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+As citizens of one of the oldest nations in Avistan, whose bravery and martial prowess forged an empire
+and whose canny wit helped them establish trade networks around the globe, Taldans are complex and
+multifaceted. While the amusing illusion of stuffed-shirted wealthy elites harrumphing as they look
+down their noses at downtrodden peasants makes for an easy laugh, a campaign in Taldor means much
+more frequent contact with a vast array of citizens. To diversify your view of Taldor, here are 10
+interesting aspects of the Taldan people.
+====10. Taldans Love Wordplay. ====
+As originators of the Taldane language, Taldans understand a considerable
+breadth and depth of the Common tongue that even their former colonies don’t share, and fast-paced
+banter and clever linguistic choices are proud parts of their heritage. Even the flintiest of farmers love
+insightful plays on words, and a cleverly timed, crass pun can delight even the stodgiest of nobles.
+====9. Taldans Love Board Games. ====
+Every Taldan fancies herself a general, and so board games, strategy
+games, and war games are popular pastimes for everyone from gong farmers to emperors. While
+gambling can be fun, it leaves victory in the hands of fate—something few Taldans can stomach—and
+they prefer diversions that offer at least the illusion of control. While many board games—the
+equivalents on Golarion of agon, backgammon, chess, Parcheesi, and rithmomachy—were eitherinvented or adopted by Taldor, just as popular are war games played out with wooden miniatures using
+elaborate rules.
+====8. First Emperor Taldaris Is the Man. ====
+Taldans are a people suffused in patriotism and a love of history,
+but until we published Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Taldor, The First Empire, they lacked the sort of
+founding myth typical of large (and especially old) nations. When we updated their history, we fleshed
+out their origins as a First Taldaris, Taldor’s own
+Romulus or George Washington
+Like similar figures, he’s often invoked and exploited by residents: politicians insist they know what his
+vision for Taldor really was; tutors place him in all sorts of parables for bravery, honesty, and other
+virtues; and inns and estates advertise that “Taldaris slept here” to impress travelers—even though few,
+if any, structures in modern Taldor have survived since the First Emperor’s day.
+====7. Taldan Hair Is a Big Deal.====
+ Even poor households invest in quality brushes, sheers, and oils from the
+tea tree and argan tree to keep themselves looking and smelling good, and every family has its own
+secret recipe for shiny, healthy hair. Many outsiders consider this yet another example of Taldan vanity,
+but the truth is more Taldans’ world travels have brought a wide array of parasites home over the
+centuries; clean hair is a simple comfort that also promotes health.
+====6. Taldans Will Eat Anything.====
+ You can’t be a refugee or a soldier on the march and still be a picky eater.
+Since the founding of their nation, Taldans have embraced a philosophy of “whatever doesn’t kill me
+makes me stronger,” and that very much extends to their embracing of unusual and exotic foods. For
+nobles, this translates to eating almost anything that walks, crawls, flies, slithers, or swims, while for
+commoners it more often means making a meal out of whatever parts the rich won’t eat.
+====5. Taldans Are Creative.====
+Shelyn began as a Taldan god, and Taldor still reveres the arts in every form.
+“Anything worth doing is worth doing with a flourish,” the Taldan saying goes, and almost every citizen
+of the empire pursues an art in her spare time, especially music and dance. Most families have a long
+tradition associated with a particular skill they may turn into a business— such as painting, weaving, or
+woodcarving—but just as many are farmers who pluck away at their lyres after work or sing reprises
+from their favorite operas to make the harvest pass more quickly. Illustrated or illuminated books are
+especially popular, and many families record their history in books passed down and doodled in over
+generations.
+====4. Taldans Love Dogs. ====
+Taldor claims it domesticated the first dog, but then again, Taldans claim to be the
+first to do a lot of things. Realistically, while dogs were rare in Azlanti society, they were common among
+the Kellid and Garundi societies that early Taldans filtered themselves through, and dogs became
+companions and workers in a culture hard up for extra hands. In those first unstable centuries, Taldor
+bred a hundred specialty dog breeds to assist with herding, pest control, physical labor, warfare, and
+even kitchen work, and as the Taldans’ fortunes rose, they also bred dogs to serve purely as
+companions.
+====3. Taldans Love Pie.====
+ Since before the first Army of Exploration, Taldans have been sealing their tastiest
+treasures—and especially leftovers—inside pie shells to help preserve them, and that trend continues to
+this day. Sweet pies are the traditional breakfast, while farmers and laborers carry a savory hand pie or
+two with them for a midday snack. Taldans particularly love blending the sweet and the savory into pies,creating treats such as jubilee pie, a rich mix of currants, cherries, and fowl served at almost every major
+event.
+====2. Taldans Are Very Polite—Until They’re Not.====
+ Taldans live by their politics and succeed through
+cooperation. Sometimes that means smiling politely and shaking the hand of the man who tried to kill
+you. They instead couch insults in careful language, usually as unhelpful critiques and backhanded
+compliments, most notably the cold Taldan “Well, aren’t you a treasure.” Once Taldans decide to
+stop being polite, they take their outrage and insults up to 11, insulting, scolding, threatening, and
+yelling in tirades that usually end in duels.
+====1. Taldans Never Quit.====
+ While most of Azlant sank, the ancestors of modern Taldor dragged themselves
+onto a foreign shore and pulled their lives back together. Orcs attacked and they rebuilt. Kellids
+plundered them and they rebuilt. They founded a kingdom and ran into one natural barrier after
+another—from rivers to forests to deserts to more orcs—and every time they pushed forward again.
+Taldor’s glories stem from bravery and skill, to be sure, but more than anything they come from the fact
+that Taldans never look at a challenge and say, “maybe not this time".

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