Conthestani

The Conthestani people are one of the oldest human communities, outdating The Tawdonian Empire on the Material Plane. The Conthestani refers to the three communities of The Skae, the Pyren, and The Curn. These communities have formed a unified group under the name Conthestani, which in their traditional dialect, means ‘knower of stone’. This refers to the Conthestani’s religious centres, what are known as Conthestani or Psychic stones - stones of great power and significance that gather psychic energy, memories, and knowledge across generations.

The Conthestani people hold nature, tradition, unity, and psychic discipline as their core values. They are an ancient people, with many generations of oral tradition passed down. While the Imperials developed cities and vast buildings, the Conthestani chose to remain close to nature, their ancestors, and their traditional ways of life. Players who play Conthestani should take inspiration from modern druidic and pagan traditions, focusing on spirits, animals, and nature. Be careful to research, and not appropriate marginalized cultures.

= Roleplaying a Conthestani =

The biggest things that define a Conthestani is their connection to nature and the spirits, and their sense of unity as a community. Conthestani will always be friendly to other Conthestani, though this unity may also take the form of elitism, especially while keeping their fellow humans, Imperials, at arm's length. Conthestani represent tradition and keeping close to one's roots, and so it is unusual for them to feel comfortable in overly developed cities.

Looking like a Conthestani
The Conthestani people are heavily attuned to nature. Themes of plant and animal life, seasons and weather are common in their dress, as well as celestial bodies. A Conthestani who has an animal themed Guardian may incorporate their image into their dress as well. Leathers are worn by the traditional warriors, but in recent decades, steel plate has made its way into the Conthestani armoury. The dress of the Conthestani people is varied, and has a lot of freedom, but they tend to avoid the look of Imperials, rejecting their gold accents, fine (but impractical) fabrics, or military influenced uniform.

Sounding like a Conthestani
Conthestani do not have any particular way of speech of note. The biggest difference between them and other humans is referring to spirits in almost everything. Where an Imperial or a Frontier human might tell you to be careful, it looks like it might rain soon, a Conthestani may word it as ‘the spirit of the storm is strong tonight’. To separate their world and existence from spirits is unthinkable, they are too intrinsic to their way of life.

Conthestani Names
Conthestani words are mixtures of words in old Germanic, a now dead language in the world outside of Mystfall. Languages that are Germanic in origin such as English, German, Dutch, Norweigion, etc. are good starting places for finding names.

Conthestani usually have one given name, and a last name that is either reflective of their family if they are of Skae origin, or the collective last name of the community if they are Curn. Pyren include titles in their names, such as “Tanner Caelen”.

Skae ex. Dagny of the Halvar family Pyren ex. Woodworker Oscar Curn ex. Astrid Munen (where Munen is the community name)