Torshan’s two cities each have a primary profession for the city as whole; Dehearth is a mining city first and foremost while Bredon is a shipping port. Large portions of the population are employed in these trades and trades that support them, such as smithing or trading. Torshan’s cities have a wide variety of pubs, frequently open all night. Mining shifts run around the clock and ships arrive in port at the whims of the sea, so there’s a strong nightlife to support these various pubs. Other careers tend to be unique shops that are treated as specialty. Jewelers are a profession that started in Torshan, in fact Dehearth is host to the only Precious Metal College in Aurii.

Torshan is the largest weapon and armor producer of northern Aeldun and has many jobs surrounding it. With immediate access to the materials, Torshan produces far more weapons than they would ever need themselves and Torshonian equipment is regarded as some of the best equipment you can get. It’s hardy and strong, more resilient than any other nation’s work.

Torshonian’s working culture is both casual are challenging. The work is hard and the hours are long, but there’s a sense of ease on the job site itself that most are satisfied with. Worksites run by Torshonians are both a hang out and place of work, and frequently compete with other worksites or shifts for drinks in the pub. Many jobs in Torshan run overnight, creating a need for different shifts of workers. The same crew might be assigned to a day shift one day and a night shift the next, though swaps aren’t common. Shift crews are rarely broken up, as the comradery is one of the things that make the shifts so tolerable.

Torshonian’s don’t get specific days off work, due to the shifts required by most jobs. Instead, Torshonian crews get a certain number of free shifts a week, the equivalent of two, sometimes three days off in the week.

Torshan has few farms. All farming around Dehearth faded out early in the city’s history, the smoke from the smithys affecting the crops. Some farms still exist along the road to Bredon, but they aren’t large enough to support the entirety of Torshan. Torshan relies on the trade from Callora to fully feed their people. Torshonian cooking tends to be sloppy and easy to eat, spicy, and alcoholic whenever possible. Callora has difficulty every year with keeping up with the beer demands in Torshan, and Dwyr wine is imported in as large quantities as Torshan can manage. Torshonian diet is meat heavy, frequently grilled and smokey.

Torshan pads beer and wine imports out with spirits of their own, simply called as such. There’s is a variety of different Torshonian spirits, each distilled differently. These drinks are far stronger than the beer and wine from their Alliance neighbors.

Torshonian children are left pretty much to their own while their parents are on a shift. Children are often seen wandering around, playing imaginary games, being underfoot whenever possible. Adults generally direct them away from the dangerous tools and leave them be, letting the kids be kids. Kids are shuffled into the nearest house during a city wide brawl, be it their own or a strangers. Many friendships are formed out of these occurrences.

Schooling takes place over four years in Torshan, ages 10 to 14. Once 14 a Torshonian is able to join a shift immediately or can apprentice with a trade that requires further training that their general education covers. Those who join a shift work their way up to the full workload slowly, with guidance from the their shift mates. Cleanface’s, as green workers are called, are a welcome addition to most shifts and are quickly integrated into the fold.

Torshan has spotty records at best of a lot of it’s own history. With the frequent changes in leadership and chaos that surrounds them things tend to be forgotten about. What records do exist are kept in a stone vault a block from the Capitol building. The vault is managed by an independent company from the ruling monarch, the Records Guild. It’s a small group, maybe two dozen employees at the largest, but they do their best to capture the history of Torshan’s chaos.

Magic hasn’t made it’s way to Torshan in any significant way. Torshan is nation of laborers at heart and using magic to do a job one can do with their own power is seen as lazy. Magic is popular as a sideshow in pubs however. A few mages have managed to find a place in Torshan however, using their magic in creative ways to do things that are impossible for humans unaided. They assist in small ways, using magic to enhance gem stones or regulate smithy temperatures and other such support tasks.

