Temp: Skyfarming People

The [Skyfarming People] of the [North Crocodile Mountains] immigrated to the area at the start of the (3) period from the [Plainsman People] of the North. People had previously moved through the mountains, but it was not until farming methods were developed in the more stable [Western Desert Plains] area that people could begin to live in the mountain steppes.

They did not emerge as a unique culture until the end of the (3) period, where they became a highly innovative society clustered on the mountaintops.

Appearance
The first thing that stands out to a visitor on seeing the [Skyfarming People] is their liberal use of bright clashing colours in their clothing and beads. Indeed, they seem to revel in the pure spectrum of colours available to them.

As a people, they are dark of skin, with thin-bridged noses and flat faces. Their hair is black, with a tendency to grey very early in their lives. Their eyes tend to be grey-blue, with the occasional dark brown. Compared to other humans, they tend to have larger chests, perhaps due to their increased lung capacity.

History
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Culture and Society


NEED TO FILL THIS IN. They are advanced in art and medicine, using dye and herbs to great effect. They would also have the use of fireworks, though for them the use is artistic and to send signals across the long distances between cities. A complex arrangement of different colours and styles allows this communication.



They harvest rice from plantations on the tops of the mountains, making use of the orographic rainfall to flood their steppes. They also harvest fruits from the forest floor, though hunting birds and lizards make that dangerous work sometimes.

Architecture
NEED TO FILL THIS IN. Paper and light timbers construct their mountain-side monastery-style homes, whilst stone archways cross canyons between the cliffs.

Religion
There would be something in here about rainbow bridges in the sky, which leads to their bright colour love, and bridge-building.

Also less religion and more philosophy. Confucianism almost.

Metagame Notes
This culture could best be described as a mix of Incan and Chinese, with Chinese-inspired architecture, science and philosophy, and an Incan Machu Pichu culture. For their appearance, I have drawn on the inhabitants of Tibet, but with bluer eyes.