#merfaen

[vellatra]

Hey so I've been doing some thinking about a fairly minor piece of worldbuilding for Silen Fah (my ancient but still unfinished book), and I was curious what some other opinions might be! So here's the thing in question:

This is the current design for the armor worn by the military in the Merfaen tiz Ornaru. Everybody wears this style in these colors:

Which is cool and edgy and all, but... is it too boring? So it got me to thinking, should the leather armor be different colors for the different races? (We've got five different races that live in the Merfaen, and each of them operates in different "branches" of the army.) But they should still match a little bit, I mean, they're all in the same army, right? So what about different colored under-layers like this?

Or maybe the races are so different anyway, that this just makes things too busy. IDK. I've never been much of a "fashionista". :P ;)

Thoughts?

Everybody should wear exactly the same uniform

Same as Option One, but do pick a different color!

The races should be color-coded (not necessarily the colors in the examples)

The different races shouldn't even have the same style of armor! CHAOS BABAY!

Voting ended onAug 26, 2023

[vellatra]

Some worldbuilding stuff

Got a little interest on that worldbuilding poll I did the other week (about the different races of a particular country and the armor they wear in their army), and I'll admit, it was more interest than I'd expected! :D So I did a (more accurate) drawing of said races and thought i might give them all a brief description here. :) Sorry for the poor quality; I can usually edit my colors to look decent but the computer was not cooperating. ;)

Left-to-right, the races of the Merfaen tiz Ornaru! Simi, Fi, Kubli, Noki, and Sor.

Simien are the smallest out of everyone. They have piggy snouts and large, batty ears. They may be small, but they're known for their larger-than-life personalities! In their original design they had six eyes that went all the way around their heads, giving them a 360 degree view of their surroundings. But also they were kinda creepy so I deleted that feature in later versions. :)

Fien are the most human-looking of the bunch - except of course for their wings, and their colorful hair, which ranges from pink to blue but is normally some shade of purple. Most of my main characters (from this country anyway) are fien, including Vellatra. (Well, sort of. But that's another story.)

Kublien are small, but not quite as short as the simien. They're a little more spindly, and have very long, narrow ears and noses. They generally have keener senses than the other races, and excel at tracking and hunting.

Nokien are just a touch shorter and stockier than humans (the average male noki stands at about 5 feet tall). They have black hair, dark green skin, and brown spots that come in during puberty. (Although there are rare instances of nokien - "clearskins" - who never gain their spots, and are renowned for their youthful beauty.) They are generally quiet and stoic people, who put a lot of emphasis on duty, tradition, and familial ties.

Soren are the gentle giants out of everyone. While they are, naturally, the strongest, they often tend toward peaceful occupations, like blacksmiths or miners. Maiga, the sora pictured, is a medic in the army.

It was fun writing all this out! Makes me want to keep working on that story... though I won't be able to work for long since I'm more than eight months pregnant now. ;)