Aljibal Kemsari (culture)
Isolated in the mountains of central and western Kemsar, the Aljibal Kemsari were the group least impacted by the imperial collapse, with entire communities unaware about the evaporation of the central government until weeks later. Life for the Ajibal revolved around the mines in their mountains, from which nearly all wealth in the region was derived. Families would feature generations of miners with little opportunity available as the Ajibal was under the complete cultural and political superiority of the Ran Kemsari, the mountains having no ruling elite of their own. As almost all worked in salt, coal, or iron mines, life expectancy was incredibly low–if one reached forty they were considered old. The only way to escape this life was to seek service in the Kemsari armies and consequently a hardy, spartan culture formed, with a great deal of resentment towards the upper classes.
The collapse of Kemsar ended any relevance for mining in the region, but ultimately affected little other change. Their culture has always been insular and clannish, centered around family traditions and the Aljibal easily adapted to a tribal lifestyle, eager to range out of their mountains and exact retribution upon the previously dominant lowlands. What little order that remained in Kemsar immediately collapsed and the region was thrust into the anarchy that envelops it to today.