Federated Banners of Donggo
The Banners of Donggo are a mix between a state, ethnic organization, and military apparatus. As the primary organization method for the Morits, a people group who are ethnically Guwaaru, the Banners are both an administrative and military division, and are used to form the basis of the very state itself. The state of Donggo is given nominal authority over all Morits within the Tögsgölgüi Ord, which Donggo is a subject of. This population is then split into 3 banners for each gender, based on the traditional 3 theaters of war of the Tögsgölgüi Ord, though these banners are not necessarily used for combat in their respective region. Every person within Morit society is assigned to a Banner based on his same-gender parent's banner, and once they turn 16 they are considered to formally belong to this Banner. However, day to day life is done within a smaller group, the company. Composed of 300 men, company members train with and live in communities determined by their banner, and they share the successes and failures of that banner, but the company is the main organizational method. The female banners don't have this organization.
Donggo is not a static state, and does not control any set lands. It is only determined by where the banners may or may not be garrisoning at a set time. Currently, Donggo's lands consist of the easternmost portion of the Tögsgölgüi Ord's controlled steppe, and all 6 banners are garrisoned there under the rule of the current Bannerlord. In order to determine the leadership of Donggo at any time, each company elects a represenative. All company representatives meet to elect a banner representative from their number, and the three banner representatives elect the Bannerlord from amongst themselves. Being a part of the company of the Bannerlord or Banner Representative is a cushy opportunity, as the other members act as an honor guard and rarely do active fighting, instead assisting with administrative tasks, so all companies are encouraged to elect the best. The female banners are considered to also be under the command of the corresponding Banner Representative.
This organization of the banners into 3 groups of two typically lasts when on the march as well. In the Banner system, the centaurs have encouraged polygamy due to the large numbers of casualties in battle leaving far more women than men. Men are encouraged to marry as many women as their salary can support, and women are expected to manage the housholds. Since the banners travel in groups of two, each male banner has its own pool of women with which they intermarry. When a man dies in battle, his wives are distributed (or not) as per the Tanugiin Jün traditions of the centaurs, as they feel strongly about the right of a widow to refuse remarriage and have enforced this on their subjects. This system also makes it easy to sort new children into banners, as the color is usually known and the gender determines whether they are in a dragon or lotus banner. However, women are allowed to swap banners to marry a man, which does happen occasionally even when the banners are thousands of miles apart and happens even more often when the banners are clustered, as currently. Banners and RegionsYellow Dragon Banner: Men, South
Yellow Lotus Banner: Women, South
Red Dragon Banner: Men, East
Red Lotus Banner: Women, East
White Dragon Banner: Men, North
White Lotus Banner: Women, North
Donggo is not a static state, and does not control any set lands. It is only determined by where the banners may or may not be garrisoning at a set time. Currently, Donggo's lands consist of the easternmost portion of the Tögsgölgüi Ord's controlled steppe, and all 6 banners are garrisoned there under the rule of the current Bannerlord. In order to determine the leadership of Donggo at any time, each company elects a represenative. All company representatives meet to elect a banner representative from their number, and the three banner representatives elect the Bannerlord from amongst themselves. Being a part of the company of the Bannerlord or Banner Representative is a cushy opportunity, as the other members act as an honor guard and rarely do active fighting, instead assisting with administrative tasks, so all companies are encouraged to elect the best. The female banners are considered to also be under the command of the corresponding Banner Representative.
This organization of the banners into 3 groups of two typically lasts when on the march as well. In the Banner system, the centaurs have encouraged polygamy due to the large numbers of casualties in battle leaving far more women than men. Men are encouraged to marry as many women as their salary can support, and women are expected to manage the housholds. Since the banners travel in groups of two, each male banner has its own pool of women with which they intermarry. When a man dies in battle, his wives are distributed (or not) as per the Tanugiin Jün traditions of the centaurs, as they feel strongly about the right of a widow to refuse remarriage and have enforced this on their subjects. This system also makes it easy to sort new children into banners, as the color is usually known and the gender determines whether they are in a dragon or lotus banner. However, women are allowed to swap banners to marry a man, which does happen occasionally even when the banners are thousands of miles apart and happens even more often when the banners are clustered, as currently. Banners and Regions
History
The nucleus of Donggo has existed ever since the centaurs conquered the first Guwaaru in the 1750s, but the actual Federation of Banners has only existed since 1896. The Guwaaric people proved to be much less tribalistic than orcs even as far back as the 1750s, which would allow the centaurs to deploy them as a more centralized military force rather than the feuding and tribal orcs. However, the centaurs did not make use of them until after 1800 due to the orcish demographics being shattered by 19 years of war, as they had initially seen the humans as unfit for soldiering. This obviously proved incorrect, and the Guwaaric forces proved effective as auxiliaries in the centaur campaigns in the east. However, with the Tögsgölgüi Ord almost totally destroyed within a few short years, the idea of creating a unified command of Guwaaru proved worthless. Though some Morit tribes remained within centaur lands even after their shattering, the khans were unable to make much use of them. This changed when Bataar Ordolon took the throne. Organizing the Morit into three Banners, one for each planned campaign, he was able to rotate these men through in wars, ensuring there were fresh troops that could actually keep up with centaurs in each campaign. Once the campaigns to the east were completed, Bataar was able to incorporate all Morit into this structure, forming the modern 6 banners. The banners were effective in the early stages of the war with Bēlqūašdu, but disputes between the banners and the orcish tribes (who kept trying to steal the bannerwomen) led to disorder in the ranks and they were removed from the frontlines. They were put back on the front once the orcish slave states revolted, and removed again when those orcs were forcefully settled in the borderlands region. Now they have been called to the east, the first time the banners have all been in the same place since 1946, when they were first properly organized.
Founding Date
1894 S.C.
Alternative Names
Morit Domain, Slave State of Donggo
Demonym
Donggon/Morit
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