Snail People of Uod

Along the frigid coast of the North Sea, where the Gose River drains out from the mountains, sit the Eastern Wastes. Centered around the ruins of Demenian, a city that the Storm Mother all but wiped from the land in her wrath, are small villages and roving bands of Maetah and mixed blooded people left to the wilderness. While not as barren as the Plaguelands of the west, the xenophobia of the inhabitants can be just as dangerous. During the height of the Chlendi Empire, their fear of a return of the grey plague led them to migrate disease populations (no matter how minor) to work camps in the peninsula by Demenian. As the bureaucracy spread, political enemies and undesirables joined the populace. As the Chlendi might waned, the villages of the Eastern Wastes were left to their own direction and communication with the cities of (now) Argaevaligne and the Minkush River Valley ended. The villages became isolated and inbred, and some joined the Kuzak mountain tribes, a Heteri people t...

* To seal a deal, a Heteri will spit into the dirt and grind or stamp his foot at the spot. * People of Eskla communities grab a stone or hand full of soil or grass as shake it in the air as a curse. * In Heteri towns, the sounds of arrhythmic drumming means a funeral procession has started. * In regions along the Red Coast (Balancont, Vennosat) small octopi are the traditional entree at weddings and celebrations. They are a gift from the Storm Mother. * Maetah peoples and those raised in rural regions of Argaevaligne will rub their face and arms with fertile soil to ward of curses and dispel enchantments. * If you soak the silou fish in a bath of brine and vinegar for a moon, it will produce a mildly hallucinogenic beverage. * In Heteri lands, the colour blue is used to fend off demons. During periods of disaster, plague, or death, people will wear masks, hats, and scarves of blue cloth. Newborn babies are wrapping in blue blankets. * As a sign of shame, wrongdoing, or as punishmen...