Ukindan Tribes

The Ukindan culture is rooted in their nomadic ways. All Ukindans, at one point, lived a life that followed the herds of herbivores across the western regions of Zimildran. They walked and rode their animal companions, their migration matching those of the beasts who provided them with everything they needed to live. The area of Zimildran now known as Ukinda was home to dozens of Ukindan tribes, though there were four major migratory patterns that the people followed.

Septhys Tribe
The tribes of the northwest, the largest of which being the Sephthys tribe, moved in the wake of the herds of camarasaurs, ankylosaurs, and kentrosaurs. The Septhys tribe are among the most spiritual in all of Ukindan culture, and other Ukindans have traveled to Septhys lands to consult the wise priests and elders when matters of spiritual stress have befallen them. The Septhys worship a wide pantheon of spirits, which they believe dwell within all things; land, sky, sea, creatures, kings, life and death. Septhysians were among the first Ukindans to create permanent settlements, and are known for the wondrous and enormous tombs in which they buried their kings, the Faerok.

Abeddalans
The central area of Ukinda, and by far the largest geographical region, is home to the largest of all the Ukindan tribes, known as the Azi-Abeddal tribe. Azi-Abeddal tribesmen followed the herds of brachiosaurs, apatasaurs, stegosaurs and styracosaurs through Ukinda's heartland. Known as Abeddalans, their city of Anazukali is now the largest city in all of Ukinda, and is ruled by the Jal-Almir, which translates in Common Speech to ‘The Great King’.

Ugurundi
The southwestern region of Ukinda is home to the Ugurundi tribe, the tribe known for their fierce warriors and ability to tame and train even some of the most aggressive carnivores. Ugurundi tribesman befriend the herbivores of their region, as well as even risking their lives to try and calm great predators like ceratosaurs, allosaurs, and acrocanthosaurs. Seen by easterners as the most disorganized, the Ugurundi are actually composed of several smaller tribes who occupy the region that Harsonians have come to call Uguru. The Ugurundi worship primitive forms of the Sephthys spirits, and take a more shamanistic approach to spirituality.

Brayamha
The final region, the southeastern band of Ukinda, is home to the Brayamha tribe. Those of the Brayamha tribe are unique in that they have actually taken to life on the waters off the southern shores of Ukinda. In their early days, the Brayamha tribe were primarily fishermen. They worship a pantheon similar to the gods of the Sephthys, with the Brayamhan pantheon is represented by multi-headed, armed or eyed humans, as opposed to the animal-human hybrid gods of the north.