Sahlean

The Sahlean, referred to as Sahliyyun in their own native language, or "People of the Plains", are a group of Fricharii elves who live around the Sahlean Sea - a saltwater sea surrounded by a small strip of fertile land and parched arid land elsewhere. They lives a nomadic and semi-settled styles, maintaining and creating oasis and agricultural settlements where they can and herding sheep where they cannot. The Sahlean are renown traders

General Information

• Primary Faith: Native Polytheism
• Language: Sahlean
• Locations: Sahlia
• Minority: N/A
• Clades: Fricharii Elves
• Inheritance Law: Male partible inheritance, patronymic lineage
• Slavery: Chattel slavery are deeply embedded in Sahlean society and are acquired through warfare or purchase or debt. Sahlean cares not for the clades of the people they enslave.
• Name Generation: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/muslim-names.php (For obvious reason, avoid name of the prophet)

Cultural Traits

• Power Structure: Respect for tribal elders and lineage is paramount and leadership is not strictly hereditary, a leader must prove their worth through deeds, generosity and power, though the bloodlines of great warriors and wise rulers would carry prestige and weight.
• Family Structure: The extended family and clan is the core of Sahlean society, and loyalty to one's kin is absolute and take place over most obligations. Honor and reputations are inherited and tied to your family name.
• Gender & Sexuality: Men holds most overt position of leaderships and women have considerable influence within the household, but exceptional women may lead, fight and rule. Marriages are typically arranged to secure alliance.
• Hospitality: Hospitality is considered a sacred duty. A guest is expected to be offered shelter, food and water for three days and night before the host may ask for anything in return, and the guest is expected to share stories in return. It is considered impolite to not offer hospitality, and harming a guest under one's roof is considered a great betrayal. However, a guest must also not take advantage of a host's generosity.
• Religion: The Sahlean believes in spirits that inhabit the deserts, winds and stars and in the hidden power of words (such as blessings and curses). Sacred oaths taken before the sky or their ancestors are binding and unbreakable. Certain shrines and stones are considered holy. Offerings tends to be made for protection before journeys or battles.
• Charity & Gifting: Generosity is valued, particularly to those who are in need. And giving to those who have fallen on hard time is considered a sign of virtue. Reciprocity is expected for gift-giving and a gift of equal value is expected upon return, but not for true charity targeted at the poor and needy.
• Conflict Resolution: Tribal councils consisting of elders handle most disputes between families and clans. A strong emphasis is placed on peaceful solution. However, honor is also considered important and a man's name nor their ancestors should be stained - and should negotiation, blood money or oaths fail to solve conflicts, feuds can escalate to tribal conflicts, and blood vengeance is considered a duty.
• War: Warfare is a frequent part of life and raiding is considered an acceptable, if not honorable means of acquiring wealth in the form of livestock and settling scores, and defending one's people and tribe is considered a sacred duty. Treachery are generally frowned upon.
• Magic: Magic is feared and respected and associated with spirits of the desert. Wind (Air) magic is particularly common and respected amongst the Sahlean, and naturally healing magic is also considered to be of great importance.

Cuisine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_cuisine

Unlike Arabic cuisine in our world, alcohols are used frequently.

Ways of War

Sahlean are skilled horsemen and practice mounted archery extensively - an art perfected through centuries of contact with the Kirigs and the centaur tribes that preceded them. They utilizes both the swift and powerful Sahlean horses and camelry. Horses were generally considered stronger and more preferred, and were fielded typically by more settled or oases-dwelling Sahlean people, whereas camels are used extensively by more nomadic tribes due to the logistical advantages they offered, especially deep in the desert.

Infantry, armed with javelins, bows (generally smaller and less powerful than that of the warrior elite), slings, shields and spears would supplement mounted forces - but take no part in the common raids that defines inter-tribal warfares amongst the Sahlean.