Torshan is a self policed nation. Most Torshonians are more than capable of brawling and there is a very strong sense of community in it’s cities. When a crime occurs, typically every bystander around the crime gets involved trying to stop the criminal in their tracks. These interventions often spiral into large brawls that end up at the capitol building with the criminal held down by a dozen fighters. The current monarch makes a proclamation of punishment, and the people carry it out with cheers. Indentured servitude is for moderate to major crimes, forcing someone to work off their debt to Torshan.

Community is of great importance to Torshonians. Children are watched over by the community as a whole, and every member of the community will support one another time and time again. It’s counter intuitive to their chaotic brawls and fights of the city, but they’re so ingrained in the nation’s culture that they can’t imagine being without it.

Medics are extremely respected in Torshan, more so than some monarchs. Anyone who helps others instead of participating in city brawls is showered in drinks and praise. Anyone who does involve a medic is turned on by the rest of the crowd. Frequently, the medic will even ignore treating said violator of the unspoken rule.

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Torshan does not having a standing military. That is not to say they’re defenseless, most of Torshan’s adult population can fight, it instead means that no one makes a career as soldier. When Torshan has been required to muster fighters before, it musters them from the community and a resounding number of people are able to answer that call. What Torshonian infantry lack in training they make up for with gusto and comradery in spades. Torshan’s navy has a smattering of career offerings working on the patrol ships that protect the Bredon harbor. Torshan has a small navy however, and these careers are limited.

• Dehearth: Dehearth is the capital of Torshan, built in a valley along the north edge of the Penmyrth Mountains. Smoke rises out of the city constantly and if one looks from the northern lip of the ravine the entire valley is lit up every evening with the fires of various furnaces and smithys. Dehearth is a dirty city and most of it’s buildings are brick and stone. It’s claustrophobic, though not over crowded. The narrow streets and dark nights under the smoke of the furnaces add to the chaotic feel of the city.
• Bredon: An offshoot of Dehearth specifically founded for sea trade, Bredon serves it’s purpose as a port city well. Docks wrap the southwest to north east corners of the city. Bredon is relatively tamer than Dehearth, still chaotic compared to another kingdom but a breath of fresh air (literally) for those coming from Dehearth. Bredon’s buildings are wooden and airy. The city itself is breezy as well, wide streets allowing for wind to flow through. The fresh air is a big draw for those residing in the city.

Torshan relies on Callorian trade to feed it’s people, and trades with Dwyr heavily as well. Torshan provides precious metals to most of Aurii, especially Theanovene. Spirits are also traded across the world, though it’s not a very active trade currently. Stone from the Torshan mines along with other mined materials make their way to Theanovene, Wynne, and the other nations of the Honoril Alliance.

• Wynne: Torshonians have taken it on themselves to bring Wynnites into just a bit more chaos. The hardworking northern folk get along well with similarly hard working Torshonians, but they’re far more serious culture. Torshonians, whenever possible, try and get Wynnites to loosen up and enjoy life more, and are met with occasional success.
• Callora: Torshonians get along well with Callorian peasantry, not so well with Callorian nobility. This is rarely a problem as Callorian nobility don’t bother with Torshonians under the monarch themselves. Callorian lower class appreciate visits from Torshonians, their chaotic energy always good for a laugh and some excitement in the Callorian way of life.
• Dwyr: Torshonians find Dwyrians to be stuffy and too caught up in thinking about things. There’s also little respect for careers that require no physical work to perform in Torshan, so Dwyrians and their various academic career opportunities turn Torshonians off to them.
• Eraia: Torshonians consider Eraians similar to Dwyr, stuffy and straight laced. Torshonians have notably all but forgotten about the Eraian Crusades, the only Honoril Alliance nation to do so. Eraians don’t get treated much differently by Torshonians, though most will be told to try relaxing for once.
• Theanovene: Theanovians are varied bunch and Torshonians mesh well with them. As Torshan has a large amount of exports and importing to do, Theanovians are a common sight in Torshan.

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