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Y4Pint - 4 ounces
Try to avoid using 'gallon' and 'quart'.
DRY MEASURE
Ounces16oz = 1 Pint
Pounds
Peck
Bushel16 pounds
Stone 14 pounds
Hundredweight 100 pounds
* These little details add the necessary sense of reality to a story' Note that
most of them
are the same as they are here in the 'real' world.
(2questionable coins or bars are taken to the temple for verification by
the priests of Nedra. Each temple has a set of verified scales.
The priests charge a 1% fee.
COSTUME
MEN
The upper classes wear a toga-like 'Mantle'. These garments are
color'coded to show rank.
The military uniform is Roman.
Merchants wear belted gowns with deep, wide pockets. They are
also color-coded to show rank.
Menials and craftsmen wear tunics - just below the knees and
sleeves to the elbows. Leggings in winter. Leather aprons.
WOMEN
Gowns of a Grecian cut. Color-coding is legally required, but the law
is largely ignored except on formal occasions. The hair is worn in the
Grecian manner.
Tolnedrans customarily wear daggers (the sign of a free man) but
the daggers are largely ornamental.
WEAPONRY
The short-sword - about 2 feet long - lances, javelins, the short bow.
Heavy siege weapons - catapults, etc.
f RANK
Title
Addressed as
Color code
* The color coding to indicate rank is largely implicit in the books.
The Emperor Your Majesty gold
The Imperial Family Your Highness-Silver with Gold Trim
Grand Dukes Your Grace Blue with Gold Trim
The heads of the Major families - Borunes, Ranites, etc.: