Average Height?
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Between 1.6-1.8 meters (4-6 feet). The body's weight might change because of the nutritional status of the subject, but usually the males are heavier than females and they are also taller.
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Common Hair Color?
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Any color
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Common Hair Color?
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Any color
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General aspect?
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Eryams are colourful plantigrade humanoid with a long chameleon like tail, and animal like hands and feet.
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What type of clothes do they wear?
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They wear colorful and comfortable clothes, to move freely, and they like to wear wooden and bone jewls too. Hunters usually wear fur coats, Druids wear longer clothes (mostly because they are not meant to hunt or wander in the forest), Chiefs wear crowns made with the horns of the animals.
Very important for every eryam of any social or class status, is to wear wooden or plant like garnments; they are as important as masks for the Uzats! |
Where do they live?
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They live in the Connacht region, which is placed in the west side of the central and bigger island.
The weather here is temperate, and the area is full of forests, with some mountains in the north area and swamps in the south area. |
What type of food do they eat?
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Connacht cuisine is hard to associate with our modern cuisine.
Go to "Food and Drinking" in "Culture" for more infos. |
How do their houses look like?
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Their houses are usually built in wood, up in the trees, so that they will be safe from predators. The architetture of the houses is pretty simple, and they are usually pretty small, and they extend down to the tree itself. However, there are bridges to connect all the buildings.
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How do they take care of their dead?
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Eryams burn their dead since they live in an area full of trees. Druids gather the ashes in urns and use them to fertilize their farms. Go to "Religious and Funeral Traditions" in "Culture" for more infos.
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What kind of activities they prefer?
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Eryam festivals are well known in all Eriu for the good music and dancing!
These celebrations are usually held in occasion of holidays, or meaningful events. During the rest of the year, Eryams spend their free time with smaller music events, like when a bard comes to town, or playing with their relatives and friends, and one of the most famous game for Eryams is a sort of rugby they play by crawling to the trees. Rumors has it it’s a very dynamic and entertaining event! |
Economy?
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Eryams are one of the culture of Eriu who don’t rely much on farming, but more on hunting and collecting food, but druids have small farms they take care of.
While the eryam society doesn’t rely much on money, since they have a sort of “communist” society, they still use it to trade goods with other villages, or with outsiders. The markets are in fact not only important on an economic level, but also on a socialization one, as they provide a place where people can meet and exchange information. Aside from some special products they “harvest”, like honey*, tea and wood (lots of wood), one of the greatest products eryams have to offer is paper. |
What is their general attitude?
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Eryams can be diffidents with strangers at first, especially non-eryams, but once you've been accepted, you will always be welcome to come back! Also, they would never refuse to help someone in need, even if they might not trust them at first. They are used to bards traveling their lands, to share food and hospitality with them, so they won't turn their back to others.
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Relations with other species?
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