Krausak Tribal Zu'Aan

History

The Krausak clan were a zealous band of zu'aan who historically occupied the Rnvild Rich Fen region. They were founded by an ambitious young leader named, Okuchima Eowulla, after his victory over an alliance of zu'aan corporations. These corporations had a long history of exploiting the land and labor of the natives, which slowly began to incur the wrath of many tribes including Okucima's. This tribe was known for its worship of their deities, called Patnenh. They consulted these gods in all matters and it was the prophesy about an incoming war against the corporation and its allies, that led them to prepare and actively provoke them to an all-out fight.

The adversaries came into the tribe's lands looking for a fight after Okuchima had provoked them for all of the previous season. This alliance rode into the countryside; burning everything in their path in the hopes of starving the region- a move that would backfire on them. When they reached the settlement, they only came across the abandoned ruins that the tribe had abandoned weeks earlier. Okuchima had withdrawn further inland after provoking the corporation's reactions.

The alliance barely survived the cruel winter and were riddled with starvation and desertion as morale began to plummet within their ranks. In the summer of 4E 5, Okuchima would face the weakened and starving forces of the corporations in the plains of Rnvild. He surrounded them in a pincer movement and attacked their stricken camps for seven days before the corporation finally surrendered. In the aftermath of the battle, the plains were soaked with the blood of the dead. The area was filled with flayed bodies and sacrificial displays that Okuchima had conducted after the battle.

Scavenging birds and animals filled these grounds for months and rendered it unsuitable for cultivation for years. Okuchima achieved a position among the tribe that had been unheard of. They worshipped him as one of the Patnenh sent down to their world. He renamed the tribe as the Krausak zu'aan clan in honor of their overwhelming victory. The battle shaped the physical and political landscape of the region for centuries. The Rnvild Rich Fen region was free from the grasp of the corporations and the Krausak became the only power in the region.

Okuchima organized the Krausak into a cult of overzealous Patnenh worshippers. As a priest who was later considered as one of the Patnenh, he could then leverage their beliefs to inspire loyalty. The Krausak took his word as divine and followed his every order. As his position grew within the clan- so did his delusions. He no longer had any regard for human life by the time he was finally worshipped as a God. He was maniacally brave in battle and considered himself invincible. He would charge into enemy formations with no thought of self-preservation.

This would set an example for his army and inspire courage and bravery in the battlefield. He was an obstinate character whose beliefs couldn't be shaken. The Krausak remained a very backward and primitive society due to their prejudices against the corporations and many of their newer techniques and ideas.

Psychology

The Krausak are known for their very rigid beliefs and their obstinate natures. They cannot be swayed from their traditional beliefs and practices, though many have tried throughout the centuries. They have a deep sense of pride and ego that makes them see themselves and their ways as superior to the other clans and makes them entirely unamenable to change. These natures made them overzealous followers of their deity, Patnenh. The clan believed that the deity spoke to them through their priest and could thus be provoked into any kind of action at the hands of a wily priest.

It was not coincidental that most of their leaders were also priests. Their founder and most influential leader, Okuchima Eowulla was the son of a priest and was himself a priest of Patnenh. He would use his father's prophesy about an incoming war against the corporation to drum up support for his cause and allowed the clan to prepare for an all-out war. The clan were willing to abandon their settlements to settle deeper inland, in the hopes of drawing in and starving the incoming corporation and their allies of any food and supplies.

No sacrifice was thought to be too large in order to fulfil the prophesy. There was no room for doubt within their tribe. The clan members were brought up from a young age to be very devout and religious. Their zealousness could drive them to perform many different feats of bravery that wouldn't be attempted by any conventional zu'aan tribesmen. All Their decisions were dictated by priests who spoke on behalf of their deities. A priest, in their tribal society, occupied an elevated position above the rest the clan.

They were involved in all of the tribe's decision making, rituals and led them into battle. They believed that Patnenh granted these priests with supernatural powers to change their fate as well as influence events in their world. The Krausak were also known for their very brutal ways that were a mixture of violence and conflict. The tribes of the Rnvild had fought amongst themselves and outsiders for centuries and the concept of warfare and brutality was not alien to them.

They saw violence as an easier way to solve their problems and would commonly resort to it without any thought of diplomacy or other peaceful means. Bravery and strength were greatly appreciated and valued within the clan and were the easiest ways in which an individual could distinguish themselves from among the others in the clan. The Krausak zu'aan believed in the principle of sacrifice which they encouraged within their citizens. Any member who sacrificed themselves for the good of the clan was proclaimed a martyr and their names were remembered within the clan through songs and stories.

