[u]Name of your tribe:[/u] The Frissian Kahzlavs [img=http://i.imgur.com/cHgJf.png] [u]Leader of your tribe:[/u] Dragan Soloviev [u]Race and ethnicity of your tribe:[/u] Frissian, Kahzlav, Fisti, Kurgan, etc. [u]Dialect or language of your tribe:[/u] Kahzlav [u]Name of your tribe's camp and where you want it to be placed:[/u] The Kahzlavs' refer to their land as Frissia, after the peaks that make up a large percentage of its area. stretch from the top the the Gerrian Woods to the Hills of Grett. [u]Religion(s) of your tribe:[/u] The Kahzlavs have converted to Sistrine Orthodox Khristianity, however this is largely a political maneuver, and many still hold on to distinct Kahzlav practices. Pagan celebrations, foods, symbols, etc. are still common sights in Frissia. The conversion, did, however, alter many secular aspects of the Kahzlavs. Its leadership has adopted Sistrine titles, and political organization has taken on an Imperial likeness. [u]Background story(History) of your tribe:[/u] The Kahzlavs are a diverse people, its land home to multiple smaller tribes and ethnicities from around the region. The Frissian people are native to the modern-day Frissian Peaks, and were once under the rule of a people called the Kurgan, who were native to the Hills of Grett and further eastward. Sometime before the fall of the Western Empire, the Kahzlavs, originally a Fisti tribe, sailed across the Southern Seas before landing on the shores of what is now called Alexander's Cove. These folk established a presence in the southern Frissian Peaks, building settlements under the Kurgan Khanate. In time, the Kahzlav people expanded farther north, waging battle against the Kurgans and taking over the Frissian state. They mixed with the native Frissians and Kurgans, creating a unified people. Kahzlav became the region's dominant language, and its culture took on aesthetic from the peoples native to the region. After the West had fallen, the Kahzlavs were raiding settlements neighboring its terrtory, namely the native Kurgans of Grett, Roth tribes along the Osia Roth border, and Sistrines around Mount Nix. Kurgans within its own lands would stage uprisings to wrest control from their Kahzlav lords, but these rebellions were quickly doused. In an attempt to control more of the region and secure trade routes, campaigns into Grett were mounted. The Kurgan capital was sacked, forcing them to retreat further into the east. Politically, the Kahzlavs sought to cement themselves as a dominant people, and Dragan Soloviev chose to convert his lands to Orthodox Khristianity, as was the religion of the Sistrines. Frissia has opened trade with the Empire through routes in the Western Woods, and by water to Romasinople. [hider=Gallery] [img=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/HandsGod.svg/200px-HandsGod.svg.png][img=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Broken_crossed_circle.svg/200px-Broken_crossed_circle.svg.png][img=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Kolovrat_%28%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%29_Swastika_%28%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%29_-_Rodnovery.jpg/240px-Kolovrat_%28%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%29_Swastika_%28%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%29_-_Rodnovery.jpg] [i]Various pagan Kahzlav symbols[/i] [img=http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae218/AbsolutCharlie/KievanWarriors_10-11CE_zps4b1cfadd.png] [i]Early Kahzlavs sailing for Frissia[/i] [img=http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae218/AbsolutCharlie/ChernyeKlobuki_12-13CE_zps5e06847a.png] [i]Kahzlav cavalrymen[/i] [/hider]