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are treated badly.
HOLIDAYS
Erastide - Formal banquets
Festival of Chaldan ' Late Spring - the most religious holiday
Festival of Korodullin and Mayaserana - A combination of the
celebration of the victory at Vo Mimbre and the unification of the nation
King's Birthday - A patriotic holiday - formal jousting
The Lord's Birthday - Local celebrations on each estate
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES
Pretty much medieval Catholic. Religious orders abound, supported
by the nobility and providing an escape for the serfs. Usually
established to provide perpetual prayer for victory of some lord. Three
major orders - Mimbrate, Asturian and Wacite monks. (The monks
are never molested in war - bad luck.)
*We largely ignored the Arendish church in the story There were occasional
references to
monks and monasteries, but we saw no real purpose in getting too deeply involved
in the
intricacies of a religion resembling medieval Catholicism.
Female orders formed for similar purposes. Severely cloistered.
They provide an outlet for surplus female children of the nobility.
Priests, Bishops and the head of the church, the Archbishop of Vo
Mimbre.
ULgOLAND
GEOGRAPHY
Ulgoland (or simply Ulgo as the Ulgos themselves call it) is
mountainous - indeed it consists solely of mountains. It is bounded on the
east by Algaria, on the west by Arendia, on the north by Sendaria
and on the south by Tolnedra. There are no known passes through
the country, and the only road to the capital at Prolgu was built
following the war against the Angaraks at the end of the fifth
millennium. There appear to be large amounts of mineral wealth in
Ulgoland, but the Ulgos steadfastly refuse to permit mining within
their boundaries; and, since time immemorial, expeditions of
adventurers into the country have vanished without a trace.
THE ULGOS
These are perhaps the strangest of all the peoples of the west. Not
only do they worship a strange God, live in caves deep in the earth
and speak a language unrelated to the civilized tongues of the north
or the west, but they are also physically different from any other
known race. They are significantly shorter than Alorn or Arend, and
their skin is markedly pale - perhaps as a result of generations of
cave-dwelling. Their hair is without color, and their eyes are quite