Thanks to the generally more mobile nature of the Annerin nobility, there are actually very very few occasions where light species go visit their royalty, so clothing, architecture, and food are not really hot topics of any sort, not to mention a lot of Annerin species tend to think of themselves as above that sort of squabbling and are more content to think of their system as the best without condescending to argue with “the other” about it, much less try understanding them. They tend to indulge their rulers’ style of dress when they visit with not much more than polite requests to customize them slightly if something about it might be offensive to them.

The clothing of the all-lights is similar, in principle, to that of both the growers and the all-gems, but is made of unicorn-hair silk and has trimmed down to only include one extra layer, as opposed to four. They keep the sleeveless tunic, loose pants, and jacket, but the jacket is longer and includes a hood instead of needing the extra scarf, and the neckline of the tunics tend to be lower. Their clothes do also tend to vary a little bit more. Winter variants involve a longer jacket with thicker cloth and fur linings, and the summer jackets are commonly converted into waist decorations, and are therefore much thinner. There is also a difference between the men and the women. Women are more likely to wear longer tunics with several slits cut into the bottom and long sleeves instead of a jacket, while men follow the more traditional style. Both tend to wear their hair short, though men will sometimes still have long strips braided and arranged around their head decoratively. The clothing in general also tends to look more decorative, in large part because of what it is made of. Unicorns make their home in a forest in Annerin, and a weave made from their hair is incredibly light, soft, and shimmery, while being relatively warm. It also dyes quite easily without losing its silvery sheen, and is therefore easy to make beautiful.

The rulers of Annerin construct their buildings in a variety of styles. Rather than having one central building for anything, they tend to have smaller buildings mimicking architectural styles from a number of different species, making an odd hodge podge of buildings that could be a round hut or a wide, flat building with several spires. Whatever the style, however, they all tend to involve a surprising amount of vibrant colors, a lot of glass or open spacings, and at least one stained glass fixture, chandelier, or enchanted glass pane. Doors are common features, but it is just as common to see doorways with no doors, especially since many all-lights like to travel short distances in beams of light, anyways.

All-lights eat mostly vegetables, but also seem to have a strange affinity for the raw eggs and cheesy milk produced by several large species of bird, which they will slaughter and cook on special occasions, though fire peoples who have had the chance to taste this “delicacy” insist that this is an insult to the name of cooking, as the meat is unseasoned and usually politely described as seared – burnt on the outside and rarely really cooked inside.

Annerin nobles tend to think of themselves as very artistic, and besides enchanted glass artwork, the favored mediums of art are paintings and music, the latter of which tends to be of an ethereal, choral style. Jewelry tends to be small, simple, and close to the skin, so piercings are the most commonly found type of jewelry, but ironically the current King or Queen of Annerin carries a silvery metal necklace with a large pendant fashioned in the shape of a sun with a fragment of the original gem embedded in the center. Regents do not carry the necklace, so when a regent is in power, the necklace is kept locked away until the next queen rises to power.

The people of Annerin are least impacted by bad weather patterns, and as such tend to wear lighter, and more comfortable, skin-exposing clothing with fewer layers, with simple adjustments for winter. They are most commonly of a darker skintone, including their all-lights. Their houses come in a wide variety, but do usually involve a lot of either glasswork or open ceilings to let the light in, or a lot of light fixtures. They also tend to incorporate a lot of nature into their architecture. Like their all-lights, a majority eat largely vegetables, though most are also much better at actually cooking things. Annerin has the highest proportion of singing-based species, and therefore music is the most commonly prevalent form of art found among Annerin species, though some prefer the more extravagant jewelry, and the wealthier species tend to put more emphasis on art for decoration.