Textiles, armour, uniforms and other items of clothing.
| Banin | Banin The banin [ban-in or ban-EEN] is a long, short-sleeved or sleeveless tunic common throughout Ororr. Clothing This is in a series of articles on Clothing and textiles. It is typically cut to just above the wearer's knee, and closely fitted, originally to avoid wasting cloth. Simple versions are one piece and pulled over the head, with a square-cut neck, and made of simple dyed or coloured fabric. Today the banin is more commonly made of embroidered or otherwise decorated fabric and w… |
| Boat-cloak | Boat-cloak A boat-cloak is a large garment of skin or waxed fabric, which wraps around the wearer to protect them from harsh weather. The outer edges of the cloak have a series of inflatable pockets, so that when the cloak is laid flat and inflated, it forms a small boat or raft. |
| Ovors | Ovors Ovors [OH-vor] (also ovorr, plural ovorn) are common domestic herd animals found throughout the Civilised World, used for their meat, skins and wool. They are agile creatures with a thick matted fur and small conical horns for defence, though many herdsmen blunt these. |
| Polma | Polma The polma is a traditional Thalsic garment made from a single length of cloth, which today is particularly associated with the Shouft, the Great Pilgrimage of the Therist religion. Polma's are traditionally made of linen, but can be made of wool or other fabrics. |
| Sea silk | Sea silk Sea silk is a fine, opalescent fabric produced by the virid bisiavir clam. These grow in clear tropical waters and can grow to a large size. Clothing This is in a series of articles on Clothing and textiles. They excrete fine filaments which anchor it to rocks. Bisiavir clams require a certain depth of clean water and a firm bedrock to thrive, making cultivation of them difficult. |
| Shalar | Shalar The shalar is a traditional Doroun garment, a tailcoat consisting of a form-fitting jacket with wide shoulders, and a square-cut tail or skirt that falls to the floor, partially enclosing the legs. The traditional shalar is closed with loop and stud buttons up the front, with a square-cut collar. |
| Silk | Silk Silk is a fine, light, opalescent fabric which can be made from several different source materials. Clothing This is in a series of articles on Clothing and textiles. Greensilk Greensilk is made from the milk of the malacea worm, a creature which feeds on lichens and virid fungus. Greensilk is the finest of the silks, being soft, shiny, takes vibrant dyes, yet also extremely strong and resistant to wear.virid |
| Wormskin | Wormskin Wormskin is a fine, strong, translucent leather-like fabric made from the hide of virid tunnel-worms. It is particularly used in costly leather goods and clothing produced in Ororr and Munatan. Clothing This is in a series of articles on Clothing and textiles. Wormskin is usually prepared from recently-shed skin, harvested from tunnels. This yields the thinnest and finest skin, though the quality is variable and relies on the skill of hunters to identify the time and place where w… |