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Originally Posted by Varyon
Obviously, they learn some tricks.
For my own entries:
2) People undergo ritual bloodletting at least once a year, as well as anytime they achieve an important triumph. The preserved blood is presented at their funeral as a measure of their life, and after cremation the carbon is extracted from it and added to that extracted from the cremation to produce a memorial diamond, which is kept by the family (the longer lived and the more achievements, the heavier the diamond). |
That's cool. I might actually use that myself.
Addendum, the stone is sacred and worn by a family head/ kept at a shrine/ etc
Addendum, stealing the stone is a way of counting coup.