Fiction:Alastorian Coalition/Technology

The Coalition seems very primitive in nature. Their weapons are made of stone, cactus, bone, and claw with the only metal blades being relics from the past. They have no real farming or metallurgy to speak of making them seem even less advanced. However they do posses a fairly advanced for of writing and actually posses the knowledge of farming and metallurgy that is fairly advanced, even knowledge on how to make wheels. However their situation has rendered them unable to make use of such knowledge. With right resources they could, with some trial and error, put this knowledge to use.

Writing
The Coaliton actually posses a fairly advanced and complex form of writing. The Alastorian alphabet does no consist of simply a series of symbols that translate to a sound used to form words, but rather a menagerie of what are called Marks that are combined in various ways to form what are called Characters. While different Marks do stand for a particular sound their configuration into a Character decides how those Marks mean. In essence while a Mark would be a letter, a character would be whole word. This is important because a single Mark can have multiple sounds that it makes and it's configuration into a Character dictates which sound is used. This complexity has made Alastorian Script into an effective means of making coded messages.

Painting
The Alastorians have always enjoyed good art work, especially paintings which have a great cultural significance and much superstition revolving around them. The Alastorians have a diverse knowledge of various dyes as well as how to extract and mix them. Painting techniques are very advanced with high understanding of light and shadow, as well as other aspects of art. This allows the Coalition's artists to created very detailed and realistic looks pictures.

Transportation
For the most part the Coalition makes heavy use of animals for most of their transportation. Hailing from a dessert environment these creatures are extremely hardy, with great endurance making them perfect for the hard work of carrying loads, riders, or both. However they still posses the ability to make wheels which they place on chariots for war and carts for hulling loads. These are still pulled by animals.