Samayani (culture)
The Samayani diverged from the Deraani in the early years of the 5th century, when the ancient kingdom of Trinapaawa was split between the two sons of Ajai 'Three-Fingers'. The younger of the siblings, Nakhu 'the Naga', created a culture of traders instead of raiders on the Samayani islands. Using swift ships so small that travellers often miss them, the Samayani hop between the islands and sell spices and goods from towns and villages they visit (albeit with as few scruples as their pirate ancestors).
Despite their love of 'fair' trade instead of piracy, the Samayani are not unknown to be dominated by cliques of pirates living amongst them. The slow return of the culture to one dominated by piracy came following the Sabar Lambay Raad, when their Deraani cousins stole the most sacred of their jewels, the Paccai Padyma, from the home of their king in the chaos. With clever trickery and swift oars, the Samayani were reborn as hybrid pirate-merchants.