Dawasid (culture)
The Dawasid people that dwell in the far east of Sarradon descend from the nomadic Mar'maladid tribes of the desert interior that settled among the numerous small-scale rivers of the Moranesh area. Despite their now largely sedentary lifestyle, they have not lost the warlike bent and ruthlessness of their roaming cousins to the west, and Dawasid culture is still very much one shaped by the harsh conditions of their land.
In particular, due to the extreme scarcity of any kind of natural resources of wealth, the Dawasids have taken up piracy and slave-raiding as an almost seasonal trade in and of itself, and their corsairs were once the most feared force of the east Sarradonian coast. In recent decades, however, they have been unable to compete with the organized, coordinated armadas of the Order of Saint Calysto's Key, and have themselves become one of the primary source of 'penitents' for the order.