Plain of Horses The barbarians of the Horse - Plain have tried countless times to invade their neighbors , the Shou and T ' u Lung , and have been successful on a few accounts , but their victories were often short lived . Recently though , Tuigan tribes successfully breeched the Dragonwall and devastated many of the northwestern provinces of the Shou Empire . During this invasion , many Shou refugees fled to Faerûn and settled in the Thesk region of the Unapproachable East . The Horde tribes were eventually driven out and the Shou and T ' u have been focusing most of their military prowess towards defending against further invasions . Geography . The Plain of Horses was divided into several topographical parts . In the northern parts a vast t undra of treeless plains with swamps of snow and ice dominated the landscape . Per tundra south of the mountains , taiga region of forests suitable for farming . Further south are steppe grasslands where herders graze cattle annually . Also worth mentioning that desert almost not inhabited . Climate . Constant extreme temperature changes were prevalent on the Plain of Horses . The temperature on the tundra was freezing , often dropping to to - 60 degrees . In the desert , the temperature was very hot but would cool rapidly at night . Rain and snow were common in these lands . Strong earthquakes were common in the mountain ranges . Cities . Architecture in Plain of Horses is very simple and functional , but citizens and nomads live absolutely differently . Some nomads have simple home where they can survive the winter , but most prefer to use the yurt . Yurt introduce to himself the mobile home , made out of animal skins , inside it is usually empty except for a small table and altar . Each nomad has a pair of dogs who guard it . Cities also look very different , they have shops , homes , etc . Usually city walled and around it are many villages and rural communities . Almost all building made of clay and stone , but some high - rise buildings of brick . In large cities , there are many districts , such as shopping area , central area , etc . Some of the cities . Tribal Order . Tribes in Plain of Horses have a complex system , we now analyze it . The tribe has naming pu - lo . In turn , Pu - lo divided into clans ( syn ) . Each clan consists of tents , were live not only the family but also their relatives . Tribe usually ruled by the council of chiefs . Now there are some of the most powerful tribes , Fankiang Kashgun , Guychiang , Taghurs and Igiduzhin . Government . Plain of Horses is not one state , and therefore it not have one governing body . At the same time , each tribe have its form of government which is often similar to each other . Each tribe has a chieftain , a man who ruled the tribe . Exception composes Taghurus where three chieftain ruled the tribe . Usually chieftain this charismatic and powerful people . Chieftain can only be men and this post is not always inherited . In most large cities or tribes ruled Kagan . Kagan controls other people such as officers , chancellors and advisers . They have different roles and helping Kagan rules in tribe , unlike small tribes ruled by the chieftain personally . After Kagan in importance are the governors . There are also lower ranks such as tax collectors and security guards . Taxation . In tribes often occurs collecting taxes and fees , as a rule these always happen honestly . Merchants also taxed . Peasants must also pay taxes to officials . Military . Small tribes do not have as such an army . Kagan or his deputy manages troops and leads them into battle . All members of the tribe are considered warriors . In large tribes troops organized much better . Main army named Muke which includes 100 well trained warriors . Also there are elite troops controlled personally Kagan . Tactics . Armys in Plains of horses consist almost entirely of cavalry . Horse archers form core of the army . Infantrymen very rare in the battles and uses excepting only in the siege . The main feature of cavalry is the speed and unexpected attack . Also numerical superiority plays a big role . if opponent exceeds nomads try lure him into an ambush and lead guerrilla warfare . Social Customs . Peoples who lives in Plains of Horses mainly barbarians . Proud and insolent people , they try resist any change . They respect supernatural but hate magic and all that is connected with it . Most people live in villages and towns but some , roam and not stopping nowhere for a long time . Barbarians are proud of their life and despise the weak and hesitant people . Barbarians would not become farmers or herders counting the it ' s a job for wimps . If they needs money barbarian can earn their by serving mercenary , or guard . Womans also play a big role in the tribe , they were watching of the children and often govern tribe , because men prefer military career then political . Women can own property and dispose of it . If in family born son hi inherits his father ' s property . Because of the terrible weather conditions , dress being more functional than fashionable . Peasants usually wear simple clothes , like wool shirt , wool pants and fur stockings . Also quite often wear hats and scarves . noble people clothing much more elegant and beautiful than peasants . Usually these people wear clothes of red fur and adorn themselves with silver jewelery . Horse racing and wrestling a very popular sport in these lands . Books are also quite popular but many do not know how to read , content with stories . There are also some pretty popular holidays . Festival of spirits one of the most popular holidays , people in this day meet and sacrifice to the gods . Other holidays include the Midsummer Festival and Summer Assembly . Status and Classes . Social inequality also takes place in these lands . Taiji ' s honorary class it includes dukes and princes . This status transmitted inherited . Lamas and monks also honorary class to , but without proper training not everyone can become a lama . However , most of population the shepherds and peasants . At the lowest rung of hierarchy slaves , they are subservient Taiji and lamas . Between those slaves life is not all bad , they are exempt from the army and onychite often well cared for . Languages . Vocabulary is very precise . Answers to any questions are usually very accurate . Every hill and creek have their names . As a rule , each tribe speak different dialects . Religion . In the plains of horses no one religion , many different tribes believed in different gods . Many poorly developed tribes practiced animism and when more advanced profess the path of enlightenment . Most different tribes pray enormous variety of gods . For example Taghrus has faith on the basis of animism and ancestor cult and worshiping the sun . Many tribes believe that each piece of this world is ruled by the gods , they controlled every mountain and river . Relations with Shou Lung . Shou Lung played a huge role in development Plains of Horses . Plains tribes believe that Shou Lung its potential enemy at the same time , the rulers of Shou Lung very wary of the local tribes and beware their . Now between these countries is rather shaky peace , ich may at any time turn into a terrible and bloody war . Trade has flourished sporadically between the two nations , as have eras of violent warfare . Horses . Horses on the Plains of Horses most valuable resource . Here bred wildest species of horses . Steppe horses are very different from other horses in Kara - Tur . They are lean and fast . They are very hardy and able to arrive without food for a long time . They can get food from under the snow and eat bad food to . These horses are ideal for the steppe zone . The most powerful horses often called huluk . Usually huluk have very hard bones that gives them a significant advantages . With its enormous power they alone can kill a wolf . Nomads often very sensitive to their horses , if they do not have enough food to feed its horse they can give their eat to animal . Horses usually mined in wild herds across the steppes and then resell . Money and Commerce . Since most land plains horses are not suitable for farming there very common animal husbandry . Usually in these lands traded sheep and horses . Shepherds usually graze all day long huge herds of sheep to get them wool or meat . Some times graze cattle but also at the most popular animals in the plains horses are horses goats . Animal husbandry in these lands is very primitive . Shepherds graze their herds on the vast steppe lands and usually trade between tribes is minimal . But some traders of Show Lung by here excellent horses . Behind the scenes . Plains of Horses is modeled after .