Fjellheim

= Fjellheim =

Overview
Fjellheim is a small Republic located the eastern half of the continent of Sparwood it shares its borders with Kartek, Novareach, Frosmyre, and Tovarisha.

Fjellheim takes influence from many nations. With many styles of architecture, Fjellheim distinguishes itself by charging no federal taxes and having a deep rooted influence of Portuguese and Brazilian culture. Fjellheim is one of the biggest Portuguese speaking nations on Rathnir.

People
The people of Fjellheim are the Fjelli. With their own language and culture, they are unique but fitting for the western Sparwood winds. A light an hardy skinned people, bearing the cold harsh winds of the mountains.

Dress
Fjell dress in clothes fitting for the climate and season. In the harsh winters they wear thick, tight, leg wear and jacket. These clothes will be tied with cloth to ensure they are protective from the wind. With colors and decoration going into the ties, wraps, and even an extra, cosmetic, layer of thin cloth over the under furs or linins. These are for fashion in the winters, and used as a second layer to a thin outfit in the mild summers.

House system
The Fjell familial households–which have lost their influence and number over the years–have a traditional system, now less attached to a specific house but more to a family as a whole. With the family head being usually the eldest, unless they cannot be a proper figure for the family. Births from any mother within a house will consider that child of the family and a child of a man within the house will only be automatically part of the house if the father wasn't married. A house head may adopt someone (any age) into the house, an adopted person is eligible for inheritance and being an heir.

Family names (surnames) can be created as either the first name of the founder of a new house or from a new name they dawn. Any word link (') will be removed as the name is compounded into one word.