Childhood Games

The children of Cetus can often be found chasing one another through streets and around landing bays, when not helping their families with chores or the running of businesses. Traditional games are popular, such as ‘Shunta’ or ‘Kubrow and Vobi’. They can be found playing riding sticks, or floating boats made from stale, hollowed-out loaves of bread. 



Since the arrival of the Tenno a new form of play has emerged, in which children act out the tales they have heard of the Tenno.

Friendship

The word ‘cetus’, in the Ostron tongue, means ‘landless, cladeless; a body turned to dust turned to motes on a careless wind.’ History says the town was founded as a home for anyone, regardless of clade, trade or origin. Friendships last a lifetime here. It is easy to imagine how, in the earliest days of Cetus - with the Eidolons roaming the Plains, the walls laid low and Grineer war parties pressing in - mutual support and protection would have been essential. 



As times have improved this trait has become a key part of Ostron culture.

The Glass Warrior

What is known of the ancient warrior known as Gara comes to us from folklore and oral tradition. It is said she was the Unum’s closest companion, and that when the Lotus instructed her children to flee Gara remained, refusing to leave the side of the one she loved best. 



When the Sentient was done razing a great many other Towers, when it turned its myriad eyes and receptors toward the Unum, it was Gara who gave herself to protect her friend - shattering the Sentient. The mindless monstrosities that now stride the Plains - the Teralysts - are all that remain of it.

Night In Cetus

The distant, mournful howls of the Eidolon - yearning for the terror it once was - drift through the alleys and byways, across rooftops, to the ears of sleeping families.

Ostron Cuisine

Chimurr: Fill the gourd with bomba leaves, then add steaming water and imbibe through a burnished juta reed. A very old Ostron tradition. To serve it to guests signifies union and friendship. 



Harpu: fresh-brewed chimurr with melted vobi butter creates a filling, tasty beverage. It is often bulked out with salt and balb flour. Always served hot. 



Daku liquor: highly sought after. The Suma Doni (a lowlands marsupial) eats the peca nut, then excretes a fine paste. It is from this paste that Ostrons make daku liquor. 



Golden caviar: harvested from abyssal depths such as the Geonate Shelf. 



Kubuchi: fermented sorghum. Cheap liquor. No Ostron would be caught drinking it in public. Any offworlder who does is immediately seen as a greenhorn and an easy mark. 



Wine: some merchants claim to be able to imbue a bottle with the ‘etheric signature’ of a person one wishes to be rid of. Drink them in the evening, expel them by morning. 



Ito-da (termite droppings): Mineral-dense. Will keep a traveler going long after hunger should have dropped them.