Post by Kizmet on Jun 13, 2011 23:22:25 GMT -5
HISTORY
The Yakima'l'Haida are the Mutts of Lamavia. Their name means 'The People Who Wander' in the Haidan tongue, and indeed their Ancestory is predominately Haidan in origin. Now tough, most Yakima have a little bit of everything in their blood, including the blood of those from outside of Lamavia itself. They are ousiders, accepted in very few places, and nearly no where for long. There are a few 'permenant' Yakima encampments along the southern border of Aquilos, most Yakima travel in covered wagons year round, earning money by selling handmade crafts and performing, and collecting much of their food along their way. The Yakima are the descendants of the original Haidan Tribe. Before it broke into seperate Tribes, the criminals and other unfortunates were exiles, and they became the Wanderers, forced to constantly be on the move, lest they be happened upon the other Haidans. If they were, they would be killed. Over time, this tradition has lessened. Exiled individuals from the Haidan Tribes, most often children who display magick skills who have no place in their own Tribe, or Adults who break traditions, are still likely to join the Yakima, but the Yakima are no longer killed opn site by the other hAidans. They are despised, and the Haidans refuse to socialize with them, but the most they will do is chase them away from their camps. Only the Ivera are more severe, tolerating them at a distance, but any who set foot within Hakeysh'l'Ashu will be killed to protect the sanctity of the place.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Because of their ancestry, The Yakima take on many appearances. Most have slightly almond shaped eyes and tanned or dark skin. Their noses are usually somewhat long and straight or hooked. Their height varies a great deal, as does their hair and eye color, though most retain the characteristic cerulean blue eyes of the Haidan Peoples. Many of the Yakima are developing characteristics that are strictly Yakiman. This includes medium tan skin color, thick and straight hair of various shaes of blonde and brown, including reddish blonde, browinish blonde, and reddish brown, and blue-green eyes. Most Yakiman men have short hair, beards, and mustaches. Boys sport longer hair than the adult men. Women and girls both have long hair.
POSSESSIONS
Because most Yakima/l/Haida are Nomads, they have very few possessions. Normally, they have tools, weapons, their clothing, and musical instruments. The Yakima who stay in the permenant settlements are often poorer, most liviing in 'tent cities'. A few live in small wooden or stone homes. These Yakima normally have many knicknacks and handmade crafts.
LIVING QUARTERS
Most Yakima live in small covered wagons. By day they travel in these, and at night they sleep either inside the wagon or beneath it. All around Lamavia are Yakiman camps, where the Yakima'l'Haida stop and rest for a week at a time or more. Oftentimes, small wagon trains will set out from these camps together. Sometimes they stay together awhile, and other times they split off fiarly quickly. Most often, brothers will travel together in trains with their parents and sometimes friends will join in. Yakima who live in the Tent Cities are too poor to affordtheir own wagon. Small children are often adopted out to the wandering Yakima in hopes of a better life, while older children wait, the boys saving money to get a wagon hopefully, and the girls waiting to be married. Yakima who live in houses pass the house to their eldest child when they die. Their other children buy wagons and become Wanderers.
SOCIAL SKILLS
The Yakima are an open and accepting people, but bound by ancient Tradition. They believe strongly that there are specific rules for everyone.That includes a man providing for his family and being the head of a household, and a woman being a Mother and Wife, and doing the cooking, cleaning, mending, etc. Children are to be obediant, do as they are told at all times, and be seen and not heard. Most Yakima are very strict, but loving.
DIET
The Yakiman diet is very varied. Whatever food is available near them, they eat. Very few Yakima cultivate anything. In the rest camps, most Yakaima do a little farming while there, and when they next come around again, there is usually food for them to harvest. Most of the time they eat wild plants that are around them as they travel. They hunt wild game indigenous to the area they are in, and if there is water nearby they fish. They eat a little throughout the day, gathring as they go. In the morning and at night, when the wagon is stopped, they eat larger meals. The Yakima who live in the tent cities normally barter with the wagons as they come through, as well as hunt, fish, and do a little farming. The same with those who live in the houses.
