Koburu Culture

The Koburu Culture was a Post-Collapse dwarf and gnome hunter-gatherer culture that lived in and around the Orba Mountains in north-western Pia.

Art
Koburu art consisted primarily of carved stone idols and pottery vessels, often inlaid with gemstones.

Dress
Most Koburu wore plain tunics or dresses, often adorned with jewelry. Chieftains wore ceremonial crowns.

Language
The Koburu spoke the Koburu Language, of which there was little dialectal variation.

Naming Conventions
Koburu were known by two names: their tribe name and their given name.

Religion
The Koburu worshiped Tesergi, a creator god who they believed led the Koburu to the surface having been trapped in the Orba Mountain tunnels, which were created as prisons by the evil god Koro. Tesergi had two sons: Somun, god of the dwarves, and Limun, god of the gnomes. Worship of the Old Spirits was also common.

Society
Koburu society was very egalitarian with respect to race and gender. Dwarves and Gnomes lived side-by-side and considered each other cousins. Koburu tribes were led by a chieftain. It was not uncommon for tribes to band together into tribal confederacies.

War
The Koburu occasionally warred with each other, but more often than not it was with foreign invaders or wild animals.

Technology
The Koburu used stone tools and made pottery goods. Despite their rather primitive technology, they managed to excavate much of the upper tunnels in the Orba Mountains, making their homes there.

Writing
By the middle of the 2nd Millennium 3E, the Koburu had begun to use a simple, ideographic proto-writing to represent certain concepts. This script, the Koburu Proto-Script, was etched into tunnel walls to warn people of danger or convey details on the contents of the cavern. It is the oldest Post-Collapse script in the world.

Weapons
The Koburu used stone axes, spears and hammers, as well as bows.