Contents

• Scociety
• Art
• Pop Culture
• High Culture
• Communication And The Spread Of Ideas
• Holidays
• Gender and Gender Roles
• Subcultures and Alternative Lifestyles
• Universal Fears
• Money and Wealth
• Food, Meals, and Mealtime
• Leisure
• Charity and Wellfare
• Health, Fitness, and Beauty Standards
• Values
• Patriotism
• Diversity
• Integration and Exclusion
• Aspirations And Goals
• Superstitions
• Bad Manners and Insults
• Heroes and Villains
• Family Structures
• Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood
• Coming of Age
• Rites of Passage
• Love and Romance
• Sexuality

Scociety

The majority of Iron Elvish's art is primarily commissioned by members of the government and their chosen elites. Artistic endevors are majority funded independently, while artists themselves are generaly treated poorly. Iron Elvish uses the majority of its art to chalange the status quo, primarily by questioning the legitimacy of an authority. Iron Elvish also uses its art for: creating new cultural norms, immortalizing key events of history, providing illustrations of academic concepts, celebrating historic events, and remembering the dead.

Iron Elvish's major laws relating to the creation of art are; may not directly criticize the government, and may not posativly depict national rivals and state enamies. Art is concidered to be taboo if it containg oxplatives or other obseen content, conveys erotic feelings, or depicts violence. Works which are either illegal or taboo are destroyed.

Presently, the Iron Elvish greatly favor the visual arts. They primarily focused on drawing, with their greatest works consisting of rapidly executed freehand drawings, typically created to capture a moment by the artist, with their quality somewhat diminished due to the speed of their creation, however the focus is more on the subject rather than the quality itself. Their art showed a particular emphasis on colors, texture, and value. The foremost artisan within this medium and time was the artist space, texture, and forms hues, value, and colors poems with a structure that uses refrains and callbacks as a means to emphasize the importance of particular lines to the overall poem. This form of poem is almost exclusively used to tell a grand and epic story, generally depicting mythological or heroic events poems written in the fashion of traditional folk ballads, in essence, a song without music to accompany it. This form of poem is almost exclusively used to tell a grand and epic story, generally depicting mythological or heroic events plays consisting primarily of songs which have been expanded upon with distinct rolls and actors, usually to tell a story, but occasionally to recant events, or codify mythology and often with each song being written expressly to tell a part of the play's story plays consisting primarily of songs which have been expanded upon with distinct rolls and actors, usually to tell a story, but occasionally to recant events, or codify mythology and often with each song being written expressly to tell a part of the play's story, whose works are typicaly the first ones thought of and mentioned when discussing the Iron Elvish's artwork of the current era.

In the Literary Arts, they primarily focused on literary fiction, with their greatest works consisting of a form of written work which emphasizes interior characterization and motivation to explore the spiritual, emotional, and metal lives of the characters within. The foremost artisan within this medium and time was the author space, texture, and forms hues, value, and colors poems with a structure that uses refrains and callbacks as a means to emphasize the importance of particular lines to the overall poem. This form of poem is almost exclusively used to tell a grand and epic story, generally depicting mythological or heroic events poems written in the fashion of traditional folk ballads, in essence, a song without music to accompany it. This form of poem is almost exclusively used to tell a grand and epic story, generally depicting mythological or heroic events plays consisting primarily of songs which have been expanded upon with distinct rolls and actors, usually to tell a story, but occasionally to recant events, or codify mythology and often with each song being written expressly to tell a part of the play's story plays consisting primarily of songs which have been expanded upon with distinct rolls and actors, usually to tell a story, but occasionally to recant events, or codify mythology and often with each song being written expressly to tell a part of the play's story, whose works are typically the first ones thought of and mentioned when discussing the Iron Elvish's artwork of the current era.

