Here's a bit more response to the question on Wenelia. It's highly
unofficial and may clash with other things which have been posted here. It
has appeared here before (as part of a longer work), so I apologize to those
who are seeing it for the second time. In any case, I now recognize it as a
highly biased view of SOME Wenelians.
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Along the new coast and between the rivers Solanthi and Noshain live the
Wenelians. They are Orlanthi who pay tribute to Malkioni overlords. The
further west one goes, the more powerful the Malkioni are. Along the
Nimistor river, many clans are free until faced by an outside threat. Then
they pledge allegiance to the King of the Trader Princes. In Handra, the
Malkioni dominate the guilds and the Orlanthi are the underclass of laborers
and fishermen. The marsh people of the New Fens are Orlanthi in social
structure, but worship the river god and his daughter, the marsh. On the
fringes of the Arstola forest live a few proud clans who reject western
overlords. They still pay the silver of tribute, though.
Wenelian Orlanthi love the easy life. They like to chew flar, chat with
their neighbors endlessly, swim in the rivers and lakes, and take long
lunches. The Trader Princes say this is why they were able to conquer the
barbarians, who outnumbered them. If you tell a Wenelian Orlanthi this
opinion, he will just shrug and go back to sleep. The only events that get
them worked up are war and the annual spring fertility festival. This
festival is so licentious that the Malkioni ban it everywhere they are in
control. This ban just makes the Orlanthi sneak off into the countryside to
celebrate.
The national dress for both men and women is a loose shirt, often
sleeveless, and a skirt. Men wear more colorful clothes and wear hats, which
women never do. Both men and women braid their long hair. Men wear their
facial hair trimmed.