World questions

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5. Are the any cultures who promote literacy?
I would imagine that various cultures would promote literacy in it's population. The City States of Akron certainly would, at least among the merchant classes.

That is the feeling I got from Akron as well.

[Midgardsormr]

Concerning literacy, the larger cities in Tawaren valued literacy and had a very strong middle class, but that culture was largely destroyed by the plague. The survivors living among the hillfolk in the mountains are largely well educated, but that may not last more than two or three generations, depending on the settlement.

The migratory groups of hillfolk in the Uzuid Mountains are mostly illiterate, although they do have a relatively primitive system of signs they use to pass information from one band to another by carving them in trees.

Concerning medicine: The Pathmages' Guild, which exists at least in Groam, and possibly in other places, has some minor magic for healing injuries and preventing disease.

And calendars: The hillfolk have their own way of marking time by astronomical observation, and they erect monuments in various places that aid them in their observations and help them determine when and where to move.

[industrygothica]

Time & Seasons