Quoted By:
>The civilisation gets +0.05 Culture.
>The civilisation gets +5 Health.
In Protavic culture, the female body becomes something sacred. It is seen as a beautiful and miraculous thing, capable of producing and nurturing new life. Substantial breasts, hips, bellies and thighs are all seen as signs of fertility and women who possess these traits are seen as incredibly desirable, if not blessed by the Allmother herself.
Every living thing has a mother, a womb that is responsible for its creation in which its essence coalesced. Yet who is the first mother, who is the divinity that is responsible for everything that has ever lived? In the end, it is decided that the land itself must be the mother, the womb from which all life sprang. The Protavic name for their world and their creator god becomes one and the same, expressed in a single syllable – she is <span class="mu-s">An</span>, the Allmother.
With this development, the family celebrants become exclusively female and their responsibilities multiply. Not only are they in charge of brewing butol and overseeing ceremonies, but they are responsible for maintaining the good health of their family's women, especially those who are with child. They are the <span class="mu-s">drobrac</span>, the devoted disciples of An.
A generation passes.
The thieving Grovic who dwell on the fringes of Protavic society usually escape justice. Whenever they steal livestock or women, they typically disappear into the forest where they either get eaten by a bear or lie low until the tribe lowers its guard once more. This time however, one of the great families was able to track down and capture the gang of Grovic that was responsible for stealing its swine.
The beast-bringers usually punish their own with the confiscation of property, but these scum are not Protavic. They are vagabonds who own nothing of value and there is no point in exiling them – they will just wait in the woods until they can strike again. These outsiders deserve a different punishment.
They could be <span class="mu-s">assimilated</span>. They steal because they do not know the right way to live. Once they are educated, they should be allowed to live among the Protavic.
They could be <span class="mu-s">enslaved</span>. After everything that they have stolen from the tribe, it only seems right that these scum should give something back for a change, via hard labour.
They could be <span class="mu-s">executed</span>. Only the harshest possible punishment will convince the Grovic to leave the Protavic alone. Whenever they are caught, they must be slain without mercy.
They could be <span class="mu-s">given to the Vuvovic</span>. Our tribe still has some ties to the blood-drinkers. This bond could be strengthened by surrendering these captives to them, to suffer a grisly fate.
>Assimilate them.
>Enslave them.
>Execute them.
>Give them to the Vuvovic.
