Asarey (culture)
Asarey society has long revolved around the steady supply of merchants which make the treacherous journey up and down the Gonan Road. Serving as its protectors and adversaries in equal measure, Asarey warriors have been known to attack the very caravansary they had previously sworn to defend. Their presence along the trade-route has become such a fact of life that it is considered foolish for any expedition to set off without a portion of their wares being put aside for any would-be assailants. These raiding parties known to the Asarey as 'Sammalriq' are organised in a strictly egalitarian basis with all 'revenue' being split equally among members. Of course not all Asarey are plunderers, they can be found occupying roles as merchants themselves or administrators of the route's many desert safeholds.