(04-21-2015, 05:08 PM)industrythirteen Wrote: I've chosen a Mongolian/Yuan given name in the mean-time with nothing else to go on just yet. But it's just a placeholder at this point. On a side note, no one on any server is using it.Â
I was uh... yeah, my goal is to shoe-in a Mongolian name by any means possible. Central Eurasian nomadic tribes are hnnnnng, and Mongolians I favor far above the rest (though Russia has some very interesting, albeit rapidly dwindling, groups). If it's too far removed from the given standards, though, I'll go for some weird nickname and reason my way into it.
That said, there's still too much unknown. Wandering nomads, such as gypsies (origin Indian, in particular) are drastically different from hunter-gatherers (which is my bet for the xaela), from the pastoralists. How those groups are set up typically depend on how they survive, and their surroundings, and the pressures from outside forces. We know they fight frequently, but we don't know why -- resource scarcity? Xenophobia? Some ancient feud? I mean, there's things I'd love to dig into, but I really don't want to dig in too deep and be totally overturned by the lore later.
*looks mournfully at rogue guild*
edit - and, too, the Mongolian culture has changed drastically over the centuries. 9th century vs 12th century, 15th century vs 17th: *shrugs*
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scythians best nomads
