Kamos Tribal Zu'aan

History

The origin story responsible for telling the tale of the Kamos tribal zu'aan allows for the description of an interesting narrative that bases itself around much of what will come to shape the tribe for years to come, leading to show how much the tribe deals with preservation and a stubborn yet consistent refusal to allow the world of Taerel to burn down around them, which lead to them attempting to cling to pieces of their old world instead of properly adapting to the new conditions of the Shattering Age.

Right around the year of 4E 403, the volcanic winter which grew more and more brutal as the years passed had already rendered useless much of the agriculture within a great forest region that extended itself through many tribes, including the ancestors that were responsible for making up the original members of who are now the Kamos tribal zu'aan; these ancestors were divided into collections of very fragmented feudal families, that, as they watched the winter move more and more into their forest.

Keeping their existence in check, they decided to pack things up, fleeing with whatever seeds and livestock they were able to keep with themselves, basically leaving them at the mercy of a miracle. Those feudal families were led by many of their personal guards, which attempted their best to keep them safe from kin'toni, but overall obliviousness to the kin'toni plague and just overall irresponsible behavior slowly drained away lives of these guards, which kept those refugees in a situation that only got more and more critical, which made it so they reconsidered this whole remaining in movement strategy.

Taking to defend themselves within a sheltered basin that stood by the side of a cliff, trying to rest as the outside world of Taerel kept on being choked with ash and ice; within these basins, the Kamos found themselves within a quite warm situation due to the cave's natural geothermal heating, and, within the valley near that cave, they found a white tree with heavy branches and pale blossom-like leaves, which became a strong symbol of hope. This symbol became one of the founding parts of the Kamos tribal zu'aan as a whole.

Signifying a new age marked by a thriving society, something that happened and was solidified in the year of 4E 21, when many members knelt before that tree and payed for a miracle, and, as they prayed, a child who was running around fell; everyone who went to check thought they tripped on a rock, but, instead, they had tripped on a seed from that tree, and as the members of the Kamos tribal zu'aan dug around the same little area, they found countless amounts of seeds, which they got to planting really quickly.

The trees were also miraculous in their growth speed, considering that, within 5 years, that single tree had multiplied itself to much of the basin's region, which was surprisingly fertile for trees considering the heating and the basin's inherent water, and also to the outside valley, which allowed them a natural shield that made it hard to even notice that whole grove; thus, unlike many tribes that stumble upon their biome, the Kamos stand out for being responsible for creating the Rasame White Orchard.

Psychology

The psychological framework of the Kamos tribal zu'aan defines itself although an extremely convoluted complex of preservationism, something that they base off much of the memory that has come to become known almost although proper historical facts that confirm the functioning of their psyches, which basically makes them see themselves as a group of lucky zu'aan that were able to escape the threatening ash that Taerel imposes onto them without having to give up their old world traditions, basically allowing a centenary culture to remain intact despite the collapse they had to face.

Which allows for the modern member of the Kamos tribal zu'aan to view themselves as the only remaining sane zu'aan within a maddened world. Within their psychological framework, it is highly possible to observe how the members of the Kamos tribal zu'aan have an intense and overstimulated need for walls, be them an abstract expression or the physical and concrete thing; this is something birthed from how a deep fear for chaos, complemented by a need for order, has been something to fully integrate itself within the psychological structure of the average member of the Kamos tribal zu'aan.

Which sort of leads to a deep fear of the outside world, be it from the kin'toni, an existential threat to the zu'aan, or be it from other tribes that operate under different logics. Everything that is different is seen as something that is within the range of decay and could infect the Rasame White Orchard, something the Kamos are beautifully proud of, which leads to a personality that is extremely suspicious of outsiders and insanely uncomfortable with spontaneity. All of this fear-based psychological structure leads to the fact that the members of the Kamos tribal zu'aan have to face as a means to give themselves any level of comfort.

That being how they only feel truly safe when they know exactly where they stand within anything, whenever they're given proper and consistent structure, be it via a very direct manner to socially stratify the members of the tribe, or be it by always being within extremely reinforced structures that guarantees that they'll be fine against rain or a kin'toni invasion, for example. Due to most of these conditions that lead the Kamos tribal zu'aan to find the practice of self-isolation quite enjoyable, we observe the transformation of a psyche that has a deeply developed sense of self-righteousness.

And, of course, of a strong notion of pride, seeing things such as the construction of their own biome with the Rasame White Orchard to be a divine warning upon the world that they themselves are although a divinely sent group, which leads to a psychology that is thoroughly interlaced with entitlement, which makes it so they visualize their own comfort and wealth not as luck or predisposed development, but a simple reward for them maintaining this pure and divine order within such an ugly world.

