Gerkhanite Ethnicity in The Angellonian Sagas | World Anvil

Gerkhanite

The Gerkhanites are to not be confused with Kazunites even though they may seem similar at first but are much more brutish, they lacked wisdom and knowledge but they were very strong and mighty in warfare and even helped win a couple wars for the kazunites when they lived in Orijhin. But then the Gerkhanites had become too difficult to tolerate as they had strayed away from the laws of "Lakirem'Geroifhe'ura" and begun to paganize. A Kazunite chieftain had convinced the Gerkhanites to leave Orijhin and find a new home so that they don't end up killing each other due to the large famine that had spread in the land in those days and because of their wickedness; which the Kazunites had considered abominable.

Naming Traditions

Family names

Blood-Spiller, Blood-Drinker were the two infamous clans within that tribe.

Culture

Common Dress code

They wore golden silk and the bones of their enemies. males also wore a large hat that had long feathers upon it and the females wore a bone jewelry all over their bodies.

Foods & Cuisine

They commonly drank the blood of cattle and ate their meat near rare. they also were cannibals and ate those who were prisoners as punishment for their crimes.

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

Once a year when the moons become all full, they sacrificed as many firstborns as possible except those of nobility and of the priesthood.

Birth & Baptismal Rites

Males would have their horns clipped and shaped to go upward when they are around a few days old. females would have their tusks clipped and shaped to go downward.

Coming of Age Rites

For a male to become a man they had their males go and rape as and impregnate as many females as possible on their 18th birthday and then if more than 3 females were impregnated then that male was seen as a man.

Funerary and Memorial customs

Gerkhanites would take out the organs of their dead and cremate the body. But then they would cook and eat the organs of the dead so that it their dead can live on inside of their family members.

Major organizations

They Founded the Gerkhan Kingdom after King Y'tyo died and the Gerkhanites usurped the throne through supersitions and paganized the population. They were originally a bastard clan within the Kazunites but due to religious differences and to prevent the shedding of familial blood the Gerkhanites left and came to Fodirn'Ladir and dwelt in the southern region of that continent.
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