The Tribe of Mora
# Overview
The Mora were a late neolithic tribe of pastoralist-nomadic minikin native to the steppes of Tseireph in the 2nd realm, belonging to the Morellic culture. They had brown skin and were largely hairless with an eye colour ranging from emerald to hazel, lived in matriarchal communities, and spoke a language reconstructed as Proto-Morellic.
# Societal Structure
The Mora lived in matriarchal communities, led by the matriarch - an elder woman who had usually proven herself in battle or a similar great feat, and been chosen by the consensus of her group. These communities were largely familial, with males leaving at maturity to marry into other communities.
# Gender Roles
Women were seen as an almost sacred class, the givers of life and nurturers of children, who conducted diplomacy, dedicated themselves to religion and theosophy, and wove fabric; whereas men were seen as a more vulgar class, who oversaw the practices of animal husbandry and hard labour.
# Lifestyle
The Mora were nomadic pastoralists of the steppe, traversing the grasslands with their herd. They mostly kept animals such as woolly hogs and yurikhs, and hunted other animals such as pringis and treemice, using their skill as adept dartsmen.
# Clothing and Appearance
The Mora generally wore clothes made of plant fiber (such as wild lunuth linen) and yurikh hide, wearing long, dress-like tunics of fabric, leather belts, and overcoats. The males would let their hair down into a jaw to shoulder length style, or tie it up into a bun, and females would shave their head bald as part of a cultural tradition.