They also believed that sacrificing their captives and enemies is their temple altars would please their deity and would grant them blessings and favor. Thus, the clan were known for practicing some of the grisliest kind of zu'aan sacrifices of their enemies.

Culture

The Krausak zu'aan culture were known for their obsession with their religion and their passionate worship of their deity named Patnenh. Their culture practiced many events and ceremonies that were dedicated to the worship of their god. Since they were mostly a hunting clan, they did not celebrate conventional agricultural festivals such as the harvesting and sowing festivals. Their festivals were related to their victories and participation in battles. The clan would return from their battles with all their loot and captives and convene in a giant feast in front of their temple mounds.

These ceremonies could last for days and were celebrated often due to the Krausak's tendency to get into conflicts with many of their neighbors. The tribe's festivals were known for their grisly nature which involved a lot of sacrifices of their captive enemies to appease their gods and ensure their good fortune for the coming seasons. The Krausak culture encouraged these festivities as a chance for the clan to bond. It was common for marriages and elopements to happen soon after a battle or conflict, as relieved lovers took full advantage of their opportunity to be reunited again.

Their Krausak were generally full of life and lived every day to the fullest since there was no clear guarantee that they would live to see the next day. They were known for their raucous attitudes and their ability to have fun. However, the Krausak's idea of fun was very twisted since they had an inbuilt affinity for brutality within their psyche. They had quite sadistic natures and were not bothered by the grisly zu'aan sacrifices that went on in their altars. They themself reveled in the destruction of their enemy's property which they would resort to after they were victorious in battle.

They were known to pillage and raze entire villages and towns along with their inhabitants without a morsel of sympathy. The Krausak had a very rough language that was hard to understand and had very limited grammar and structure. Most other clans looked down on it as the language of the uncivilized and thus the Krausak were the only clan that actively used the language. The Krausak were not farmers and did not engage in agriculture; although they did rely on gathering fruits and produce from the lands when meat was scarce.

They chiefly relied on hunting for their dietary needs. Their culture valued the skills of hunting and the best hunters among them to expect to rise to prominent positions of power. The clan regularly organized hunting sessions that could provide the clan with a substantial amount of meat and supplies such as fur and bone to last them through several seasons. These hunting sessions took the form of competitions in which the younger males of the clan competed with the hopes of gaining the attention of the ladies or in the hopes of winning fame.

It served as a recreational activity and a means of release of their aggressive natures when the clan was not engaged in war.

Government

The Krausak government had very strong links to its religion. This was a precedent set by their founder, Okuchima Eowulla who was himself a religious priest of the Krausak deity Patnenh. He used his position as the tribe's spiritual guide to carefully align them with his motives and ultimately led to the overwhelming support for his leadership. The Krausak had never heard of democracy or its practice. They believed that only their leaders should have a say on matters of government and administration. According to them, too many opinions in the government would ruin their system and lead to an ineffective clan where everyone would be after his own welfare.

They believed that a strong central authority was necessary in order to channel all of the citizens energies into a singular goal. The clan followed a very authoritarian system where the leader had unquestionable power and authority to regulate the clan's civil life as well as the military. The leader in the Krausak zu'aan clan was not chosen based on their power or their combat skills but rather on their capacity to lead the clan in their religious duties. If the leader met with success in most of his ventures he was seen as a blessed of the god's and improved his legitimacy as well as their chance of becoming the clan's leader.

The clan’s founder, Okuchima was able to gain legitimacy in this way, by using his father’s prophesy of an upcoming war to unite the clan and prepare them for a long campaign ahead. He created a sense of impending doom within the clan and eventually made them believe there was no other recourse other than total commitment to his cause. He would even convince the clan to leave their settlements so they could draw in their enemies deeper into their lands. The success he would achieve in the coming battle convinced the people that he was indeed, the chosen of the gods with some even believing him to be a reincarnation of their god, Patnenh.

The Krausak took their leader's word as divine and followed his every order. The leader was responsible for making laws and carrying out justice within the clan. His sentence was final and failure to comply resulted in a slow sacrificial death. There was no concept of wealth within the society and every possession was owned collectively by the group. They relied on hunting for their needs and didn't bother with the more advanced activities brought in by the zu'aan corporations.

Military training remained an integral part of their way of life and every member was expected to contribute to communal activities like hunting and cooking. Okuchima was known for his delusions of grandeur and supernatural powers. Like his father, he believed that the Gods spoke through him and considered any opposition as an act against God. He was emotionless when it came to carrying out his brutal sentences and inhumane sacrifices. He considered death as a necessary evil and carried out his punishments without much thought. His example would be followed by all of the Krausak leaders who came after him.

