Barbarians

The Barbarian Tribes are a collection of various tribes that moved south from Herenno after a disaster forced them out of their home. They currently reside in the north of Galea

History
A disparate band of men, the collection of vagabonds and raiders that have come to be known as the Barbarian Tribes are largely of Herenno stock. Herenno, a land to the north, over the Chasm sea, was a cold and wind-swept land, a climate which became worse once the Scarlet Sea expanded to its western shores, twenty years ago. The natives were soon driven out by strange, creeping fogs that killed crops and left land dry and dead, as well as violent blizzards and storms. Constructing a large fleet, Herenno conducted a mass exodus and raided various nations to the south, the most prominent being Galea, Unarr, Lyen, and Fel. An alliance of all four nations, usually at war, managed to beat off the assault, though the raiders managed to carve out tenacious holds within the northern reaches. Weakened by the war and not wishing to undertake military action, lest one of its rivals take the opportunity to attack, the four nations were forced to leave the raiders with their holdings. Since then, the Barbarians have been conducting routine raids on border towns, occasionally forming marauding parties and striking deeper within.

The 'kingdom', as the Barbarians call it, in the North of Galea is called the  Elaskar do Heren,  or the 'Sanctuary of the heroes of Herenno'. The Barbarians carried over much of their culture, worshipping animal Ideals, which represent a facet of human personality, and often pain themselves with fierce designs based on the object of their devotion. Tribes are grouped by animal worship, and the prevalent tribes at the moment are Bear, Wolf, Horse, Sabrecat, Elk and Fox. The tribes of Bear and Horse are at war with the tribe of the Wolf, which has forced them southwards.