Ilahanai (culture)
The Ilahanai have traditionally lived along the northern banks of the Theraskiyatt, but over the centuries have moved further inland. Their communities are tightly knit and centred around figures known as 'clan fathers'. These men are elected every thirty cycles of Aervalr, and are expected to arbitrate disputes, teach the young, and co-ordinate defences amongst their villages and towns in preparation for war. Whilst a peaceful and insular people, they are not unresponsive to the pleas of travellers, and will provide shelter or nourishment if needed (if only for a short while).
Nearly destroyed by the Chan Skorpokaipis, the Ilahanai have only grown more inward-looking with time, believing that the rest of Aeras wishes them dead. Their insularism has transformed into xenophobia, and the clan fathers no longer wash the wounds of the bleeding if they does not know of their patient's family. Whilst once a quiet and unassuming rural culture, the Ilahanai have completely shut out the world out of a misguided belief that they are unjustly hated.