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Not necessarily. A bullroarer is still on a string or bit of twine. You could easily keep it around your neck when you aren't using it. Still could fit your look, I think. You'll just take it off when you want to use it.

A string instrument would be best if you really want results. Something you can hang around you neck is never really going to get very low, just by the nature of sound. The following link has a video of the lowest instrument in real life. Octobass: The lowest-playing musical instrument...

I am most interested in siege warfare. Do you what books or webpages might give me insight in this area of knowledge? I'm looking for , roughly, roman era information.

I have 'short stories' better for this then full novels. A full novel is just a giant investment of time and effort, I'd rather practice on a story only a few dozen pages long. The idea is sound though, in my opinion.

If you are looking at the cultural/social side of tea protocol, I'd look at the extensive (and well researched) Japanese tea ceremony and history surrounding it. Even without magic they turned drinking tea into an Event, of high magnitude. Could give you ideas.

Libraries also have the obvious benefit of being ad hoc museums in many cases. You can have a lot of magical artifacts and what not be on display or hidden in forgotten basements.

Something like herbmaster is too formal? For healers you have the obvious medicine woman...

I've been working on a commercial game for a trading (think Jews in the Middle Ages) race in one of my worlds. The game is based on trading and building properties (something like monopoly) but with alot more hidden knowledge. It consists of gradually building up holdings and castles until you...

What is the general tone of the work? If it is very serious and formal (high epic) it might be hard to take such well-known (and copyrighted) Gods seriously. You might be better just switching them out with obvious impostors to avoid using names that carry alot of current cultural baggage.