FASHION AND DRESS
The Yakima wear a variety of clothes. Always flashy and colorful. Men and boys wear overalls, sometimes with undershirts, sometimes with ovrshirts. Some wear blue jeans. Most go barefoot, though others wear Haidan footwear, moccasin-like shoes made of animal skin or leather. Women and girls wear calico dresses that reach anywhere from their knees to their ankles. They don't wear stockings, and most go barefoot. Some wear Haidan shoewear. Normally the hair of young girls is tied back in one or two braids, and some wear sun bonnets.
EDUCATION
While education is important to the Yakima, there is no formal education. What teh children learn they learn from their own parents or other close family members. This is usually the case even in the tent cities, though sometimes a single person, usually one who was educated outside of the Yakima circle, will teach a small group of maybe twenty children. All Yakima learn to read, write, and do simple math. Children who are gifted are dropped off at the Northern most part of the Trade Route the Yakima follow to travel on alone to the schools in Messina or Aquilos, or they are dropped off along the southern edge to travel alone to the schools in Akadia. This usually happens when they are about ten years old, and can learn no more from those around them.
COMMUNICATION
The Yakima speak a mixture of the Haidan language and the Trader's Langauge. They are often difficult to understand unless you have a mastery of both languages. Like their native relatives, they use a great deal of body language and gesturing as they speak.
PROFESSIONS
The Yakima are Traders, Crafters, and Performers. They barter and sell what belongings they can, make small musical instruments, weapons, and crafts, and when they are near enough towns they perform at night, dancing, singing, and playing music for the townsfolk, mostly adult men and teenage boys, who throw money into the dancing circle. In some places the women and children come as well, and oftentimes the residents join the Yakima in their merriment. These places are generally less profitable for the Yakima, but roupes are still thrown for complicated dance routines that are watched and not joined, as well as for very accomplished musicians.
MEDICINE
The Yakima use medecines made of natural herbs and kept in small vials most often, it being rare for them to happen across a Healer. These medecines vary from being moderately effective to being downright dangerous.
RELIGION
The Yakima'l'Haida follow a religion similar to that of the other Haidans. They worship the same beings, but in slightly different ways, believing them to stay in certain places, and for certain beings to be more powerful at certain places at certain times. They also believe Divinity takes a more hands off approach than the other Haidans believe.
PROTECTION
The Yakima mostly use small daggers and bows for hunting and defense. They also use blow darts and poisons as well as studying hand-to-hand combat.
The Yakima'l'Haida are the Mutts of Lamavia. Their name means 'The People Who Wander' in the Haidan tongue, and indeed their Ancestory is predominately Haidan in origin. Now tough, most Yakima have a little bit of everything in their blood, including the blood of those from outside of Lamavia itself. They are ousiders, accepted in very few places, and nearly no where for long. There are a few 'permenant' Yakima encampments along the southern border of Aquilos, most Yakima travel in covered wagons year round, earning money by selling handmade crafts and performing, and collecting much of their food along their way. The Yakima are the descendants of the original Haidan Tribe. Before it broke into seperate Tribes, the criminals and other unfortunates were exiles, and they became the Wanderers, forced to constantly be on the move, lest they be happened upon the other Haidans. If they were, they would be killed. Over time, this tradition has lessened. Exiled individuals from the Haidan Tribes, most often children who display magick skills who have no place in their own Tribe, or Adults who break traditions, are still likely to join the Yakima, but the Yakima are no longer killed opn site by the other hAidans. They are despised, and the Haidans refuse to socialize with them, but the most they will do is chase them away from their camps. Only the Ivera are more severe, tolerating them at a distance, but any who set foot within Hakeysh'l'Ashu will be killed to protect the sanctity of the place.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Because of their ancestry, The Yakima take on many appearances. Most have slightly almond shaped eyes and tanned or dark skin. Their noses are usually somewhat long and straight or hooked. Their height varies a great deal, as does their hair and eye color, though most retain the characteristic cerulean blue eyes of the Haidan Peoples. Many of the Yakima are developing characteristics that are strictly Yakiman. This includes medium tan skin color, thick and straight hair of various shaes of blonde and brown, including reddish blonde, browinish blonde, and reddish brown, and blue-green eyes. Most Yakiman men have short hair, beards, and mustaches. Boys sport longer hair than the adult men. Women and girls both have long hair.
POSSESSIONS
Because most Yakima/l/Haida are Nomads, they have very few possessions. Normally, they have tools, weapons, their clothing, and musical instruments. The Yakima who stay in the permenant settlements are often poorer, most liviing in 'tent cities'. A few live in small wooden or stone homes. These Yakima normally have many knicknacks and handmade crafts.
