Welcome back everyone. Just a bit of world-building in this chapter. Enjoy and review.
Evabon Womenfolk and Brides
Whether for her individual delectation or for the admiration of her bridegroom an Evabon gentlewoman searched always for new articles of decoration. One would cover her anatomy with damask chalk, bold colors and intermittently even color her curls a bold blonde or cerulean.
On her way to see Gard, Cheetara paused to watch as a teenaged girl colored her curls a bold cerulean. For a moment she wondered why it was either blonde or cerulean that an Evabon woman colored her hair. She then looked as a woman walked by who had covered her anatomy in damask chalk and wondered why it was just damask.
Simply put, it was what the Evabon as a whole considered the most beautiful. Out of all chalks, it was damask chalk they found the most beautiful. Out of all the colors to color hair it was a bold blonde or cerulean they found the most beautiful.
Many Evabon gentlewomen had ne'er beheld a looking glass, much less possessed one. But those who had encountered such bliss adjudged the glass as their most beloved asset.
Cheetara knew that to be true. Many times she had asked an Evabon gentlewoman what her most beloved asset was and if they had a glass then the glass was it. It was not a case of vanity, rather it was a case of it being easier to just pick up the glass than go find a pool of water to look at her reflection in.
During peacetime, an Evabon gentlewoman spent endless and absorbed homemaking hours. She dug the clay, helped assemble cabanas, cooked and distributed refections on trenchers and cared for the brood. At the end of the day, she joined the hop with equal ardor and animation. Yet even in peacetime, an Evabon gentlewoman did no forget to practice with her weapons as the use of weaponry was something done by both menfolk and womenfolk amongst the Evabon, although there were those who would not take up a weapon amongst both genders.
Looking down as she thought, Cheetara took notice of espousal cinctures on the big toe of the sinister foot of some Evabon gentlewomen. She then looked up and noticed some had long cerulean striae on the brow of some gentlewomen, indicating a happy wedlock. Cheetara next took notice of gashes near the wrist, indicating ability as a chef. To a Thunderan, Evabon womenfolk applied bizarre approaches to characterize their capacity as "bride", a term that was interchangeable for a married gentlewoman or one on her wedding day or just before and after the event.
Cheetara gave a smile. The Evabon were interesting with their many ways.
