Tamasun Tribe

 
Name: Ishiss
Species: Human (Denisovan)
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Lesbian
Partner: Skinoll
Personality: Hot-headed, easy to anger and quite cold towards strangers. She warms up once she gets to know someone better but is still more the rough love type of person (e.g almost breaking your back by slapping you in a comradely way). If she’s about to explode out of anger, get Skinoll or run for your life.

 
Name: Skinoll
Species: Human (Homo Neanderthalensis)
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Bi
Partner: Ishiss
Personality: Stubborn, takes no shit from anyone. Let others only see the strong and fearsome warrior but on the inside she has a very soft heart and loves flowers. Only her lifemate is allowed to see this side of her though and she will deny having this side in front of anybody else until her dying breath.

 
Tribe Structure:

There is no true ranking system within the Tamasun Tribe and more of a pecking order. The strongest and capable warriors are often given the biggest portions of food to help them maintain and keep their strength whereas those that are weaker or smaller are given less.
 
However, don’t assume that less is bad. What the Tribe considers a “small portion” is probably normal portions to those in other Tribes.
 
Pregnant women, women with children and children are also given small portions but these portions are high in protein and fats. So even though they aren’t eating their own weight in food like the warriors are, the foods they are eating are healthy enough to give their bodies everything they need to be fit and healthy, as well as tolerate the cold that comes from living in the mountains.
 
The sick and elderly are mostly cordoned off from the rest of the Tamasun tribe. For the sick, it is to prevent sickness from spreading. For the elderly, they are housed at the furthest parts of the cave so that should the Tamasun Tribe ever face a threat, the elders are far away from danger and presumably the last to fall. As a Tribe of warriors, they do not coddle the sick, old or young. They care for them but do not treat them as something so fragile they would shatter like a clay bowl.
 
When it comes to the Beasts of the Tamasun Tribe, the structure is the same. As they are the “second half” to a Tamasun Tribemember, the beast will be fed portions relative to their size. The stronger the beast, the more they eat. But, more often than not, the beasts of the tribe will eat what they hunt.

 
Their habitat:

– They live in the mountains
– Their tribe is settled:
– The housing, usually large tents, are inside a giant cave
– Close to the cave there is also a large arena used for competitions or trials for example
 

The people:

– This tribe is probably the most unwelcoming towards visitors. Nobody is allowed to enter their cave before they proved they are capable warriors. Do not expect a warm welcome once you are allowed in though! You will still have to work hard to earn the tribe’s trust and them being willing to share their food and water ressources with you.
 
– Their diet is heavily influenced by being warriors which means that their main source of nutrition is meat while plant based food is eaten rather rarely. Since their tribe needs quite a lot of meat, more than available in their surroundings, they have a close relationship with the Amu Tribe in regards of trading meat for rare berries, plants and stones.
 
– One of the favourite gods of the tribe is Dettlaff, the Snow King. Many generations ago the Tamasun Tribe decided to relocate their home but had troubles finding their way through the mountains of Imdir’s Spine. Impressing Dettlaff with their bravery and tenacity he decided to help them, leading them to the cave they live in until today and teaching them how to survive in the harsh mountains.
 
– Assur is the other favourite god of them. Living by her code of honor they are frightening but respectable warriors: they despise surpise attacks with the enemy’s back turned towards them and will grant even their biggest enemy the right to a fair fight. Despite Assur’s corruption the tribe still holds onto the old Code of Honor, respecting and treasuring it, hoping the world will be able to heal Assur so she can gain back her former glory.
 
– The majority of beasts seen inside the tribe are battle companions. They are taken in by their humans from a very young age to raise them as the perfect battle partner. Members having a companion like this normally share their home, food and live with them to create a very close bond which results in being able to trust that the other will have your back in fights.

Their history:

The Tamasun Tribe’s history seems to start when they were attempting to make a new home within the mountain landscape of Imdir’s Spine where their bravery, hardy nature and reluctance to give up had caught Dettlaff the Snow King’s attention and he helped them find their current homeland. But what many don’t realise or are privy to, is that the Tamasun Tribe’s history is long – and lost.
 
Very few are alive today to recall what had happened to make Tamasun Tribe leave their last home to lay down new roots in Imdir’s Spine. But it is a sad tale of lies and broken trust. But with few details to go on, it’s hard to tell what really happened in the past. But the most common story about the Tamasun Tribe is likely the truer version to others.
 
Back when the Tamasun lived beyond the grey rocks of Imdir’s Spine, they were a settled Tribe elsewhere on Prehistoria. There, they were starting to grow bonds with beasts and learning to hunt with them side by side. Another tribe, one that has since disappeared completely from history, was their neighbour. They came to the Tamasun with gifts and smiles and offered friendship, claiming that the two could help each other face the wilds of Prehistoria together rather than alone.
 
This friendship went on for some time, perhaps a few seasons or a generation, but something changed. Maybe the winter was harsher than it had been or food was hard to come by, but the tribe that had befriended the Tamasun came to them one evening. They said nothing and they weren’t smiling. Many people were killed that evening purely out of fear for survival and those that remained of the Tamasun Tribe fled and retreated to the safety of the mountains.
 
The Tribe’s distrust of people stems from this dark history of their Tribe and they aren’t quick to accept friendship so easily. But when trust is earned, it is rewarded. And the Tamasun are selfless people who give more than they take.