Religious Items
Around each sailor's neck was a small cord, and from that cord hung a stone vial. Within those vials was a thing column of seawater, taken from the deeps out where land was but a distant memory. To all who wore them, these little containers were their most treasured possession, for it was said that to break one was to bring down the sea's wrath upon the owner. Of course, it almost always brought down man's wrath upon the breaker, and so ends poorly for all men involved. These little vials are worn because they provide the comfort of the sea to those of the deep ocean, those men who feel strange and out of place when they place a foot upon dry land, but can run across a sloping deck in a squall. These sailors are born with a gift from the ocean, and they mark that gift with the thong about their necks, and the dollop of ocean water that goes wherever they go.
For other people from other lands it is much the same. Those of Tri-Hauwcerton wear a necklace or a bracelet of stone beads, each polished to a smooth and glowing sheen. The beads click and slide as the wearer moves his arm or gestures with his body, making their presence known. More ostentatious people wear whole armbands or long strips of beads from knee to shin, but even those are looked upon kindly, for only some do it out of ostentation, others because they feel they must be eternally close to the holy mountains of the earth.
Men of Niam Liad bind feathers and straw into their hair, thin objects of little weight that float and flutter in the breezes of their land, constantly catching and tugging at their scalp. Each little tug is a reminder of the air they breath, worship, and live for, and can often lead to elaborate headpieces that stretch upwards from the top of the scalp, swaying in the slightest of breaths. While some wear them in riotous colour, most prefer the solemnity of a sky blue, matching the implements of their worship to the tint of their holy sky. It would be strange for a citizen to be seen without at least some accoutrements in their hair, and those that wear nothing are usually considered uncouth foreigners. Priests of this religion wear wings upon their head in addition to the arrays of straw, feathers, and other objects, for the wings symbolize their desire to reach into the sky, to fly with the winds around the earth. Those not of the priestly caste who wear wings are often found abused in a quiet back alley for their presumption.
Those of the land of Bhreac Veryan cannot hold their symbols close to their person, and so a whole host of stylized representations of a burning flame or scorching fire has arisen. Most often made of a glass container holding within it a sliver of red and orange, these objects shimmer as the light hits them from different angles, and the flame appears to move, dancing to the pace of their wearer. Others carve the symbol of the flame from the the chitin of the arfod bryf, an insect prized for the plates of its body. These symbols are usually worn about the neck or pinned to the breast, but some wear them dangling from the wrist. The people who do that most often consider themselves to the be enacting the will of the fire when they strike, and among the people of Bhreac Veryan, are much feared for their capricious and ruthless nature.