Estoria Culture, Part 1

It's too late to to a long, descriptive post. Sorry about that; today's drawings took longer than I thought they would. Instead, a few conceptual sketches.

First, a little background on what I'm doing that I've written up in advance:
An important element of world-building is culture, and culture directly affects the way people look. The average American is going to present themselves (via dress, stance, etc.) differently from a Frenchman or Spaniard, for instance. In many modern RPGs that involve traveling around a fantastic planet, game developers will emphasize this by creating different character models for just about every city. The different types of characters can be grouped into eight categories:

-Boy
-Girl
-Young man
-Young woman
-Man (middle-aged)
-Woman
-Elderly man
-Elderly woman

So, let's pretend for a minute that I'm a character designer for a modern RPG. Here are the designs I've come up with for upper-class Estorians.

Boy and girl!

These are pretty much self-explanatory.

Young man and young woman!

It is customary for adolescent men to wear long coats until they are married.
Women tend to show their marital status by the way they wear their hair. If it's down, that means they're single. However, women tend to marry much younger than men. A girl like in the picture above is fairly rare.

Tomorrow, the last four NPCs and further cultural explanation!