Navarr look and feel

Overview

Film: Doomsday

The Navarr look draws heavily on the forests for its inspiration. The colours are primarily greens and browns with occasional splashes of dark autumnal red or yellow. Materials are practical, primarily those that come from hunting - leather and fur. Facepaint, tattoos and brands are common, especially on the face and around the eyes. Navarr mark oaths and other important commitments with brands, tattoos or scars. Most warriors only apply war paint before they go into battle, but some Navarr choose to wear it ever day, a symbol of their constant readiness.

Rather than rich materials or unusual colours the Navarr personalize their appearance by adorning their costume with beads, feathers, fetishes, and other accessories. It is common to weave such items into the hair.

Feel

Wild, unsettling, otherworldly, alert, pragmatic, tattoos, feral, primal, blood

Breakdown

Influences

Wild/wood elves, The Rangers from Lord of the Rings.

Materials

Primarily leather and fur. Materials like linen, wool, velvet or silk are less common.

Film: Lord of the Rings

Colours

The pallette is the colours of a spring: soft greens and browns, gentle misty greys, and perhaps the dark blood red of birthing.

Clothing

Navarr clothing is layered, serviceable and well-worn. Even for civilians, it’ll often features pieces of leather armour, though this is to protect against the environment as much as enemy weapons. Clothes are suitable for people who live their lives in the wild forests. Not just a robust construction but practical designs, for instance hooded cloaks that give protection against the weather, but can also serve as bedding. Belts and straps feature quite heavily – both to secure clothing so it doesn’t snag, and to hold a variety of gear securely while moving through woodland. Boots are long and close fitting to protect the lower legs while walking.

Armour

Thick hardened leather is the most common form of armour for the Navarr, occasionally supplemented with light chain or scale. Navarr armour often features an asymmetric pattern, with lines and closures that run diagonally across the body rather than vertically.

Shields

Shields are narrow and fluted, barely wider than the wielder. They are often heavily decorated with the thorn motif.

Weapons

The iconic weapon of the Navarr is a great barbed spear. Otherwise weapons are, light, practical and good for skirmishing rather than heavy combat. Bows are often short, for ease of use in woodland.

Icons and important Images

The banner of the Navarr is a great white tree surrounded by a knotted circle of thorny branches on a blood red field.

Tattooing, brands and scars - common motifs are blood, thorns, twisting plants, starshaped flowers and feathers. Facepaint can be meticulously applied in intricate entwined patterns or simply daubed with a finger.

Red, the colour of blood, is the most common choice for tattoos and warpaint.

Images

Isolated Navarr

The Navarr look is primary comprised of leather, furs and natural materials, suitable for hunting people who are used to sleeping rough. Isolated Navarr who live in areas where contact with the rest of the Empire is irregular often adopt a primitive appearance.

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Film: King Arthur

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Integrated Navarr

Those Navarr who trade with their neighbours often use wool and similar materials so their costume reflects their closer contact with fellow members of the Empire.

Armour

Leather is the most common material used for armour by the Navarr, but they occasionally augment the armour with sections of chain or scale. A popular style is asymmetric with diagonal lines that overlap over the body, but a single breastplate is just as common.

Spears

The iconic Navarr weapon is a spear, often with a barbed shaft and decorated with thorn motifs.

A barbed spear, like the one shown, is a common motif amongst the Navarr.

Bows

Bows are another favoured Navarri weapon. Like the spear they are an effective tool for hunting as well as a weapon of war.

Tattoos

The Navarr mark sworn oaths with tattoos, brands and scars, as a visible sign of the commitment they have made. Thorn motifs are the most common design. They use less permanent warpaint on their face or hair when preparing for conflict. Donning the paint helps them prepare themselves and commits them to their course. Many Navarr warriors wear warpaint every day as a sign of their readiness to fight.

Children

Navarr children are taught the value of being prepared and ready at all times. They are encouraged to learn to fight with sword, spear and bow from an early age.

Hair

Braids and dreadlocks are common, as are beads and other decorations woven into the hair.