things we know about the silken squall:
they have a drama club! dorian was in it!
rulers willing to put their children under a zone of truth spell if they were suspected of lying
a nomadic society, historically traveling worldwide, but in dorian and cyrus' lifetime they have never left marquet
rulers who left the city for years of wandering in their youths, but then pretended this never happened/wasn't the norm in order to keep their sons cloistered within the city
all air genasi are welcome! non-air genasi are also welcome--under strict guard
they have no formal monarchy, but a monarchy is nevertheless the closest to what their system of governance is. dorian frames his parents' role as giving advice to any who ask, imparting wisdom to the community, but the position is both an elevated and hereditary one. should his parents die, dorian would be expected to take over this position regardless of how much or little wisdom he had to impart to his people
due to the cloistered nature of dorian's upbringing, he had no friends before leaving and meeting the crown keepers. this implies some interesting distance between the quasi-royal family and, well. anyone else who could have been dorian's friend growing up
dorian and cyrus' formal dress included laurel headpieces denoting their status as quasi-princes
at some earlier time in dorian's life, he attended a court dance (not even a ball) where an uninvited guest showed up. to quote dorian, they were "killed immediately" due to walking into an environment where sensitive information between politicians may have been discussed
things we do NOT know about the silken squall:
what the fuck is up with all that
