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== Culture and Society ==

The Tengri-Kharn’s culture is steeped in tradition, built on ancient rituals, noble rivalries, and a deep reverence for the sky. They believe that their ancestors were the first to claim the floating city, chosen by fate to rule from the heavens.

=== The Tengriin Khural – The Sky Council ===

At the heart of their rule is the Tengriin Khural, a governing body composed of the most powerful noble families. Each family controls a sector of the city, overseeing trade, military affairs, diplomacy, and the management of the great tethers that bind Tengri-Uul to the herds below.

While the Tengri-Kharn present a united front, in truth, the Tengriin Khural is a battlefield, where houses constantly vie for influence and control. Political alliances are forged and broken like shifting winds, and rival families engage in elaborate power struggles, using trade agreements, assassinations, and marriages as their weapons.

=== Attire of the Sky Lords ===

The Tengri-Kharn dress in extravagant, flowing garments, designed to catch the wind as they walk the open-air bridges of Tengri-Uul. Their clothing is crafted from lightweight, enchanted silks, woven with golden threads that shimmer in the sunlight. Many garments are embroidered with symbols of the sky and wind, representing their connection to the heavens.

They favour flowing, layered robes known as the Robes of the Windborn, designed to billow elegantly with every movement, emphasising their connection to the air. These robes are secured by broad, jewelled belts, each intricately crafted to display the wealth and lineage of the wearer.

High-ranking members of the Tengriin Khural, the ruling council, distinguish themselves with Storm-Cloaks, lined with woven cloud-silk, a rare material harvested from sky cocoons that shimmers like mist in the morning sun. The quality and length of these cloaks serve as a visual marker of power and prestige within Tengri-Uul’s strict hierarchy.

During formal occasions, many nobles don Celestial Masks, exquisitely crafted from polished silver or enchanted obsidian, engraved with symbols of the sun, moons, and stars. These masks reinforce their ancestral ties to the sky, embodying the belief that the Tengri-Kharn are not merely rulers, but stewards of the heavens.

Further solidifying their dominance over Tengri-Uul’s most coveted resource, they adorn themselves with rings, necklaces, and hair ornaments forged from Khökhzurkh (Sky-Iron), ensuring that wherever they go, all are reminded of their unbreakable grip over the floating city and its wealth.

While they favour beauty and refinement, they are not without practicality. The Tengriin Tengrüüdi, the elite pegasus-riding warriors of the nobility, wear lightweight lamellar armour, forged from Sky-Iron to provide protection without sacrificing speed.