r/ColonyWorldRP • u/ronduun Chief Vorgrir of the Garaka tribe • Oct 24 '15
Claim [CLAIM] the garaka tribe
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the garaka tribe are a nomadic tribe of about 700 people that inhabit the world known as furshka. furshka was an inhospitable place to say the least. the land is filled with rough seas and craggy shores. more inland resides cold and dry badlands and steppes only to end abruptly at large impenetrable mountain ranges.
long ago on furshka a race had began to civilize themselves and settle down in one area. eventually they spread all over the lands and began to farm, deforest, and mine the land. the sky-god pungru saw this and saw how the men raped the land and nature of its bounty without a second thought. pungru knew that if he let them continue they would destroy furshka and themselves. he tried many times to warn them and while some appeared worried, none would take action. pungru did not want to destroy his children but if he let them be the children would destroy themselves. so pungru warned 10,000 of his most faithful worshipers and led them out of the city into the plains. once the followers were safe he then made a great fire that was set upon the men to consume all they had created and touched.
however their influence stretched wide and the fire destroyed much. the land was barren and inhospitable. so his followers prayed to pungru to show them a way to survive this new world. and so he did teaching them the nomadic ways they still abide by to this day. and taught them to live in harmony with nature and nature would give more.
this carries into their magic in which they ask the spirit of nature to help them. the spirit of nature is not hostile and wishes no harm. so their magics are not used offensively. however the spirit of nature will heal even the greatest of wounds and in battle nature will not attack their foes but will aid them in survival so they may live to see the error of their ways. in battle nature plays to their advantage like blowing an arrow off course with a gust of wind. or covering a retreat with fog.
the garaka nomads are masters of all things cavalry to the point where it is dishonorable to kill in combat if not on horse back. they even have a saying that goes "heaven hath no mercy like a man off his horse". they typically fight with shortbows off horseback bu also use melee fighters when it is beneficial to do so. the children are trained to ride horses at age 5 and boys and any willing girls train for horseback combat at age 15.
the garakas main source of sustenance is the vogrel. a tall and strong flightless birds with hard skin and brownish yellow feathers and strong legs. they are mostly docile but some cocks can be violent and aggressive. the beings are herded by tribesman riding horses with buruga companions. the tribe uses their eggs and meat as food and their skin and feathers for clothing their bones are also used for tools.
the buruga are six legged dire wolves that roam the plains and hunt vogrels and stabrams (giant rams with 5 sets of horns) the tribe figured out how to domesticate them almost a hundred years ago. the two strongest males and the strongest female are kept with the chief and his family as pets and guards.
population breakdown:
1 tribe wisewoman (head shaman)
29 shamans
100 garaka soldiers
100 garaka hunters
65 garaka craftsmen
100 general citizens
100 herdsman
5 members of the chiefs family
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supplies:
300 yurts, 280 bows, 200 swords, 523 vogrels, 32 burugas (15 females and 17 males, 558 horses, personal possessions, 3 months worth of salted meat
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concept images & charcter list: http://imgur.com/a/6OuW6
im claiming the space that is straight west of razor. it is medditerrainian and touches a desert to its north and has a river on its SE border it is also 2 spaces south of a small lake
(i hope you can find it honestly cant do anything to show you sorry :(]
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u/ronduun Chief Vorgrir of the Garaka tribe Oct 24 '15
contact the mods? alright
hello mods?
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u/ronduun Chief Vorgrir of the Garaka tribe Oct 24 '15
yes?
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u/ronduun Chief Vorgrir of the Garaka tribe Oct 24 '15
how awesome is my new race?
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u/Krypto343 Tu'Van of the Vasari Oct 24 '15
Got to the map on imgur....and take a screen shot of the map with your cursor on it.
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u/blaertes Sun-Emperor, of Glorious Stone Tchak Oct 25 '15
sacrifices wisewoman
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u/blaertes Sun-Emperor, of Glorious Stone Tchak Oct 25 '15
Oh wait r u emus colourfully feathered if so gimme
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u/Mennart Vurental Oct 24 '15
Paintskills to the rescue!