Culture

The culture of the Kamos tribal zu'aan is an incredibly rich yet rigid display that functions as an extension of both what their history has come to influence over them, and a direct reference from how their psychology has been shaped around self-stratification within the functioning of their society, which all ends up mixing together a beautiful ceremonial tapestry that takes place within the Rasame White Orchard. All of this leads to the organizing features of the culture created within the Kamos' society.

Which is nothing more than the usual set of unwritten rules that indirectly dictate everything within the behavior of a member of the tribe, from the way they pick up fruit to the etiquette in addressing another zu'aan. Due to much of how the tribe has come to valuing the maintaining of their old systems, we observe a cultural development which focuses on displaying lineages that are birthed all the way back from before the tribe's ancestors' downfall, something which is shaped around their organizational deeds around a strict feudal system.

Where social standing has already been predetermined by the proximity of an individual to the main and most important lineage within the tribe's history; these important families claim to be direct descendants from much of the original guards that kept upon the defense system of the tribe's ancestors' lords, which basically makes them be culturally seen as the lineage birthed from dignity simply from their last name. These important families within the tribe are given a full different treatment within almost every aspect of life within the tribe.

Be it how they're given higher access to infrastructure and pretty architecture, where the tribe takes some of the cave's rare white stone instead of the usual wooden houses, that are carved from the common wood that is produced by the Rasame White Orchard. As a very stark contrast, we observe that the members that have to live under the style of these lord-based families are given fully different treatment; while those few families practice things such as arts, calligraphy, and philosophy, we observe a mass within a lower class that is placed in more effortsome jobs and tasks within their society.

Often living within the margins of their tribe and struggling to make the bare minimum instead of being able to acquire the goods produced within the tribe such as the fewer families at the top. These members within the lower class are designated as the Orchard serfs, which is, as has been briefly mentioned before, the high majority of the population of the tribe; this is seen in how they're fully packed together within lower quality based housing units within cramped villages made from the wood of the Rasame White Orchard.

Though, even with highly stratified and already structurally established inequality, these lower members are factually guaranteed a series of rights, such as how the military is given the role to defend them from potential legal and physical abuse that may come from the higher class, since those lower members, while not being divinely chosen to live a lavish lifestyle, are still seen as the base for the functioning of the Kamos tribal zu'aan.

Government

The governance style of the Kamos tribal zu'aan follows much of the classical style of feudalism that the tribe has pridefully brought over and imported into the Shattering Age, following an incredibly deep-seated regime that has also evolved itself within the cultural philosophies that the tribe has come to have developed with the passing of years, though, all while still keeping that incredibly rigid hierarchy where political power is undeniably linked to land ownership and the few family lineages that are given power that needs to justify itself via many different means.

A clear example of this logic is how the system is based around supporting the reconstruction and upkeeping of the stability that is given by ample and loosened notions of order above all else, which leads to a belief that operates upon a society that attempts to always remain well-ordered within their own past instead of adhering to the chaotic changes within Taerel and in the Shattering Age. The leaders that are given the highest position within the political structuring of the Kamos tribal zu'aan are members placed within a pinnacle and named high barons.

Political positions that are purely hereditary and nothing else within their determining factors, something that is passed down from all of those noble families that are given high cultural and structural praise within the Kamos tribal zu'aan. This top position is deemed to have a defended right of having the ultimate last word within the decision-based issues of the tribe; they are the ultimate arbiters of law, of religion, of the interpretation of culture, and while their primary duty is formally to maintain the balance that keeps all of the tribe and the Rasame White Orchard standing together.

The high baron often focuses their efforts into shaping small dynamics of microphysical power within everyday life as a way to organize life within the tribe to their liking. A body exists to support the absolute position within the Kamos tribal zu'aan, being an organized council that is composed of a series of head representatives of all of the main families of the tribe, which is one of the things done to guarantee the structure of noble families which shape the political control of the tribe.

These series of selected lords are responsible to act as an extension of the rule of the pinnacle of political power within the tribe, being divided amongst the few federalized divisions that the tribe has, being responsible for organizing and legislating over many of the things that go on everyday within the tribe, such as the series of taxes that are taken away from producing, and the organization of logistics to make sure lands remain productive. These lords are not only picked from each family.

But selected by the top position of the tribe, which means that they often have to submit to the wants of the high baron just to keep their position afloat.

