Klezmer Gryphon
Acolyte
While I was working on my fantasy world, Dirnoviil, I came to a bit of a roadblock; to have a race form their own state, or to have their traditional homeland ruled by foreigners?
The group in question is a race of forest-dwelling deer-people called the Damhnait, who occupy a large forested area running between two mountain ranges. They are a tribal society, separated into various clans and tribes, with no real central government or authority, save the council of shamans that try and keep the peace between the tribes. While they do form alliances from time to time to fend off various threats (I.e. Invasions by outlanders), the various tribes of the Damhnait are largely independent.
With an expanding, power hungry neighbor knocking at their door from the south, would that be enough to bring them together and untie them as one country, would they more likely be conquered like the Gauls by the Romans?
The group in question is a race of forest-dwelling deer-people called the Damhnait, who occupy a large forested area running between two mountain ranges. They are a tribal society, separated into various clans and tribes, with no real central government or authority, save the council of shamans that try and keep the peace between the tribes. While they do form alliances from time to time to fend off various threats (I.e. Invasions by outlanders), the various tribes of the Damhnait are largely independent.
With an expanding, power hungry neighbor knocking at their door from the south, would that be enough to bring them together and untie them as one country, would they more likely be conquered like the Gauls by the Romans?