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=== Culture === | === Culture === | ||
The Castrovalvans dressed in refined pastel-coloured garb (except for the [[librarian]] [[Shardovan]], who wore black, and the [[Portreeve]] himself, who | The Castrovalvans dressed in refined pastel-coloured garb (except for the [[librarian]] [[Shardovan]], who wore black, and the [[Portreeve]] himself, who wore all white). Men wore cylindrical headpieces to go along with their robes, while women instead wore scarves over their heads, sometimes complemented with an aureola-like, translucent disk. | ||
Although there were many books in the [[library]], most notably the official [[History]] of Castrovalva, few ever read them but the Portreeve (who was, of course, their secret author), with even the librarian Shardovan claiming that he merely rearranged the books but did not read them, although in truth he ''had'' read through them and realised that they were forgeries, hence his keeping it quiet. | Although there were many books in the [[library]], most notably the official [[History]] of Castrovalva, few ever read them but the Portreeve (who was, of course, their secret author), with even the librarian Shardovan claiming that he merely rearranged the books but did not read them, although in truth he ''had'' read through them and realised that they were forgeries, hence his keeping it quiet. | ||