Kirig

The Kirig are a Fricharii dominated ethnic group, who inhabit most of the Besian - Agaya Steppes. They are a nomadic or semi-sedentary people. They live together with a small amount of centaurs who have assimilated into their cultures - it is believed in historical time, the Kirig consisted of much more centaurs relative to Fricharii, or that the centaurs were a once different culture that were subjugated and then assimilated into the Kirigs.

General Information

• Primary Faith: Koism
• Language: Kirigic
• Locations: Besian - Asaya Steppe
• Minority: Tiai Khanate
• Races: Mostly Fricharii, some centaurs
• Inheritance Law: Gender Equal Preference Primogeniture.
• Slavery: The Kirigs practice slavery extensively, and takes and enslave people, especially those who are skilled laborers and sell them across market where they are demanded. Lifelong chattel slavery is common and the status of those born to slaves are usually inherited.
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Cultural Traits

• Power Structure: Respect those who are strong, and those who are old and wise. But, above all, the rights of kings and inheritance shall be respected.
• Family Structure: Care for your family, and then your tribe, whom you must consider as an extended family whose loyalty you owe.
• Gender & Sexuality: Kirig have a relatively gender equal society, with both male and female expected to partake in physical labor, hunting and fighting, and females are often in leadership positions amongst Kirig clans. Most females are expected to engage in motherhood, but other than that, there is no lines of gender role separation - males and females are both expected to take care in child rearing and care, hunting, fighting, physical labor etc.
• Hospitality: Guests should be treated to good hospitality, food and drinks. It is common to offer shelter, food and drinks for free in more rural and non-urbanized area, in exchange the traveler is expected to share good story of their travels - of course, a traveler should not overstay their welcome without paying, this courtesy is only offered for a day or two as necessary, unless the weather is bad.
• Religion: It is important to respect spirits and deities for one’s everyday life depends on their good will.
• Charity: You should be charitable and give to strangers for they will one day return the favor, and if they do not, then heaven will, what goes around will come around eventually.
• Conflict Resolution: It really depends, in empires and kingdoms we’ve established, law is the way. But on the steppe, there is honor in combat and violence to resolve conflicts unless there is a stronger ruler to impose us. Feuds are common, but do not need to be carried to the point of extermination. When one person or their clan’s honor is violated, a supervised honor fight - often to the first blood or even death, is a good way to resolve the issue.
• War: War is but a way of life and way to acquire wealth and honor, especially against people who are not like us.
• Magic: Kirigs prefers fire magic and practice necromantic magic with cautions.

Subculture

The Kirigs people are split into four main tribes, each with slightly different traditions and clan structures, but they all share common and mostly mutually intelligible languages and traits:

• Sharbor: The northwestern most tribe, who established the modern day Tiai Khanate, are semi-sedentary or nomadic, but some of them have become settled with the establishment of the Tiai Khanate.
• Codlo: The tribe that inhabits the steppe next to the Agaya Axu mountains.  
• Chu: A tribe inhabiting mostly the southeastern steppe, they consist of the highest number of centaurs and are particularly adapted to arid living.
• Dosun: The westernmost tribe of the Kirigs, inhabiting the steppe between the Tiai Khanate and the Sozxon desert. They are semi-sedentary instead of fully nomadic.

Cuisine

Traditionally, the Kirigs does not grow any crops as they are a nomadic people. However, wheat and grains are imported from the Midorite states and Siui, and Siuianized and Midoritized cuisine features a lot of dumplings and pancakes made by simply pan frying or steaming. The primary fat used is sourced from animals - mostly butter.

Kirigs consume a diverse amount of meat, most of whom are either roasted or occasionally, boiled. Spices usage are rather sparse as they are expensive and hard to acquire in the steppe - but of course, settled Kirig cuisine adopts and takes to local specialty and are considerably more sophisticated. Beef, muttons and horse meat are popular amongst Kirigs.

Kirigs consume a large amount of milk and make fermented milk drinks called Shalex. Tea is commonly consumed, and are imported and traded for. Sharbor people consume the most tea amongst the Kirig, and often add fat and butter together with barley and milk curds for special guests - for regular consumption, milk and salt is added instead of butter.