Nightwing95The Omnids
A hardy people living in the fertile lands along the Sea of Terith, what we would now call the Persian Gulf.
Mythos & History: If one is to take the tales seriously, the omnids hail from the sea, the decendents of Sea Gods who came ashore and caused great mishief before being banished by the Desert Gods, but not before they had a chance to impregnate a great number of mortal women, as is the wont of the Sea Gods. In a way, this is as sensible a theory as any- the Omnids do indeed love the sea more than most peoples, voyaging and charting the Sea of Terith and the waters beyond, some trading even as far as the mythical East, and also in that they have a prickly and stubborn disposition: many great families have been wiped out in blood feuds, as in Omnid law any killing must be punished by an equal killing in the family of the perpetrator, causing a bloody cycle of violence.
The Omnids worship the Sea Gods primarily (Partly because as seafarers, they can't afford to risk antagonizing these fickle beings, and partly because it is only polite to revere your ancestors). There is no set Omnid pantheon, as each tribe, clan, and village has its own version of these gods, but some appear throughout the tribes. Prime amongst them is the God of storms and rage, commonly known as Forifall, who in legends sinks the ships of those who do not offer him sacrifice, out of spite. Then there is the mad one, known under so many different names that he is referred to between tribes only as the Mad One, who's wrath and favor is impossible to either earn or predict.
History emerges from myth with the reign of Andor the Many-Legged, a great king with an inexplicable name (some theorize that he was born with a deformity in the shape of a third leg), who united united the Omnid tribes and proclaimed himself King, with the town of Cheraz as his capital. He was shortly thereafter murdered by his own brother, who took his sibling's crown, lands, and wife for his own. He was King Unmorn, who fought for the rest of his life against the Omnid tribes who refused to acknowledge his suzerainty. When he died, there was for an long (though it is not known how long) period of anarchy as the tribes reverted to their previous traditions of self-rule, absent of any central authority.
This ended with the ascent of Porion, who was chosen by the tribal leaders as their new king. His reign was a time of centraliation and consolidation of royal authority. The tribes were required to send a representative to Cheraz- now an important center of trade- to attend the court of the King. He was almost constantly warring against his neighbours, and died fighting savages in the Southern Desert. Thus ascended King Sollen, the current King of the Omnids, who has reigned so far for seven years, mostly spent avoiding the wars that characterized his father's reign.
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