Dani's Worldbuilding Blog

The group is a band that forages. They are very expressive people, the kind that not only talk with their hands but with their whole torso. They are always in motion and always carrying open expressions. They believe that their is a higher power, though they may not name it. They know the human has a soul and they believe that everything has an energy and balance. This belief is what helps them govern their people. They govern without a real head or political system, they trust and communicate with each other. They don’t deal out punishment for small crimes believing that bad energy will come back to you. However if the whole band is in agreement of the severity of a crime they will reprimand/punish someone for something. Overall everyone governs their own problems and deals with them themselves. As a foraging culture it is everyone’s job to find food. Young children help store and clean the food that is found with the elders who tell them stories of their band. The elders are al

The planet Echo is 60% water, with land masses that are almost completely connected. The land is close together, if not connected, and filled with lush plant life. The people on the planet are advanced intellectually but technologically they are not as advanced as Earth, because they prioritize their environment over their progress. As such, the plants have flourished and almost overgrown. The animals have evolved to survive either on the dark forest floor or to be able to climb into the canopies of the trees. The people have built their houses in the trees, connected with rope bridges, in the heavily wooded areas. In less densely wooded areas, they make their houses on the ground. Ground based settlements are usually larger and serve as a sort of marketplace to trade amongst the different tree settlements. They hunt the animals in the canopies mostly, sometimes venturing to the forest floor. They also grow fruits and vegetables in or near the larger settlements. All