Flag & Heraldry (The Grey Dawn)
The rising sun, with rays of white and black on a field of gray. This represents the first mornign the survivors of the Wyntiri civilization awoke to a world in which most of their civilzation was now underwater.
Geography
New Wyntiri is a swampy, marshy place where rivers drain inward toward the Vissink. Within this soggy, inhospitable area, occasional civilization spring up. Through most of the territory, rivers work in conjunction with large, overgrown trees with enormous roots that seem almost alive. The swamps are usually cloaked in twilight or darkness due to the thick overgrowth — light is a rarity and either sought after or feared by the denizens of the area.
In a few places, the waters are receded enough to allow civilization a toehold; Wyntiri cities are built on poles and platforms, such that buildings and homesteads are above or are floating on the water itself. There are some walkable platforms, but for the most part, citizens go from place to place via shallow boats, propelled forward with long poles or paddles.
Culture and Society
Wyntiri inhabitants believe they are the remnants of the sunken Wyntiri Empire, who claim that their ancestors washed up upon these shores after the Turning (an even memorialized by their flag). It is an interesting fact (much mentioned by the Cahedra) that these descendants have not largely integrated into the rest of society, but have instead chosen to remain apart, here, in the swamps.
Most other inhabitants of Narenfel tend to leave the Wyntiri well enough alone — partly because few wish to venture into the swamps to interact with them — but also because they have many strange customs and traditions. Chief among these is that their society is entirely dominated by women (known as Wyntiresses). Men are given more menial roles, and cannot rise to positions of power.
Wyntiress (and Cahedrist) historians point to a time in their past in which the survivor men of Wyntiri were all but lost, leaving the Wyntiri women to pull society together, and maintain their past heritage. Once a balance was restored, Wyntiri women retained their positions of power, and the males existed in a subservient role. Males from other countries tend to look down on Wyntiri men with scorn, disbelief, pity, and disgust.
As a result, there are few Wyntiri men outside of New Wyntiri. Mostly this is because they are forcibly kept there, either through true enslavement, or societal pressure (guilt-taboo/pressure/financial levers/incentives). Those who live in other nations are a rarity, and are often broken/submissives or strong alpha personalities who have broken free of the chains of society and are highly charismatic/self-starters (pirate captains and the like).
As a society, New Wyntiri of today is a conservative in risk taking and philosophy, though that does not extend into the area of sexuality. The heat of the swamps and the connections with their Wyntiri past have left them with a curiously tabboo-less sexual culture. This is especially difficult for the more repressed Regimantians.
Dress
Within the borders of their own lands, male and female Wyntiris wear very little, save for what is necessary for basic comfort. However, for those Wyntiresses who decide to leave the swamps, most choose to wear silk dresses or doublets with light chainmail ornamentation.
Wyntiress hair is usually red or auburn (in the fashion of the old Wyntiri Empire). Wyntiresses prefer headbands of headband tubes that keep their locks back, out of the way. They favor large earrings, especially those made of lapis lazuli or turquoise.
Foods
Wyntiri cuisine focuses on rice, tubers and roots and lotus, and a variety of dishes that feature clear noodles made from sweet potatoes. There is also a good number of dishes that call for swamp cat.