Post by themidnightscribe on Aug 17, 2009 17:19:35 GMT -6
Most young people start career training 15-16. Some switch careers a few times in a lifetime.
Shepherd Folk
They do not reside in the canyons or dragon-cliffs. There are some woody, grassy lands around the mountains and in their valleys. Some dragon-less people live in this delicate habitat and raise mountain sheep. The wool they produce is sent to the canyons in exchange for food stores and other goods otherwise unattainable to them. They live in caves and travel up and down the mountains with the sheep.
Training: Since children in shepherding communities grow up to be shepherds, almost no training time. If some one were to move from the canyons to these remote areas, they would work with a more experienced shepherd until the community trusts the newcomer with their sheep.
Mining Folk
They live at the base of the mountains, either quarrying marble or mining iron, copper, or gold ore. They have foundries set up as well to make goods for the canyons. They also provide this in exchange for food and extra water. Some Miners live in the canyons serving as masons, carving new rooms and maintaining old ones.
Training: 2-3 years formal training, trainees in the canyon work on smaller, maintenence-type programs, and work up to room carving, and stone carving.
Herbalists
They are the healers of Tirah, and live anywhere people are. Some herbalists specialize in dragon care, others the elderly, other children, and some just on sickness. They always tend to their own gardens. They make salves, potions, set bones, know the body inside and out and even, though rarely, will resort to surgery.
Training: since lives are on the line, trainees will be strictly under supervision for 6-7 years. There is always more to learn as a Herbalist.
Bards
The storytellers and musicians of Tirah, they mostly live in the canyons, and the larger population, the more bards you will find.
Training: Formal training has a lot to do with memorization. They have to memorize the important stories to each canyon, and also well known stories on Tirah. They also are taught good ways to improvise or write their own stories. They have to be able to play metal pipes, wooden pipes, guitars, harps of all sizes, and the occasional horn. Training lasts 4-5 years.
Brewers
You'll always find a good chunk of the Canyon gardens devoted to barely and grapevines. The brewers take these plants to make their beer and wine.
Training: formal training lasts around 3 years, though true expertise comes with many, many years testing recipes and finding just the right conditions. Many brewers will keep their personal recipes to themselves, only telling their assistants on their deathbeds.
Growers
The farmers who grow cotton, wheat, hay, vegitables and corn-like plants in the rich land in the base of the canyons. They spend each day watering, weeding, and harvesting plants. Some of them care for milk-giving beasts and egg-laying poultry.
Training: 2-3 years. It is important for these men and women to learn the concept of crop rotation since the canyon people can't tolerate loss of soil fertility because of its rarity.
Cooks
It takes a lot of people to make enough food for all the people living in a canyon community. They grind the grains into meal, and then make that into breads, as well as roast, stew, fry, dry, and grill any meat or fish they can get. Some cooks specialize in breads, others deserts, other meats, and still others the vegitables.
Training: many young people grow up in the kitchens, but formal cook training lasts 2-3 years. To be a well known cook, it pays to be creative and just a dash daring.
Spinners and Sewers
They make the cotton and wool into garments such as tunics, pants, dresses, hoods, and face coverings for riders. They also are the ones who dye the fabric after they have woven it.
Training: 1-2 years supervised training, more complicated techniques are often traded at multi- canyon festivals and tournaments.
Silk Makers
Silk is considered a rich man's fabric, since most of the public use cotton or wool. Muor Canyon specializes in silk making, which has helped make it a profitable canyon.
Training: 2 years.
Potters
They take clay imported from the southern river deltas and turn it into pretty pots used for water carrying, food storage, and eating dishes. They also make clay figures for children from time to time.
Training: 3-4 years. Once a young potter is out of training he or she develops their mark to stamp on the bottom of any pot they create.
Shepherd Folk
They do not reside in the canyons or dragon-cliffs. There are some woody, grassy lands around the mountains and in their valleys. Some dragon-less people live in this delicate habitat and raise mountain sheep. The wool they produce is sent to the canyons in exchange for food stores and other goods otherwise unattainable to them. They live in caves and travel up and down the mountains with the sheep.
Training: Since children in shepherding communities grow up to be shepherds, almost no training time. If some one were to move from the canyons to these remote areas, they would work with a more experienced shepherd until the community trusts the newcomer with their sheep.
Mining Folk
They live at the base of the mountains, either quarrying marble or mining iron, copper, or gold ore. They have foundries set up as well to make goods for the canyons. They also provide this in exchange for food and extra water. Some Miners live in the canyons serving as masons, carving new rooms and maintaining old ones.
Training: 2-3 years formal training, trainees in the canyon work on smaller, maintenence-type programs, and work up to room carving, and stone carving.
Herbalists
They are the healers of Tirah, and live anywhere people are. Some herbalists specialize in dragon care, others the elderly, other children, and some just on sickness. They always tend to their own gardens. They make salves, potions, set bones, know the body inside and out and even, though rarely, will resort to surgery.
Training: since lives are on the line, trainees will be strictly under supervision for 6-7 years. There is always more to learn as a Herbalist.
Bards
The storytellers and musicians of Tirah, they mostly live in the canyons, and the larger population, the more bards you will find.
Training: Formal training has a lot to do with memorization. They have to memorize the important stories to each canyon, and also well known stories on Tirah. They also are taught good ways to improvise or write their own stories. They have to be able to play metal pipes, wooden pipes, guitars, harps of all sizes, and the occasional horn. Training lasts 4-5 years.
Brewers
You'll always find a good chunk of the Canyon gardens devoted to barely and grapevines. The brewers take these plants to make their beer and wine.
Training: formal training lasts around 3 years, though true expertise comes with many, many years testing recipes and finding just the right conditions. Many brewers will keep their personal recipes to themselves, only telling their assistants on their deathbeds.
Growers
The farmers who grow cotton, wheat, hay, vegitables and corn-like plants in the rich land in the base of the canyons. They spend each day watering, weeding, and harvesting plants. Some of them care for milk-giving beasts and egg-laying poultry.
Training: 2-3 years. It is important for these men and women to learn the concept of crop rotation since the canyon people can't tolerate loss of soil fertility because of its rarity.
Cooks
It takes a lot of people to make enough food for all the people living in a canyon community. They grind the grains into meal, and then make that into breads, as well as roast, stew, fry, dry, and grill any meat or fish they can get. Some cooks specialize in breads, others deserts, other meats, and still others the vegitables.
Training: many young people grow up in the kitchens, but formal cook training lasts 2-3 years. To be a well known cook, it pays to be creative and just a dash daring.
Spinners and Sewers
They make the cotton and wool into garments such as tunics, pants, dresses, hoods, and face coverings for riders. They also are the ones who dye the fabric after they have woven it.
Training: 1-2 years supervised training, more complicated techniques are often traded at multi- canyon festivals and tournaments.
Silk Makers
Silk is considered a rich man's fabric, since most of the public use cotton or wool. Muor Canyon specializes in silk making, which has helped make it a profitable canyon.
Training: 2 years.
Potters
They take clay imported from the southern river deltas and turn it into pretty pots used for water carrying, food storage, and eating dishes. They also make clay figures for children from time to time.
Training: 3-4 years. Once a young potter is out of training he or she develops their mark to stamp on the bottom of any pot they create.