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Cygnetian legends included the 'The Guardian of Lark's Folly', a woman who died while seeking her vengeance. It led to the phrase 'sunk [yourself] into lava' as a way to express the dangers of taking a vengeance or something too far.<ref name="livingstars" />, another legend that was passed down from the distant past was a legend about a society that was so out of touch of current ethics that they were buried and killed by being buried under a lava flow from a volcano by one of the ancient Empresses of Cygnet. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/GfATg-EVCQw/m/BEcU0s5RAwAJ ''"To Be Buried in Lava"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239811.16</ref> | Cygnetian legends included the 'The Guardian of Lark's Folly', a woman who died while seeking her vengeance. It led to the phrase 'sunk [yourself] into lava' as a way to express the dangers of taking a vengeance or something too far.<ref name="livingstars" />, another legend that was passed down from the distant past was a legend about a society that was so out of touch of current ethics that they were buried and killed by being buried under a lava flow from a volcano by one of the ancient Empresses of Cygnet. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/GfATg-EVCQw/m/BEcU0s5RAwAJ ''"To Be Buried in Lava"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239811.16</ref> | ||
==Society== | ==Society and History== | ||
Prior to the advent of industrial age concrete and other building material, obsidian and magma were used to create walls and fortifications.<ref name="forestdistantstar" /> | |||
At one point, Cygnet was dominated by competing empires, including the Krellian and Secherlian Dynasties, before the consolidation of the clans.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-doyle/JKFt1nEnqm0/ljOxvgAOyqgJ ''"Voices of Authority, Part 2"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Doyle|A}}, SD 239306.21</ref>. Other dynasties included the Zalafid Dynasty, and the Ariadust Regencies.<ref name="Legacies" /> | At one point, Cygnet was dominated by competing empires, including the Krellian and Secherlian Dynasties, before the consolidation of the clans.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-doyle/JKFt1nEnqm0/ljOxvgAOyqgJ ''"Voices of Authority, Part 2"''], Lt. Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Doyle|A}}, SD 239306.21</ref>. Other dynasties included the Zalafid Dynasty, and the Ariadust Regencies.<ref name="Legacies" /> | ||
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Foods that were bitter and spicy were popular on the planet, such as Tyrna juice<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-constitution/xlZ8bcBix8g/m7k7jLhEoGkJ ''"I wonder if the bar is open"''], Lt. JG Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Constitution|B}}, SD 239203.30</ref> and Cygnian hot spice stew <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-constitution/oVcxXQnD124/h0yDdNnWnoUJ ''"Pleasant Conversation"''], Lt. JG Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Constitution|B}}, SD 239204.02</ref> | Foods that were bitter and spicy were popular on the planet, such as Tyrna juice<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-constitution/xlZ8bcBix8g/m7k7jLhEoGkJ ''"I wonder if the bar is open"''], Lt. JG Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Constitution|B}}, SD 239203.30</ref> and Cygnian hot spice stew <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-constitution/oVcxXQnD124/h0yDdNnWnoUJ ''"Pleasant Conversation"''], Lt. JG Ceciri Ariadust, {{USS|Constitution|B}}, SD 239204.02</ref> | ||
Modern Cygnetian architecture tended towards the round house with one or more underground floors for habitation, with blue or green tiles for most houses, with skyscrapers having art or historical figures on their facing. A facet of Cygnetian culture meant that no advertisements of any kind were allowed for products in outdoor spaces, across their homeworld and colonies.<ref name="forestdistantstar" /> | |||
==Customs== | ==Customs== | ||