Names, Cultures & Arts

Cultures (<@dock-creole-example.culture>) give characters emotional norms, dreams, taboos, and art forms. Naming traditions (<@dock-creole-example.naming-tradition>) rule personal, place, and treasure names (weapons, keepsakes, pets, vehicles, vessels).

Surname law: no two unrelated lines share a surname. Shared names mean blood, marriage, or sworn adoption — otherwise invent a new line. Cross-species upbringing uses the host culture's pattern publicly and keeps the birth-name in secrets.

Arts are careers and story engines: hip hop (<@hip-hop-example.art-form>) fills stadiums and underpass ciphers with rappers, breakers, krumpers, graffiti writers, rockers, blues singers, dancers, and painters. Artists can be met, hired, rivaled, or become celebrities.