Vaman
Vaman People
The Vaman people are our a group of related kingdoms and peoples in the far northwest corner of Suribia. Today, they are broken into the Toussin, Awavan, and Monar people, and they have a surviving Mystic Kingdom known as Havigban on the Augair Peningsula. The Vaman people were once the Tasifians.
History
They occupied everything from the Augair Peninsula to the White Desert, reaching as far north as the Vaman Ranges and as far south as the Sacres Plains. They became the Tasif Kingdom in opposition to Scarcun invaders. Then they became the Serten Kingdom some few hundred years later. After almost a thousand years of conflict between the Sertens and the Scarcun, the locals chose a new king who waged full war against the Scarcun settlers. After suffering a huge defeat, now called the Great Shame, the Scarcun left and went back to Remdor, and the victorious Vaman Kingdom saw prosperity through most of their land. They excelled at making ships and working wood, and spread a lot of influence to nearby lands such as Asshor, Wssan, and the Valig Islands. Vaman travellers took mystics back into their kingdom and after a hundred years the mystics slowly gained power, eventually overthrowing the monarchy and instating a line of mystic kings. Vaman became a mystic kingdom for only a short while before the War of the Kings took place. This war saw mystic kings fighting the non-mystic kings and many died during the conflict. The mystic armies were so ruthless that much of society crumbled and all the kingdoms fell apart. The Awavan, Monar, and Toussin people eventually established themselves as smaller populaces void of monarchic rulers, and together they held the land around the Vaman Sea. One family of mystic kings survived and made their kingdom of Havigban on the Augair Peninsula. These four groups of people constitute Vaman today and although they all share similar appearances, in truth they are on the brink of war once more.
People and Culture
Vaman people have blue-grey hair, pale skin, and black eyes. They are known for their blunt, brutish nature, and are not fond of subtlety or mystery – with the exception of the mystic kingdom of Havigban. The Vamans have almost always been against believing in gods; the mystic kings support mystic prophecies and star-reading, but aside from that most Vamans see deity worship as foolish and pointless. The Vaman people instead believe only in the lingering spirits of people once alive. Mysticism in part helps people communicate with these spirits, though there are much older and more traditional ways of contacting dead spirits. Normally these beliefs do not play an obvious part in their daily lives; they tend to live pragmatically.