In the Preforming Arts, they primarily focused on music, with their greatest works consisting of a monophonic style which is diatonic in tone, while favoring quiet to very loud to quiet Heavy sounds with movements generally making use of eight-note melodies utilizing subordinate harmony with a flowing rhythm, all arranged in a verse-repeating structure which extends the piece by repeating a specific section several times.. The foremost artisan within this medium and time was the musicisian space, texture, and forms hues, value, and colors poems with a structure that uses refrains and callbacks as a means to emphasize the importance of particular lines to the overall poem. This form of poem is almost exclusively used to tell a grand and epic story, generally depicting mythological or heroic events poems written in the fashion of traditional folk ballads, in essence, a song without music to accompany it. This form of poem is almost exclusively used to tell a grand and epic story, generally depicting mythological or heroic events plays consisting primarily of songs which have been expanded upon with distinct rolls and actors, usually to tell a story, but occasionally to recant events, or codify mythology and often with each song being written expressly to tell a part of the play's story plays consisting primarily of songs which have been expanded upon with distinct rolls and actors, usually to tell a story, but occasionally to recant events, or codify mythology and often with each song being written expressly to tell a part of the play's story, whose works are typically the first ones thought of and mentioned when discussing the Iron Elvish's artwork of the current era.

Pop Culture

Iron Elvish's popular culture is dominated by painting and music. These arts are made avalible to the public through capitalist ventures. They are primarily used for decoration and providing some background noise of a pleasent nature in a mot typical arangment. Howeaver the elves do not particulary see these fields as art, bur rather tools. To them, art is science and engineering.

The elves' ongoing march of progress and technology is eccentialy the same as the ebb and flow of their popculture. Various ideas come in and out of fashion, and certain expressions of a technique become niesh intrests. For example, when 3 axis milling was invinted it enjoied a boom of fans and enthusiests using it simply to learn it. This quickly died down as pnumatic powered tools became in fashion. Those who needed to mill for their work or employment continued to do so, but many stuck with milling simply for the love of working with the machines, developing new techniques and tooling to use with them.

Iron Elves simply see art, entertainment, and craftsmenship as inseperable.

High Culture

Iron Elvish's high culture is dominated by painting and literature. These arts are made avalible to members of the cultural eliet through public trusts for the arts. Much like their pop culture, these elements are predominantly for decoration. The diffrence comes from high art being seen as master crafted examples of decorative work. This elevates the pieces in the elves' eyes, as well as their act of creation. Yet they still prefer more utilitarian forms of art in terms of what other peoples would think of as "art".

Most of these works are publicly accessable in muciums and galleries

Manual Prompt:How is access to high culture restricted?

Manual Prompt:Who is unable, or less able, to access high culture?

Manual Prompt:What are the attitudes towards high culture artists, and how do they differ to popular artists?

Manual Prompt:How has high culture changed over time?

Manual Prompt:What subject matters does high culture avoid, and how is that governed?

Communication And The Spread Of Ideas

Manual Prompt:What are the common forms of communication, and how are they used?

Manual Prompt:What methods do people have to fact check?

Manual Prompt:To investigate or research further?

Manual Prompt:How much emphasis is placed on non-verbal communication?

Manual Prompt:What steps people might take to make sure their messages are understood, and maintain their original meaning?

Manual Prompt:What barriers and inequalities are there to using communication?

Manual Prompt:What legal and social restrictions are there on communication?

Holidays

The major Iron Elvish holidays are:

1. animation
2. modeling
3. journaling
4. wood carving
5. watching movies

Manual Prompt:What is the holiday?

Manual Prompt:When is it held?

Manual Prompt:What does it represent?

Manual Prompt:How is it celebrated or marked?

Manual Prompt:What economic barriers are there to travel?

Manual Prompt:What social barriers are there to travel?

Manual Prompt:What legal barriers are there to travel?

Manual Prompt:What are the popular holiday destinations?

Manual Prompt:What are the popular holiday activities?

Gender and Gender Roles

Manual Prompt:Which genders are recognised?

Manual Prompt:How is gender assigned?

Manual Prompt:What are the typical gender roles and expectations?

Manual Prompt:WWhat’s the stance on equality?

Subcultures and Alternative Lifestyles

Manual Prompt:What subcultures exist alongside the main culture?

