Drakkarian / DRAKK

Sétti lag
Young Drakkarians children were taught a rhyme to help them learn the Sétti lag (basic: six laws) These six laws defined what it meant to be a Drakkarian, and any who wished to be considered as such was expected to follow them.
Frœði, Brynja, (knowledge and armor)
Laustak, Ætt, (Self-defense, our clan)
Drakkarian mál, konungr (Old Norse, our king)
Allir hjálpa okkur lifa (All help us survive.)

This code is self-perpetuating and was directly responsible for ensuring the survival of the Drakkarians culture and society.
Wearing the armor (brynja or ‘‘iron skin’‘)
Once Drakkarians reach adulthood “age of 13” , they assemble a suit of armor that suits their needs and skills. It is both a tool and a symbol of their cultural identity. Aside from its defensive capabilities, armor served another function: in a group formed from so many different Clans, oftentimes it was only the armor that displayed an outward sign of the culture that bound these individuals together.

Speaking the language (Drakkarian mál)
While most Drakkarians know and speak basic English and other languages, all are raised speaking Drakkarian mál. When among themselves, they speak Drakkarian mál almost exclusively. The language itself is very loud and hard, reflecting the culture of which it is a part, and like the culture, it has changed very little over the centuries.
Drakkarian mál was often thought of as hard to learn.
It was not unheard of for Drakkarians to speak other languages such as English and alongside Drakkarian mál as it was necessary to communicate with others when working as a mercenary or bounty hunter.

Defending oneself and the family
While the Drakkarians are best known as a warrior culture, they are also strongly family oriented. Each member of a clan is expected to protect the others, guaranteeing their survival and through this, ensuring the survival of the clan and culture.
Adoption is extremely common in Drakkarian culture, to the point where even adults could be adopted. Because of the Drakkarians constant connection to war, widows and orphans became an inescapable fact of life.

Contribute to clans welfare
Each individual is expected to contribute to the welfare and prosperity of their clan, which in turn helps provide for the individual as needed. This act is far from the socialist prop it first seems, as it is a necessity for a society that spends a great deal of its time at war to provide for such necessities as food, shelter and manufactured goods when a large number of a clan’s adults are on other worlds fighting.

Raise children as Drakkarians
It is a Drakkarians responsibility to raise children in the traditions of their culture. However this is not simply an imperative to breed, as it might seem on the surface. Drakkarians often adopt children but caring very highly for blood lineage and bowing to the necessities created by their lifestyles as nomadic warriors.

Rally to the cause of the konungr
While the social structure of the Drakkarians is very simple, revolving around family and clan, each clan and family answering to itself, in times of war all families and clans are expected to answer a call to war by the High King, the leader of the Drakkarian people.
The old and the new way.
In order to retain their heritage in the face of outside influence, Drakkarians placed a high value on rigorously carrying out the Sétti lag and their culture values in a daily manner.

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