#swordancer au

I can't sleep so yall get centaur smut

Loner time. Had fun turning some ocs into hrihriwa for this! and dw about Tage, they're gonna be fiinee

Practice bone scrying (putting bones in fire and reading the cracks mostly. Also do wishbones)

BIG partiers. Look for any opportunity to throw a feast.

The Steppe isn't that close to the coast, but many clans have trade routs with the Coastal Clans. Shellfish and crustaceans are a rare commodity for them.

The Steppe has a salmon run bc i said so. It's a festival of peace and co-operation, with many clans gathering to fish together. A lot of cross-clan marriages happen during this time.

Oddly, though they love dancing and music, singers are rare amongst them. Sure, people sing, but they're not great at it. Most would rather use drums or bone flutes (Saskia can sing, of course)

idk if I've mentioned it here but most Swordancers are dun with minimal white. They do have an oddly high amount of leucistic members.

due to them cultivating hrihriwa milk, Swordancers have noticeable breasts lmao

It's unknown why they can change their gendered traits. Some think Swordancers are born with separate sexes for their different forms and just mix and match.

Falconers take their birds very seriously. Many couples have broken up if their birds don't get along. Insulting, or stars forbid HURTING someone's bird is a good way to get your ass thrashed.

A lot of Swordancer duels are playing chicken. Due to their horns, duellers will form elaborate dances to show off their skill and strength before risking injury actually fighting.

However you will get stabbed if you're that much of an asshole. They like aiming for flanks and shoulders.

Swordancers find Mountain Clan drama immensely amusing, but hate to get dragged into the politics. Most Swordancers will suggest the most drastic option. Why deal with a shitty leader, when you can just kill him?

They don't have much of an opinion on humans. They find magic fascinating and its one of the few things they fear.

They've like. never seen a Warden or Redling. Reactions would be mixed.

They're superstitious and carry out a lot of little rituals, have totems/symbols and worship the sun, but they're not terribly religious. They don't have many religious figures; outside of folk heroes and moralistic tales. As a result they don't really have any priests or shamans. The closest to a holy person they have are the Nightcallers.

Ton of games, competitions, weddings and other events happen during the weeks

I think if they're hunting for sport (such as a festival, or hunting down a criminal), they prefer to bleed it out. They use their birds for smaller prey, and forked arrows for sport hunting, fowl and fish.

For larger, more dangerous prey where a quick kill is needed (idk bears? there's not any large ungulates in the Rootspan), they use more traditional spade-headed arrows.

They don't really use bow and arrows all that often in general. Their preference is up close kills with their horns or other bladed weapons. Mainly polearms, lances, spears; long weapons.