Riteku Loft

Overview
Riteku Loft is a city founded during the first cycle of Tremons. It is located on one of the few sky islands of Akonanda. Its inhabitants, the Richi, are a bird like people who have found protection on the sky island of Riteku. Eventually, they built up Riteku Loft and began small trade and relations with the rest of the world.

Lore
Most of Richi folklore relates to the sky islands of Akonanda. It is said that the Richi god, Zoz, guided the Ancient Richi through the void. Zoz eventually led the tribe to Akonanda where they would have a chance to settle. However, the earliest days of Akonanda were harsh and dangerous. Nations and peoples of all sorts scrambled to make a name for themselves with the knowledge that the world would collapse. Seeing this, Zoz used his power to raise islands from the sea and keep them suspended high above. His people now protected, he left them to their own devices. However, he promised the Richi he would return in 100 days to again guide them through the void, away from the collapsing Akonanda.

Culture
The Richi are actually scattered across the Akonanda sky islands. The Richi of Riteku were the only ones to form a city as they harvested resources from nearby continents. Most of their architecture is built with logs and a wool tent acting as a roof. They commonly used red, cyan, orange, and yellow dye to decorate each tent in the city. The designs of the tents are meant to reflect an individual Richi or the purpose of a building. Their language of Zochi, consist of small noises like Ri, Chi, or Teku that hold meaning. Bellow is a small sample of these noises and their meanings. They adopted some words from common languages to create relations easier. Most common words are used to describe buildings and trade items.

Architecture
Again, most of the architecture is made of wood and wool tents. Buildings are often circular, using spruce logs for their frame and oak planks for design. Windows are primarily made of either oak fences or oak trapdoors as Richi honestly have no idea what glass is. A special kind of glow wool is used to light up the sky from the tent of the town center or "Nest". This is used to help migrating Richi find Riteku Loft more easily. Walkways consist of two layers. The top is used for Richi trying to land while the second lower layer is used to help support the loft from rocking in strong winds. Both are built from strong dark oak logs and spruce planks with supports being made from spruce logs and fences. In the early days of building, homes or "Roost" were suspectable to lighting strike explosions. However the Richi gained access to lighting rods through trade to better protect their city.