Talcau Culture

The Talcau Culture was a Post-Collapse human and dwarf agricultural culture located along the western coast of the Whale Bay and in the Purva region.

History
Around 1700 3E, the Talcau fought a series of wars with the Dwaki culture. Driven by resource scarcity, many Talcau tribes banded together and invaded the Maanvoli Mountains. The invasion devastated both groups, but the Dwaki successfully repelled the Talcau invaders, due in no small part to their superior weaponry.

Art
Talcau art consisted primarily of pottery idols and vessels, as well as elaborate jewelry.

Dress
Talcau dress consisted of padded shirts and leggings, fur hats and leather boots. Talcau chieftains often wore large headdresses made of antlers.

Language
The Talcau spoke the Talcau Language.

Naming Conventions
Talcau names consisted of a single, given name. If needs be, this was differentiated by tribe or by a same-gendered parent's name.

Religion
The Talcau worshiped a complex pantheon of deities, including the following:
 * Kyringat, mother of creation and queen of the gods
 * Limar, a mythical bird who impregnated Kyringat
 * Syotbor, Kyringat's first son and god of war
 * Tun, Kyringat's second son and god of knowledge
 * Gjeli, Kyringat's final son and god of farmers
 * Holum, a master crafter who created the dwarves from clay

Society
The Talcau lived in small villages and homesteads, run by chiefs in the case of the former and by family heads in the case of the latter. Villages were loosely connected by kinship, resulting in a number of tribes, each ruled by a chieftain. In larger villages, humans and dwarves readily mingled and could be considered members of the same tribe, despite lacking blood relations.

For a brief time after the war with the Dwaki in ~1700 3E, many human Talcau resented their dwarven cousins. By 2000 3E, however, their relations were once again normal.

War
The Talcau regularly warred over resources, both among each other and with the neighbouring Kopel and Dwaki cultures.

Technology
The Talcau primarily used stone tools. They crafted a large variety of pottery objects as well.

Agriculture
The Talcau subsisted primarily from fishing and hunting. However, they also practiced limited agriculture. By 1000 3E they had domesticated the cabbage and the beetroot.