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(Saltha is a lizardfolk desert country) I'm not sure exactly about styles of fashion in Saltha in terms of trends, pre-war with the humans. Children don't really wear clothing until they are 10, unless they are doing chores (in which case they wear the simple Aki, a loin cloth that's used by adults ...

Basics Username: Foolster41 Birthplace: Chicago, IL Place of residence: Washington State Identity Gender: Male Sexuality: Hetro Religion: Christian Measurements Age and date of birth: April 1st, 1981 Height: 5'10" Languages (including level of fluency!) Native language(s): English Other langua...

Sák nä yaa kólapód nä! Láng --- ol thual? sák nä yaa kólapód nä láng --- ol thual Welcome! What's this language? Ól ísta ístụ aat wo lï khootí'thual? ól ísta ístụ aat wo lï khootí'thual Does it have non-pulmonic consonants? Tas Tosa! isinkasanailekarathnai. Seth, !a yl |a Tas Tosa! i-sin-kasanai-el...

dikɑ ɛhsnɑi, gikɑi!ɑkɑlis ɛsilɑ irɑthɛ
dikɑ ɛhsh-nɑi, gi-kɑl-!a-kal-i-s ɛsil-ɑ irathe
Greeting friend-PL much-past-not-past-present-V 1P-Masc here
Hello friends! I was here a long time ago, then wasn't for a while and now am back.

I'm currently reading "A desolation called peace" by Arakady Maritine, a follow-up to her Hugo award winning novel "A memory called empire" which I thoroughly enjoyed. Both are sorts of diplomatic space operas with political conspiracy. What I enjoyed most I think of both is the ...

In Saltha they would be [*]The The Story of creation [*] The story of the flood [*]The adoption of the twins Olasasha & Gishlokea by the divines Kai and Laikei [*] The tale of the Nekesana (a cactus creature who whips bad children) [*]Salthan Children grow up with story of the downfall of King K...

I'd thought that the Salthans would likely have a caste system of some sort, at least during the imperial era, but I'm not sure what that'd look like exactly. Possibly divided into: Royalty, Nobility, Military, Priesthood, Craftsman, Peasantry. But I'm not entirely sure the restrictions exactly of e...

In Saltha, crime is defined as an act that takes from, either rights or possessions from another person, so justice is more restorative than punitive. Both plaintiff and defendant state their cases and bring witnesses before a panel of judges (typically 5), and then the judges deliberate. If the def...