Manual Prompt:What subcultures oppose the main culture?

Manual Prompt:Which subcultures are protected by law?

Manual Prompt:Which subcultures are criminalised?

Manual Prompt:What alternative lifestyles exist?

Universal Fears

The top five most common fears found within Iron Elvish's members are:

1. Loved ones becoming seriously ill
2. Oil Spills
3. Devastating earthquake
4. Dying due to a careless doctor
5. Economic/Financial collapse

Food, Meals, and Mealtime

Iron Elvish's members typicaly eat two meals, one at midmorning and one at midafternoon, which are eaten in groups, typicaly of friends and family. Manual Prompt: What practicalities or beliefs have created this norm? Where is the impact of this seen in life?

Iron Elvish cuisine is largely based on rice, vegetables, seafood and meats. Dairy is largely absent from the traditional Iron Elvish diet. Traditional Iron Elvish meals are named for the number of side dishes that accompany steam-cooked short-grain rice. Commonly used ingredients include sesame oil, fermented bean paste, soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes, fermented red chili paste, and cabbage. Ingredients and dishes vary by settlment. Many regional dishes have become national, and dishes that were once regional have proliferated in different variations across the cultrual zone. A notable soverign tradition is for the highest ranking government officials to eat all of the unique regional specialties, which are brought together in state capitols for this purpose.

Iron Elvish culture has several prominant fire festivals, which are cullinarily significent due to serving ritualistic dishes durring the festivals

Manual Prompt:What behaviour is impolite while eating?

Manual Prompt:What behaviour is polite while eating?

Manual Prompt:What superstitions are there about food?

Manual Prompt:What rites of passage are there around food?

Leisure

Iron Elvish's members typicaly prefer to a decent balance between labor and liesure which favors labor, which is a pleasure enjoied typicaly by elites, and expressly denied to the working class, though plenty of average people still find time for recreation.

Popular adult pasttimes include:

1. fire festival
2. community activism
3. homebrewing
4. gingerbread house making
5. public speaking

Popular pasttimes for children include:

1. music
2. barbershop music
3. creative writing
4. proverbs
5. tapestry

Manual Prompt:How are these influenced by the values of your culture?

Manual Prompt:How are these influenced by climate and topography?

Manual Prompt:What restrictions on leisure activity are written into law?

Manual Prompt:What restrictions are based on social values?

Manual Prompt:What are the religious restrictions?

Manual Prompt:What are the wealth restrictions?

Charity and Wellfare

In Iron Elvish culture acts of charity are generaly preformed as a means of reducing personal shame. Doners are typicaly seen as respectable members of scociety by the rest of their culture. Donations are typicaly made to assist the impoverished, with notably less going to other groups in need.

As with all of Eyom's cultures, general wellfare is of excelent quality and reach. Food and shelter programs are ubiquitious, even if only to ensure all able-bodies members of scociety are healthy enough to be laborers. Programs to assist the poor with accuiring basic nessities such as clothing, tools for their porfession, etc are also quite common. These institutions are typicaly backed by Gnollish banks, though most nations have set up their own financial institutions to handle these programs affairs more effishently. Such acts are seen as a means of keeping scociety at large healthy and prosperious by limiting non-contributors to those who either cannot, or simply will not be productive mebers of scociety.

Manual Prompt:Who is ineligible for chairy or wellfare?

Health, Fitness, and Beauty Standards

Manual Prompt:What are the physical health standards?

Manual Prompt:What are the mental health standards?

Manual Prompt:How do people improve their health?

Manual Prompt:How are sickness and disability viewed?

Manual Prompt:What is the ideal body?

Manual Prompt:How are beauty ideals perpetuated?

Manual Prompt:What happens to those that fall short?

Patriotism

Manual Prompt:What is expected of the patriotic in times of war?

Manual Prompt:What is expected of the patriotic in times of peace?

Manual Prompt:What are the consequences for unpatriotic behaviour in times of war?

Manual Prompt:What are the consequences for unpatriotic behaviour in times of peace?

