Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170623162509

Sisû-ûk or 'Horse folk' are the inhabitants of north eastern Harad. The land known as Lostladen, in between the great rivers of Sinnû and Ka-Niki, and always shadowed by the  Salmû Hûrsaû (Black Mountains). This land is a rather harsh place with most of the land being either semi-desert, small river valleys and flood plains, and vast areas of sun baked desert.

The people here are mainly nomads with only two permanent cities existing in all of Lastladen they being Akû Khan and Akû Dayyani (City of Kings and City of Judgment) both are hardly occupied save when either is used of it's specific purpose those being: The gathering of the Khans and the gathering of the judges (to solve internal issues between the clans)

The people themselves are split into three main groups: Cattle, Clansmen, and Khans.

- Cattle are the lowest classes being slaves and servants to the upper classes. They live either with their masters in moving encampments, in small villages, or within one of the two cities. In battle they from the light cavalry and pursuit cavalry and are the only from of Infantry in Lostladen (seeing as these roles are deemed below clansmen and Khans)

- Clansmen are the 'middle class' and can be anything fro warriors, raiders, merchants, slavers, and many other roles. Each clansmen is part of a clan (to be expanded upon later) and generally has his own tent, herd of cattle, and a routine of slaves and wives. Each Clansmen is part of a war band lead by a warlord who is considered a lesser Khan and normally leads a smaller clan. In battle they are medium shock cavalry and horse archers both consider 'noble' forms of war fare.

- Khans are the nobles of Lostladen most come from Variag blood and some of the major Khans can trace their blood line to one of the Great Khans of Khand. Khans lead a war band and some entire clans into battle and are the 'kings' of this land. In battle Khans and their sons form the heavy shock cavalry known to the west as 'Cataphracts'.

The Land, politically, is divided into a series of clans who only come together during times of great need or to pass judgment upon quarreling clans. For the most part the clans do as they wish and rarely interfere with one another with most raided the neighbors across the river and at times of great need, other clans. Clans are split into two types 'Wife takers' and 'Wife givers'.

- Wife takers are smaller clans who must take/buy wives from other clans. They are generally about 100 members strong and in the hierarchy are considered 'lesser clans'. They generally fall under the banner of one of the lager clans and form a war band in that clans army.

- Wife givers are larger clans who sell wives to the other clans. They are large with thousands of members being part of their direct clan and many other lesser clans under their heel.

Now the last thing would be the Judges. They are considered 'holy men' and above any Khan, as they speak for the gods and pass their judgment. The Judges are called to solve important matters and quarrels between the clans they are also sought after for advice and so on. They are not part of any clan and thus are separated and live within Akû Dayyani with slaves and servants.

The Sisû-ûk also serve as mercenaries throughout Harad wishing to find great wealth and escape the strife of their homeland. They are normally lesser clansmen and thus medium shock cavalry or archers. Although some greater Khans have sold themselves out as mercenaries before. 