Military

The Krausak were known for their very enthusiastic military and their tendency to get involved in wars and conflicts of the region. The Krausak were naturally aggressive and acclimated to violence from a very young age. They were taught to use their weapons effectively through their hunting expeditions and most of their children would quickly get acclimatized to the sight of blood and gore. Another sight that helped the clan adapt to violence and gore was their grisly sacrifice of their captives that occurred after every victory or during their religious ceremonies.

The entire clan would be present during such ceremonies, including their youngest members. When they came of age all the young of the Krausak would be gradually inducted into their training regiments and assigned training in their preferred weapon styles. Their skills would be honed through repetitive practices and hunting sessions that would be organized solely for the newest trainees. Their founder, Okuchima Eowulla was responsible for the organization of the Krausak's military. The system that he set in place would be followed by the clan for many centuries.

He made military training an integral part of their way of live and every member of the clan was expected to participate in all of their military drills and practices including their hunting expeditions. In battle, the clan would personally be led by their leader into battle. Leader's such as Okuchima distinguished themselves through their exemplary behavior and conduct during such circumstances. He was maniacally brave in battle and considered himself invincible. He would charge into enemy formations with no thought of self-preservation which would set an example for his army to follow, and inspire courage and bravery in the battlefield.

He trained the tribe and regularly conducted campaigns against the neighboring tribes and the corporation in the hopes of provoking the prophesied war. He was an aggressive and bloodthirsty leader, looking to strike out at every intruder in their lands. The Krausak's most famous military victory would come against their adversaries, the zu'aan corporation and their allies in the summer of 4E 5. In the battle, Okuchima would face the weakened and starving forces of the corporations in the plains of Rnvild. He surrounded them in a pincer movement and attacked their stricken camps for seven days before the corporation surrendered.

In the aftermath of the battle, the plains were soaked with the blood of the dead. The area was filled with flayed bodies and sacrificial displays that Okuchima had conducted after the battle. The region was filled with scavenging birds and animals for months and remained unsuitable for cultivation for years. The clan were not known for their advanced methods of production and thus used their native weaponry made from well worked wood and carved stones. This was supplemented by whatever weapons and tools they could scavenge off their dead enemies.

Thus, their military was not uniformed in the quality and types of weapons that they used. It was the norm that the more experienced members who had had opportunities to scavenge from their enemies would possess better weapons than the new recruits who were stuck with the clan’s rudimentary tools.

Religion

The Krausak were religious zealots who practiced the worship of a deity that they called Patnenh. Their deity was represented in their paintings and sculptures as a tall and athletic zu'aan hunter, wielding a hatchet and draped in the cloak made of thick fur. His flowing tunic had blotches of dark crimson red that was believed to be from the blood of his enemies and prey. The Krausak believed that their god was only satisfied at seeing blood being shed in his name. Patnenh was considered as the God of the Hunt as well as the God of War.

And plenty of rituals were regularly performed by the clan to bring success in any of their ventures that were related to hunting or to war. These rituals were grisly events where they sacrificed their enemy captives and animals by disemboweling them and offering their blood to the gods. The priests would cover themselves in the blood as a sign of bravery and it was thought to be the only way in which a mortal zu'aan could commune with their god. The constant need for sacrifices to appease their god was one of the few reasons that contributed to the Krausak’s warring nature.

This aslo was part of their tendency to aggressively engage with their neighbors in battles and conflicts. They believed that the Patnenh was watching over them when they entered battle, and the thought could inspire them to perform inexplicable acts of valor and sacrifice in war. There was no room for doubt within their tribe. The clan members were brought up from a young age to be very devout and religious. The entire clan followed the same belief and those that veered from the path or took up other religious practices were instantly cut down in order to avoid angering their god.

The priest of the Krausak tribes occupied an elevated position among the tribe. They were responsible for making the clan's decisions which they dictated on behalf of their deities. It was very common for the leader of the Krausak to arise from among the priestly ranks. This was because the Krausak government had very strong links to their religion. The clan believed that the deity spoke to them through their priest and could thus be provoked into any kind of action at the hands of a wily priest.

It was not coincidental that most of their leaders were also priests Okuchima, their founder was also born to a head priest of the Patnenh and was brought up to follow in his father's footsteps. The leader in the Krausak zu'aan clan was not chosen based on their power or their combat skills but rather on their capacity to lead the clan in their religious duties. If the leader met with success in most of his ventures he was seen as a blessed of the god's and improved his legitimacy as well as their chance of becoming the clan's leader. The Krausak took their leader's word as divine and followed his every order.

Religion continued to occupy a very prominent position throughout the Krausak’s existence and was a major part of their identity.

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