Entamar

About
Entamar is somewhat isolated, a moderately sized town in the south-east corner of the People's lands.

Tribe
The Entamar were once the most dominant tribe of the People, vast in number and occupying huge tracts of the most arable lands available. They were often generous to the neighbouring tribes in times of need, giving them a reputation for kindness. However, in the year 297 BU, plague decimated their population, leaving them weak and vulnerable. Once the plague had passed, the other tribes took advantage of their weakness and attacked; stealing crops and livestock, carrying off women and children and warring over lands. The Chief of the Entamar attempted for several years to retain his tribe’s lands, spreading his armies very thinly around the perimeters and exhausting most of their resources. Both he and the rest of the tribe soon grew weary of the constant attacks by the other tribes, who they had once treated with kindness and compassion, and became very bitter and reclusive. In the year 282 BU, they sold off much of their outlying lands to the highest bidder, the Manak tribe, and built a large, elaborate wall around what remained of their farms and village. From then until the uniting, they had very little contact with the rest of the tribes, preferring to remain within their walls. During the attacks from other tribes, and their self-imposed isolation, their religious beliefs turned towards the darker side, invoking gods of death, war and suffering.

Once they had isolated themselves from the rest of the tribes, they remained in intermittent contact with the Wirba, who had refused to take advantage of their weakened position after the plague. It is thought that the Entamar Chief and High Lady of Wirba enjoyed an intimate relationship before the Entamar cut themselves off, though no proof has ever surfaced. The Entamar had spent much of the gold received from the Manak on building the wall, but shared the rest with the Wirba, along with a yearly trade exchange.