#galahd

[silverscence]

Has anyone ever noticed the small coeurl in this concept art? We knew coeurls are native to Galahd, didn't realise they could also be ... domesticated? 🥺

Makes me wonder if Nyx would be a cat person, especially considering his motif is also a coeurl—

Man every day I wish we got more of Galahd in canon

[wyvernspirit]

Oh i fear this oneshot is gradually becoming a multi chapter fic..

Prompto bonding with the galahdians ideas

1. Getting brought out to eat their food

Prom being a baby with spice at first but being determined to build up a tolerance and then he dies

2. Prom helping look after some of the young kids, in exchange for not being lonely at home + all the aunties pile him with food + love because "your too skinny dear!"

3. Trainingggg

I need more ideas,,

Nyx adopting him into clan ulric except it was a big fight between the group over who got him and nyx won by virtue of being the one who initially sought him out

Prompto talking to Noct about em? Somehow it being kind of a secret for years that they hang out but it wasnt like intentional maybe?

Cor does his one month training with Prompto and is like "Who the fuck trained you before this???" And Prompto just starts... Listing all the Glaive Lieutenants??

Hmmm....

[raven-6-10]

Galahdian Braids

Alright, I'm writing this thing down, because while I've seen many, many different variations on braids and beads headcanons, none of them quite worked how I liked.

Also, I've been enabled by @cactusprisms

So without further ado!

History

The thing about modern braid code is that it has its origin in two different cultures.

One of those was Ancient Galahd and they contributed three basic braids: Clan Braid, Family Braid and Marriage Braid. Those were the only three that had actual meaning behind them. There were variations of course, like Clan Braid being used to also indicate Clan Heads or Elders, but it was still a modification to the original braid, not a new one.

The other contributing culture was Solheim and here things get interesting.

Because my Solheim was a heavily stratified society and their complicated braiding code meant that you could tell everything about a person just at a glance.

Everything.

Their caste, their social class, their profession and specialisations, their gender, if they are a family head or a heir and so on. There were specific braids for accomplished warriors and for master craftsmen, and for students. There were various hairstyles for government positions, up to and including an extremely complicated hairdo for the King.

Now, after Somnus' coup, quite a lot of people of Solheimr descent decided that leaving Lucis (then just Cavaugh and a bit of the mainland shoreline) was going to be much better for their health. Of those who settled on Galahd, quite a lot were young adults and teenagers, or widowed mothers with small children. People with much to lose but not much power to force their own way on locals. So they had to adapt and assimilate, let themselves be absorbed by Galahdians. And Galahdians absorbed and synergised some of their cultural practices too.

Including their hairstyles.

Clan Braid

A single braid hanging before the right ear with a bead or two, that indicates the Clan and Lineage of the person, along with their status within both.

It is a box braid for people born into the clan, a five strand braid for people who married into it and a fishtail braid for adoptees.

Now, the box braid version is the most common one, because Galahdians don't switch clans on marriage as a rule. You were born to a particular clan and you will stay a member of that clan. So if you see somebody with a married-in braid, that means that either they were a complete outsider to the islands or they decided to completely cut the contact with their birth clan. Both happens sometimes.

Similar cases happen with adoptees. You are either a complete outsider or you are old enough to decide you would rather belong to another clan than the one you were born to.

There might be one or two beads on this braid. One is the Clan bead, made out of coloured glass, ceramics or stained wood for everyday and out of precious or semi-precious stone for special occasions. The other - if you have it - is a Lineage bead, which only started to show up after the Solheimr population mixed in completely. It's made out of the same materials as the Clan bead but with an etched pattern or symbol to indicate the specific lineage of the person wearing it.

Lineage Heads have two narrow golden beads on both sides of their Lineage bead for ceremonies or a golden/yellow patterning on the everyday bead. Their Heirs have the same but in white-gold.

Clan Heads have a golden ring hanging from the end of their braid and golden ribbons through the braid. The Heir - if there's an official one - will have ribbons in clan colours braided in but no ring. Honoured elders might get a ribbon too or a pair of beads, depending on the clan.

Family Braid

It's braided right above the Clan Braid and has two parts.

