Torgos Culture

The Torgos Culture was a Post-Collapse human and halfling society that lived along the Armanola Coast in north-western Baloren.

History
Around 2200 3E, a plague that originated in the Jaroht Desert spread to the Armanola Coast. The Torgos population was devastated and, by the time the population had fully recovered by around 2500 3E, two distinct cultures had replaced the Torgos: the Orebal Culture in the east and the Aboras Culture in the west.

Art
Torgos art consisted primarily of elaborate pottery idols and vessels, as well as stone carvings and rock paintings.

Dress
Torgos dress consisted of plain tunics and dresses. Members of the noble caste often wore elaborate clothing and jewelry. Tribal chieftains wore wooden crowns; a practiced adopted from the Kopel Culture.

Language
The Torgos spoke the Torgos Language, split into western, central and eastern dialects.

Naming Conventions
Torgos names consisted of two parts: a given first name and a surname, usually the father's name if male or the mother's name if female.

Religion
The Torgos largely worshiped the Old Spirits, who appeared to them as local animals. They also worshiped a number of deities, including: By 2000 3E, they had begun worshiping Kopa, the Kopel god of horses.
 * Batta, a very important god of healing and creation
 * Iluno, god of the sea
 * Andever, goddess of dawn and spring
 * Harsela, god of war

Society
Early Torgos culture was largely egalitarian. By the turn of the 3rd Millennium 3E, strong Kopel influences affected Torgos social structure. Two distinct castes emerged: the Noble caste, which consisted primarily of warriors, shamans and chieftains, and the Peasant caste, which consisted of everybody else.

War
The Torgos occasionally warred among themselves. They often had to endure invasions from their Kopel and Bodchol neighbours.

Technology
The Torgos had a number of stone tools and pottery techniques at their disposal.

Agriculture
By 1000 3E, the Torgos had developed a very complex set of fishing techniques which allowed them to thrive as fishermen all across the Armanola Coast, supplementing their diet with hunting and gathering.

By 1500 3E, they had domesticated local legumes, flax and poppy. Still, their diet relied primarily on fishing. By the turn of the 3rd Millennium 3E, they had received the domestication of the horse from the Kopel Culture, which made a notable impact on their way of life.