Pyanaki (culture)
Diverging from their Ulakada brethren in the aftermath of the Murtuy ka Varha, the Pyanaki sought to rectify their troubles by seeking answers in the hills beside the Kharadans. They built towns around still monasteries, quietly awaiting answers to the troubles that they had faced over the centuries, yet none came. Still, the Pyanaki have remained dominated by their spiritual leaders as much as their kings, seeing mystical truths as vital to their survival as food or water.
The Pyanaki have remained experts in hill warfare since they emerged, avoiding direct contact in favour of staging long series of ambushes in the hidden crevices of their mounds. Their society has also developed a strange system of seemingly random sacrifice every ninth year, killing a different amount of people for different reasons each time the command is given. Without such a practice, the Pyanaki might have come to dominate their homelands more comprehensively.