LIVING QUARTERS
Most Yakima live in small covered wagons. By day they travel in these, and at night they sleep either inside the wagon or beneath it. All around Lamavia are Yakiman camps, where the Yakima'l'Haida stop and rest for a week at a time or more. Oftentimes, small wagon trains will set out from these camps together. Sometimes they stay together awhile, and other times they split off fiarly quickly. Most often, brothers will travel together in trains with their parents and sometimes friends will join in. Yakima who live in the Tent Cities are too poor to affordtheir own wagon. Small children are often adopted out to the wandering Yakima in hopes of a better life, while older children wait, the boys saving money to get a wagon hopefully, and the girls waiting to be married. Yakima who live in houses pass the house to their eldest child when they die. Their other children buy wagons and become Wanderers.
SOCIAL SKILLS
The Yakima are an open and accepting people, but bound by ancient Tradition. They believe strongly that there are specific rules for everyone.That includes a man providing for his family and being the head of a household, and a woman being a Mother and Wife, and doing the cooking, cleaning, mending, etc. Children are to be obediant, do as they are told at all times, and be seen and not heard. Most Yakima are very strict, but loving.
DIET
The Yakiman diet is very varied. Whatever food is available near them, they eat. Very few Yakima cultivate anything. In the rest camps, most Yakaima do a little farming while there, and when they next come around again, there is usually food for them to harvest. Most of the time they eat wild plants that are around them as they travel. They hunt wild game indigenous to the area they are in, and if there is water nearby they fish. They eat a little throughout the day, gathring as they go. In the morning and at night, when the wagon is stopped, they eat larger meals. The Yakima who live in the tent cities normally barter with the wagons as they come through, as well as hunt, fish, and do a little farming. The same with those who live in the houses.
FASHION AND DRESS
The Yakima wear a variety of clothes. Always flashy and colorful. Men and boys wear overalls, sometimes with undershirts, sometimes with ovrshirts. Some wear blue jeans. Most go barefoot, though others wear Haidan footwear, moccasin-like shoes made of animal skin or leather. Women and girls wear calico dresses that reach anywhere from their knees to their ankles. They don't wear stockings, and most go barefoot. Some wear Haidan shoewear. Normally the hair of young girls is tied back in one or two braids, and some wear sun bonnets.
EDUCATION
While education is important to the Yakima, there is no formal education. What teh children learn they learn from their own parents or other close family members. This is usually the case even in the tent cities, though sometimes a single person, usually one who was educated outside of the Yakima circle, will teach a small group of maybe twenty children. All Yakima learn to read, write, and do simple math. Children who are gifted are dropped off at the Northern most part of the Trade Route the Yakima follow to travel on alone to the schools in Messina or Aquilos, or they are dropped off along the southern edge to travel alone to the schools in Akadia. This usually happens when they are about ten years old, and can learn no more from those around them.
COMMUNICATION
The Yakima speak a mixture of the Haidan language and the Trader's Langauge. They are often difficult to understand unless you have a mastery of both languages. Like their native relatives, they use a great deal of body language and gesturing as they speak.
PROFESSIONS
The Yakima are Traders, Crafters, and Performers. They barter and sell what belongings they can, make small musical instruments, weapons, and crafts, and when they are near enough towns they perform at night, dancing, singing, and playing music for the townsfolk, mostly adult men and teenage boys, who throw money into the dancing circle. In some places the women and children come as well, and oftentimes the residents join the Yakima in their merriment. These places are generally less profitable for the Yakima, but roupes are still thrown for complicated dance routines that are watched and not joined, as well as for very accomplished musicians.
MEDICINE
The Yakima use medecines made of natural herbs and kept in small vials most often, it being rare for them to happen across a Healer. These medecines vary from being moderately effective to being downright dangerous.
RELIGION
The Yakima'l'Haida follow a religion similar to that of the other Haidans. They worship the same beings, but in slightly different ways, believing them to stay in certain places, and for certain beings to be more powerful at certain places at certain times. They also believe Divinity takes a more hands off approach than the other Haidans believe.
PROTECTION
The Yakima mostly use small daggers and bows for hunting and defense. They also use blow darts and poisons as well as studying hand-to-hand combat.