirits.

Society
Chut society was organised into a number of tribes, each led by a chieftain. Each tribe comprised a number of villages, each led by a village elder or a shaman. Chut society was fairly egalitarian when it came to gender. Later, when halflings arrived in the area, they were welcomed with open arms and integrated into Chut society.

War
The Chut mostly warred among themselves and rarely with neighbouring cultures.

Technology
Early Chut used stone tools and made many pottery and jade artifacts. By 2000 3E, they had begun to use copper tools.

Agriculture
The Chut Culture relied on agriculture as their primary means of subsistence. They cultivated rice and sugarcane, and had domesticated the water buffalo, chicken and pig by 1000 3E. By 2000 3E, they were cultivating millet.