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== Geography == ==== Location and Climate ==== Teod is located on the northern continent, although it is one of the more southern nations on this continent. Teod is separated from [[Sycla]] by the [[Sea of Fjorden]].{{map ref\|Sycla}} There are large mountains both in the north and in the south of the nation.{{map ref\|Sycla}} These mountains contain a number of passes that lead to the [[Rose Empire]].{{tes ref\|98}} The nation is also filled with forests.{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}} ▼ Teod’s climate is relatively cold, although not insufferably so.{{glossary ref\|Elantris\|T}} Due to this cold it snows and freezes often.{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}}▼ {{sidequote \|side=right\|size=300px }} ▲Teod is located on the northern continent, although it is one of the more southern nations on this continent. Teod is separated from [[Sycla]] by the [[Sea of Fjorden]].{{map ref\|Sycla}} There are large mountains both in the north and in the south of the nation.{{map ref\|Sycla}} These mountains contain a number of passes that lead to the [[Rose Empire]].{{tes ref\|98}} The nation is also filled with forests.{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}} ▲Teod’s climate is relatively cold, although not insufferably so.{{glossary ref\|Elantris\|T}} Due to this cold it snows and freezes often.{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}} == Government == === Monarchy === Teod is a monarchy, with the current king being [[Eventeo]]. It appears that the king has absolute power.{{book ref\|Elantris\|2}}{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}} While the king does hold court, it seems that at least some of the ruling is done by ministers.{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}}{{book ref\|Elantris\|2}} After the death of the monarch the crown is supposed to pass to his eldest child, although this doesn’t always happen, instead a different child may assume the throne if the eldest one isn’t in Teod.{{book ref\|Elantris\|58}} The current Crown Prince of [[Teod]] is called [[Teorn]].{{glossary ref\|Elantris\|T}} ==== Ethnicity ==== ==== Marriage and Relationships ==== The Teo men prefer women who are less smart then they are, although it isn’t like they want stupid wives. Rather a lot of the men are simply not comfortable around women who are their intellectual superior. The women often downplay their intelligence until they are married. Nearly all Teo women are at least engaged by the age of eighteen, so much so that an unmarried twenty-five year old women is considered an old maid and mocked.{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}} The Teo, as Korathi, follow the marriage rituals of [[Shu-Korath]]. The Teo expect that both partners are present when they get married, although political marriage contracts sometimes have clauses that consider the marriage valid even when a person of the engaged couple dies before the wedding. The time between a person’s death and their funeral is short. ==== Fashion ==== ==== Sports ~~and Arts~~ ==== The Teo love their sports, although men and women often do different things. The Teo women often spar together using a [[Syre]], a type of sword, although they are strict in calling it fencing instead of fighting as even the most understanding of Teo men gets a bit uncomfortable when he thinks of women ‘fighting.’{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}} ==== Aonic script ==== === Religion === ~~it was expected that both partners would be present when they were married. The time between a person’s death and their funeral is short.~~ the lecturers at her father’s academy had been skilled at saying nothing with lots of words, Leky Stick as a child—borrowing the name of the tall thin post that marked the goal line in his favorite sport.{{book ref\|Elantris\|2}} unusual height and blond Teoish hair. The Aons formed a logographic alphabet used in Arelon and Teod until the development of a phonetic alphabet. 1) A language spoken in Arelon and Teod. It was originally based on the Aons. 2) A racial group that originated in Teod. People of Aonic descent are characterized by blonde hair and tall frames. Most people in Teod are pure Aonic, while those in Arelon have intermixed more with the eastern nations. Ashgress The Fjordell ambassador to Teod. MaeDal Second day of the week according to the Aonic calendar. The forests around the port city of Teoin, the capital, were another very fond memory. She remembered the way the snow settled on the landscape. One morning she had awoken to find everything outside coated in a beautiful film of ice; the trees had looked like jewels sparkling in the winter daylight. “It’s rather low-cut, my lady,” “I’ve seen much worse, even here in Arelon.”{{book ref\|Elantris\|14}} ~~Both things had set her apart from the other women—not that some of them weren’t intelligent; they just had the wisdom to hide it until they were married.~~ Not all men wanted a stupid wife—but there also weren’t a lot of men who felt comfortable around a woman they assumed was their intellectual superior. In a land where nearly every woman was at least engaged by the age of eighteen, she was an old maid by twenty-five. A very tall, gangly, argumentative old maid.{{book ref\|Elantris\|17}} Teod's martial strength exists mainly in the form of its navy, which dominates the northern sea, protecting Teod's borders from the Fjordell Empire.

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