Daukeni (culture)
Hailing from the Sjalvolki heartlands, the Daukeni have developed a reputation among their fellow Sjalvolki for a sort of cultural chauvanism. To hear the Daukeni tell it, their homeland is blessed with plentiful game, bountiful rivers, and a climate perfectly balanced between heat and cold to produce the toughest and bravest warriors in the whole of Aeras, and certainly among the Sjalvolki people.
The Daukeni have never felt that the gods' gifts to mankind have ever been far from sight, and that they themselves are the primary beneficiaries of that bounty. As with the rest of the Sjalvolki the Daukeni have tended towards disunity, with each clan competing with its rivals for territory and glory. They area especially known for their Daukeni Epics and Sagas.