Manual Prompt:What are the rewards for patriotic behaviour?

Manual Prompt:What level of patriotism is legally required?

Manual Prompt:What are some examples of extreme patriotism?

Diversity

Manual Prompt:What diversity is evident in your world?

Manual Prompt:What laws exist to protect diverse characteristics?

Manual Prompt:What laws exist against diverse characteristics?

Manual Prompt:What cultural prejudice exists?

Manual Prompt:What diversity is concealed?

Integration and Exclusion

Manual Prompt:Who is fully welcomed in your culture?

Manual Prompt:Who is expected to make adjustments and integrate themselves?

Manual Prompt:Who is still striving for acceptance?

Manual Prompt:How does public opinion differ from the law?

Manual Prompt:What behaviour will result in exclusion from society?

Manual Prompt:What behaviour will result in exclusion from society?

Manual Prompt:Is there a chance of redemption?

Aspirations And Goals

Manual Prompt:What are the big life goals and aspirations?

Manual Prompt:How are these encouraged through...

1. Education?
2. Employment?
3. Religion?
4. Expectations and Norms?
5. Education?

Superstitions

Some superstitions common to Iron Elvish culture are:

1. Going to a hospital on a Wednesday will ensure you're cured.
2. If you say the same word as someone in unison, neither of you will ever find love.
3. Sleeping near a goblin will prevent you form getting cold.
4. Returning directly home after a wake will cause the departed to haunt your home.
5. Sitting at the corner of a table will make you infertile for a year and a day.

Manual Prompt:Create orgins for each.

Bad Manners and Insults

Some superstitions common to Iron Elvish culture are:

1. Disrespecting servants or serving staff.
2. Not signaling to people behind you when driving a wagon/coach.
3. Forgoing cultural table manners.
4. Not respecting communal property.
5. Having bad body language.

Some commonly used insults in Iron Elvish culture are:

1. numbskull
2. coochie-ass
3. motherfucker
4. cuntface
5. biznatch

Heroes and Villains

Manual Prompt:List some historical heroes

Manual Prompt:List some historical villains

Manual Prompt:List some contemporary heroes

Manual Prompt:List some contemporary villains

Manual Prompt:List the scapegoats in your culture

Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood

Manual Prompt:Who supports the mother through pregnancy?

Manual Prompt:Who is present at the birth?

Manual Prompt:How are pregnant women viewed?

Manual Prompt:Who helps after the birth?

Manual Prompt:How does life change for the parents?

Coming of Age

Manual Prompt:When does a child officially become an adult?

Manual Prompt:What coming of age milestones are celebrated?

Manual Prompt:Which milestones are unacknowledged?

Manual Prompt:How is the transition to adulthood marked?

Manual Prompt:How does life change for the parents?

Manual Prompt:When are children expected to leave home?

Manual Prompt:What expectations are placed on those entering adulthood?

Rites of Passage

Manual Prompt:What rites of passage celebrations exist for:

1. Births?
2. Birthdays?
3. Educational milestones?
4. Religious milestones?
5. Other life milestones?
6. Marriages?
7. Deaths?

Manual Prompt:How have rites of passage changed?

Love and Romance

Iron Elvish culture holds the love between friends in the highest esteeme. Of the diffrent varrieties of friendly love, philautia [Self Love, the ability to truly care for one's self as if they were caring for a loved one] is seen as the most important and sacrad type of bond. The love found between friends is seen as important, but nowhere near as much as philautia. The love found between significent others is seen as important, but nowhere near as much as philautia.

Iron Elvish culture favors monogamy. Monogamy is the practice of having only one sexual/romantic partner at time. Monogamous couples can be married or not married - the partners just agree that they will not have sex with anyone else while they are in this relationship.

Manual Prompt:What are typical acts of romance?

Manual Prompt:What romantic celebrations are there?

Sexuality

Manual Prompt:What differing views about sexuality exist?

Manual Prompt:How public is sexuality?

Manual Prompt:What contradictions exist?