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Generally Vostroyan males sport a mustache (mustaches are viewed as a sign of adulthood and masculine virility in Vostroyan society). The importance of a mustache for Vostroyan men varies depending on the region they come from. The people of Muskha, for example, place extreme levels of importance on having a mustache. A man without one is considered to be openly rejecting his manhood.

Vostroyan society is deeply divided between the high-born (the higher class) and the low-born. The low-born must slave away on the manufacturing lines. Most Firstborn consequently are glad to be drafted into the Imperial Guard. Vostroyan officers come from the high-born, while the common soldiers are low-born. Only rarely does a low-born Vostroyan become an officer, an example of this is Captain Sebastev, whose officers are killed, and ends up with him leading first a company, and later an entire regiment consisting of approximately 23 men.2

==Terms==

*ossbohk-vyar - form of hand-to-hand combat (exists in at least 23 "forms"){{C|32: ch. 3; ch. 11; ch. 15}}

*chevek - outsider, a non-Vostroyan (term is derogatory)

*rahzvod - a clear alcoholic drink, looks and tastes like vodka (there are many varieties depending on region of origin - some are slightly coloured by their ingredients)

*Shiny - slang for a fresh recruit from training into the [[Vostroyan Firstborn]] Regiments, a replacement.

*zadnik - derogatory term (noun)

*Treatis Elatii - Vostroyan religious text pertaining to the Grey Lady, Saint Nadalya, the Vostroyan patron saint.2

== Sources ==

*1:[[WD317|White Dwarf 327(uk)]] pg.44

*2:[http://z11.invisionfree.com/The_Firstborn_Mod/index.php?showtopic=466&st=0&#entry3593647 Background details on Vostroya provided by Steve Parker, author of ''Rebel Winter'']*{{C|32}}: [[Rebel Winter (Novel)]]

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