Military

The military armed forces of the Kamos tribal zu'aan operates as a series of organized and localized forces that operate under doctrines that focus upon heavy and strong shock-styled cavalry styles of combat, that are complemented by disciplined infantry that are given the task of being the upkeepers of the order within the Rasame White Orchard; their fighting styles seem to avoid what has become a staple of many of the zu'aan within Taerel, really avoiding any utilization and weaponization of stealth as a means to potentialize self-defense.

Instead being designed upon the complete opposite side of the spectrum, by being shaped around visibility, strong intimidation, and an absolute display of strong and fortified defenses and extremely fast and sharp weapons, creating an army that is able to wipe out many different forces despite the provided challenges. The core soldiers that compose the army of the Kamos tribal zu'aan are a series of knighted fighters that attempt to replicate much of the tribe's ancestors' old glory days, with heavily armored and strong cavalry able to charge and strike through different series of army organizations with extreme ease.

These warriors are directly brought from many of those strong and noble families that are given higher positions within the organizational structure of the Kamos tribal zu'aan, and, due to that, they have access to the highest quality of training the tribe can possibly provide an army with, also giving them financial leeway to maintain much of this expensive metallic equipment and to maintain the type of horses that inhabit the Rasame White Orchard. These warriors believe that battles should be tackled and done via extremely speedy and decisive strikes.

That are able to display the tribe's courage, and the families' honor, all through an overwhelmingly strong display of force, shaping most of their training and doctrines to focus around creating charging knights that are extremely able to be comparable to being unstoppable when charging with full tilt. Any warrior within the army of the Kamos tribal zu'aan is forced to follow a strictly defined protocol, that often takes their lives into very small account when it comes to the decisive nature of battles.

And is also an attempt to regulate the fighting style of the Kamos tribal zu'aan, which leads to regulatory measures that make it so the members of the tribe see it as dishonorable to take upon tactics that rely on stealth or cowardice, such as ambushes or traps, shaping a tribe that fights almost strictly through these open and strong measures that attempt to display glory, even if this glory comes at the cost of many lives. This is not only something that those elite knights are forced to follow.

But also many of the members of the tribe's supportive infantry, which is a position occupied mostly by the members of the peasantry, which are designed to give the tribe a mass of bulk that is made thoroughly as a control measure, reinforcing those members as, practically, cannon fodder.

Religion

The religion of the Kamos tribal zu'aan also reflects much of what the tribe has been shaped into becoming, following strict structures that attempt to control much of the livelihood of the tribe, which leads to a rigid and ceremonial belief system that seeks to serve, mostly, political objectives, being an incredibly strong ultimate justification that operates to upkeep the tribe's entire social hierarchy, which is designed to basically teach the zu'aan within the Rasame White Orchard to believe their space is not just a plain old forest.

It is, by itself a sacred sanctuary that has been granted to them via a divine right to existence that is materialized through much of the noble families of the tribe, which shapes their existence as more of a favor instead of the tribe's historical relentless refusal to succumb to the challenges presented within the world of Taerel. The supreme Divine figure within the religion of the Kamos tribal zu'aan is seen as a proper architect of order that is supposed to upkeep society within the good standards determined by the nobility of the Kamos tribal zu'aan.

Well, within the scriptures, it's the other way around, with this divinity expressing itself through the materialization of these noble families that are defended by God, but in practice the religion was produced alongside much of the civic notions that were defended by the elite families of the Kamos tribal zu'aan, and thus led to a development favorable to their established societal roles. Back to this great divine entity however, the big architect of order follows much of the usual notions seen within the development of a tribe's theology.

Which leads to the notion that this great non-material being was responsible for creating a perfect universe which was perfectly adjusted to organizing the existence of life and diversity within it, though, it simply got ruined by all the perversive chaos that was brought forward by the entropy presented within the Shattering Age, leading to the ruins of society. This is, within the eyes of the average believer within the Kamos tribal zu'aan, divine evidence that justifies how they see themselves as the only pure batch from the creation of the universe.

Being the image and appearance of that grand architect responsible for the universe, thus basing their religion around their principles in what is right, ordersome, and dignified. Furthermore, their entire religious framework, which is the basis they utilize to justify maintaining their institutions as they are, is fully built upon concepts that attempt to follow the purity of their ancestors, attempting to see themselves as a proper mirror of the past, thus giving a lot of religious value that ties itself to the lineage of every individual within the Kamos tribal zu'aan.

As if every individual was a fruit or perhaps a branch, and those noble families were seen as the trees responsible for spreading out into those lower roots, also a metaphor utilized to justify how those noble families are closer to the divine light being given out from above.

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