The first part is braided to the skin like in the pic below (I'm not sure what this type of a braid is called) and there are personal beads threaded on it for each parent you have. Considering that my Galahdians are polygamous, it can be as many as four different beads.

Once all the beads for parents are on, the section is tied off and the rest is braided into a box braid with a personal bead for each of your siblings.

Marriage Braid

Braided right above the Family braid and in similar style. It has a personal bead of each of your spouses, bracketed by pairs of beads indicating the type of marriage you have. There are three (historically four) types of marriage on Galahd and each one has beads done in a different metal.

After all the beads, the section is tied off. The rest of the hair might be left loose or pulled back into whatever hairstyle you are wearing today.

Profession Braids

Those were adopted by Galahdians from the Solheimr. But unlike them, they are only worn by masters of their craft and awarded when the apprentice is graduated by their master-teacher or their guild.

Braided starting from the left side of the head, there is a multitude of possible patterns and decorations of ribbons and beads that together indicate the craft and specialisation of the person wearing it.

There are generally two versions of each braid. The fancy one with all kind of decorations for ceremonies and official occasions. And the simplified braid worn for everyday.

That includes...

King's Braid

Yup, the Galahdians adopted the braid worn by Solheimr Kings for their own King. Well, after they actually unified the islands into one nation that did have a King.

The braid patterns look like in the pics below, with the ceremonial one on the left and the everyday one on the right. But the everyday braid is full of ribbons and cords in different colours, some of them embroidered, that all indicate different things connected to what Galahdians think a King should be.

The official braid also has embroidered ribbons and the beading. But not normal beads, oh no! The official braid for a King of Galahd involves Clan and Lineage beads of all Clans that swear allegiance to him/her/them. Usually those beads are passed down on from the predecessor but in cases when the Great Gathering decides the throne should pass to another Lineage or Clan, there's an entire ceremony where each Clan Head ritually presents the carved gemstone beads in the name of their Clan.

[calling4glaives]

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[ertrunkenerwassergeist]

I live!

So I've got a question about the Galahd culture when it comes to camping. We know that there are hunts that some clans go on (forgive me if I'm misremembering things been in the shadows for too long) but when it comes to certain camp cultures, would dozing a firepit with water before leaving be considered a bad thing? Considering water means death.

You live!

Glad to have you back and hope you're doing alright.

As for your question:

You aren't misremembering. Most Galahkari know how to hunt, though not everybody specialises in it or does so regularely.

The preferred method of dousing a fire is to let it burn down and then bury the ashes in sand or earth. If letting it burn down isn't fast enough and/or no sand or earth is available, dousing a camp fire in water is perfectly acceptable. Water means death, yes, and while the Galahkari have deep seated believes, they're also very practical. And also don't want the jungle to burn down.

Littering is actually considered a crime. Not that many people do it, considering they respect nature and especially their jungle too much to do it. And with littering I mean leaving things behind that aren't bio-degradable or edible for animals. Though those things tend to get buried/left behind outside the camping places, so the animals don't crowd there.

[garbria]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Final Fantasy XV Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Libertus Ostium & Nyx Ulric Characters: Nyx Ulric, Libertus Ostium, Crowe Altius Additional Tags: Young Nyx Ulric, Hurt Nyx Ulric, Canon-Typical Violence, Daemons, Galahd, Animal Shifter, Nyx Week 2025 Series: Part 1 of Nyx Week 2025 Summary:

Nyx discovers more than he expected while on the hunt.

For Nyx Week 2025, day 1.

[firefallvaruna]

Chapter 27 Now Up!

Summary: Set after Dawn of the Future, Noctis and Lunafreya sneak off for a weekend alone in Leide. They soon discover a tantalizing clue to help the recovering world in Galahd and the Chocofam departs for a winter road trip. But what secrets await them?

Relationships: Lunafreya Nox Fleuret/Noctis Lucis Caelum

Rating: Explicit

Chapter Summary:

Prompto and Ignis find themselves teleported deep into the Artificial Astral and find reality breaking down around them. However, discoveries along the way offer a glimmer of hope.

Photo by Kristaps Grundsteins on Unsplash

[thorntopieces]

I don't know where my headcanon that they drink spiced espresso in Galahd came from but at this point I'm running with it