Brariians
Móerkelic: Oldargs
Brariians1 once inhabited a region once known as Triiklá in the northern Korrei Desert in central Dragonía, and were among the first sapient species to appear, along with the Alalaríans in the western woodlands and the Gobíls in the northern Múlíat Mountains to the south.
During that time, the Brariians discovered Ba-Olúl, a unique metal which can absorb and boost magical energies, which became the basis for the Kújet System, a huge network of twisted cables and strange devices that allowed Brariians to use magic for such things as ensuring bumper crops and keeping stable temperatures in their hatcheries without relying on mages. This became especially important as the climate became warmer and more arid over time, which limited how far the Brariians could expand as the surrounding savanna transformed into the Korrei Desert.
Their isolation ended in 3 b.Dr. when Móerkels came from the Plain of Spirits to the northwest. The Móerkels invaded Triiklá and made it their colony, and treated the Brariians much like the centaur-like Knárs native to the plains -in other words, poorly-, which only grew worse when a strange illness took hold in some of the Móerkel cities due to contact with the Brariians. They called the natives Oldargs, meaning stone worshipper and their country Oldargaron or Land of the stone worshippers.
The Brariians secretly tried to to weaponize the kújet system against their cruel overlords with disastrous results; in an instant, the Brariians were wiped off the face of Dragonía and Triiklá reduced to a massive crater, out of which a mysterious creature known as The Dragon later emerged, laid waste to the Móerkels and caused a great deal of destruction around the world for the next five hundred years.
Stone houses often had the lower parts of the walls coated with a layer of clay, incised with geometric patterns, with the rest of the wall otherwise left exposed.
Brariians1 once inhabited a region once known as Triiklá in the northern Korrei Desert in central Dragonía, and were among the first sapient species to appear, along with the Alalaríans in the western woodlands and the Gobíls in the northern Múlíat Mountains to the south.
Appearance and abilities
Brariians were theropod-like people, with a long tail, slender limbs and neck, thin fingers, and beaked mouth. The upper part of the beak extended to the forehead, where it formed a prominent horn of sorts which amplified their voice. Most of the body -safe for the legs and hands- was covered in red and white plumage, with a horizontal crest on the back of the head. They had a keen sense of hearing and excellent eyesight, but poor sense of smell and taste.History
The first Brariian societies appeared during the last ice age around 50.000 b.Dr, at a time when much of southern Dragonía was covered in a vast tundra. As the climate warmed up, the tundra gave way to a savanna, the Brariians slowly began focusing on harvesting cereals by the lakes around Mt. Æjat, and by 20.000 b.Dr they had adopted agriculture. As the population increased, the Brariians began expanding their territory towards Mt. Æjat, where they encountered the insectoid Zkorbs, who had established their own society at mountain's foothills. Conflicts between the two peoples occurred for the next millennium, until the Zkorbs were driven from Triiklá and eventually settled on the Island of the Sacred Stone, while the Brariians would remain isolated from the rest of Dragonía for thousands of years.During that time, the Brariians discovered Ba-Olúl, a unique metal which can absorb and boost magical energies, which became the basis for the Kújet System, a huge network of twisted cables and strange devices that allowed Brariians to use magic for such things as ensuring bumper crops and keeping stable temperatures in their hatcheries without relying on mages. This became especially important as the climate became warmer and more arid over time, which limited how far the Brariians could expand as the surrounding savanna transformed into the Korrei Desert.
Their isolation ended in 3 b.Dr. when Móerkels came from the Plain of Spirits to the northwest. The Móerkels invaded Triiklá and made it their colony, and treated the Brariians much like the centaur-like Knárs native to the plains -in other words, poorly-, which only grew worse when a strange illness took hold in some of the Móerkel cities due to contact with the Brariians. They called the natives Oldargs, meaning stone worshipper and their country Oldargaron or Land of the stone worshippers.
The Brariians secretly tried to to weaponize the kújet system against their cruel overlords with disastrous results; in an instant, the Brariians were wiped off the face of Dragonía and Triiklá reduced to a massive crater, out of which a mysterious creature known as The Dragon later emerged, laid waste to the Móerkels and caused a great deal of destruction around the world for the next five hundred years.
Culture
Art
Architecture
The lack of trees suitable as building material in Triiklá meant that most Brariian buildings were largely made of stone or sun-dried mudbricks, the former were more common around Mt. Æjat and the latter near the lakes. Homes were divided into two rooms, one for eating, sleeping and working, and another serving as a hatchery and nursery. Hatcheries were taller than the main building, resembling small towers, and had separate entrances accessed via stairs or simple ladders.Stone houses often had the lower parts of the walls coated with a layer of clay, incised with geometric patterns, with the rest of the wall otherwise left exposed.
Cuisine
Their cuisine consisted primarily of two different kinds of grains native to the region and several species of insects (particularly grasshoppers), snails and worms, along with their eggs and grubs. Móerkels in Triiklá generally avoided Brariian food, as they found it either too bland or too bitter for their taste.Language
Brariians spoke a language which Móerkels likened to bird song, characterized by a variety of chirps and clicks, many of which were too high-pitched for the latter to understand. At the end of the 1st century b.Dr, there were three major dialects of Brariian tongue, each associated with one of the three lakes in Triiklá.Religion
Brariians worshipped a pantheon of gods, each deity associated with different aspects of daily life, by leaving offerings at statues encircling Mt. Æjat. Their religion generally focused more on the creation of the world and how different customs came to be rather than the afterlife, the dead were believed to life in a world much like that of the living, but without hunger and sickness.1Original icelandic: Brariiar, singular: Braríi.
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