Ancestries: Human
Languages: Argean
Polities: Argean League
Description
Argean culture thrives on a careful balance of civic unity and local pride, blending mortal ambitions with a reverence for forces beyond human understanding. Each city-state—Evea, Kiremnos, Philbos, and countless smaller polis—follows its own customs, but all belong to the Argean League, a loose confederation sworn to shared ideals and common defence. At their hearts lie bustling agoras where merchants hawk fragrant spices and bronze trinkets, neighbours gather to gossip, and travellers from distant lands marvel at the architecture and street performances.
The Argeans take great pride in knowledge, artistry, and piety. In Evea, scholars pore over scrolls of arcane philosophy while wizards delve into hidden chambers, unraveling cosmic truths and channeling energies thought too dangerous for common folk. In Philbos, sages devise better irrigation methods and hold symposiums debating ethics and governance, while subtle magi study cryptic inscriptions left by elder civilizations. Meanwhile, Kiremnos prizes martial discipline above all—its hoplites train constantly for war, and arcane advisors whisper battle-spells and auguries into the ears of stern strategoi.
Religion infuses daily life, guiding each city’s rhythm. Priests and priestesses serve as healers and mediators, tending to the wounded and calming disputes with quiet authority. They lead processions through frescoed corridors of marble temples, offer sacrifices under starry skies, and interpret omens cast in the flicker of sacred flames. The gods, many-faced and temperamental, shape the fortunes of harvests, city councils, and daring voyages. Oracles, wizards, and holy orders all work together—often uneasily—to ensure mortals remain on favourable terms with the divine.
Craftspeople and farmers, too, play their part: bronze-smiths hammer weapons and ceremonial masks under watchful tutelage, potters shape vases etched with heroic deeds, and farmers tend olive groves outside city walls. Periodic festivals bring everyone together—warriors, priests, merchants, wizards—to share wine, watch choral dances, and listen to epic chants recounting gods’ quarrels and heroes’ triumphs. Thus, despite their differences in focus and temperament, the Argean city-states form a vibrant mosaic, stitched by faith, knowledge, and the subtle mysteries lurking in the spaces between mortal and divine.
Names
Masculine:
- Argeon (AR-gee-on)
- Thersanor (THAIR-sah-nor)
- Kymenos (KYE-meh-nos)
- Pelaion (peh-LAY-on)
- Arexion (ah-REK-see-on)
- Drimaklos (dree-MAH-klos)
- Tymedes (ty-MEE-dehs)
- Phraxion (FRAK-see-on)
- Melektor (meh-LEK-tor)
- Akarion (ah-KAH-ree-on)
- Alytrion (ah-LEE-tree-on)
- Tymander (ty-MAN-der)
- Rhexion (REK-see-on)
- Palamedon (pah-lah-MEE-don)
- Xymedros (zy-MEH-dros)
- Aristhegon (a-ris-THEH-gon)
- Chrelion (KHRAY-lee-on)
- Dorektos (do-REK-tos)
- Phemion (FEH-mee-on)
- Erimakos (e-ri-MAH-kos)
- Zarkeon (ZAR-kee-on)
- Tyrenor (ty-REH-nor)
- Malkiros (mal-KEE-ros)
- Draveon (drah-VEH-on)
- Khemitor (keh-MEE-tor)
- Rylakos (ry-LAH-kos)
- Asthreon (as-THRAY-on)
- Brynokos (bry-NOH-kos)
- Syrendar (sy-REN-dar)
- Keldimos (kel-DEE-mos)
- Varexios (vah-REK-see-os)
- Dramikon (drah-MEE-kon)
- Nykarion (ny-KAH-ree-on)
- Thalomir (thah-LO-meer)
- Kreoxos (kreh-OK-sos)
- Pylander (py-LAN-der)
- Zymenos (zy-MEH-nos)
- Farenor (fah-REH-nor)
- Jalakos (jah-LAH-kos)
- Wrentheon (REN-thee-on)
Feminine:
- Argenne (ar-GEN-neh)
- Phretyne (FREH-ty-neh)
- Lymistra (ly-MEES-trah)
- Kelyna (keh-LEE-nah)
- Thalene (tha-LEE-neh)
- Melrisa (mel-REE-sah)
- Kyrena (ky-REE-nah)
- Drastheia (dra-STHAY-ah)
- Symode (sih-MOHD-eh)
- Helinesta (heh-li-NES-tah)
- Thrysanne (thri-SAN-neh)
- Kelithra (keh-LI-thrah)
- Alymene (a-LEE-meh-neh)
- Zethena (zeh-THEH-nah)
- Hymera (hye-MEH-rah)
- Marionne (mah-ree-ON-neh)
- Lerissa (leh-RIS-sah)
- Mythrene (mih-THREH-neh)
- Chlerysa (KLEH-ree-sah)
- Tharene (tha-REH-neh)
- Kyraleia (ky-rah-LAY-ah)
- Zarmena (zar-MEH-nah)
- Thaliora (thah-LEE-oh-rah)
- Nyredris (ny-REH-dris)
- Astraia (as-TRAY-ah)
- Kelmira (kel-MEE-rah)
- Dravena (drah-VEH-nah)
- Pyrenna (py-REH-nah)
- Lysakra (ly-SAH-krah)
- Breonyx (breh-OH-niks)
- Syrenea (sy-REH-nee-ah)
- Malkira (mal-KEE-rah)
- Jalendra (jah-LEN-drah)
- Kiralea (kee-rah-LAY-ah)
- Thremina (threh-MEE-nah)
- Varexin (vah-REK-sin)
- Nykaela (ny-KAY-lah)
- Dreliora (dreh-LEE-oh-rah)
- Zymara (zy-MAH-rah)
- Fareloth (fah-REH-loth)