Doryi

The Doryi are an ethno-linguistic group native to the northern plains bordering the forest of Soronipheä, centered around the historical site of Lake Doriya. They are the most numerous and widespread ethnic group in the region, whose languages are largely evolved from the language of ancient Doriya. This ancient kingdom once controlled the whole of the region and can perhaps be considered to be the first empire in all of Amauvala. The heritage of this empire is still evident among the Doryi even if their hegemony was broken by the Gate Kingdom at the legendary Battle of Zora.
After the Vidstossi victory, many of the Doryi fell into servitude under foreign overlords for the first time and they are still a significant minority in the northern part of the Gate Kingdom. There are, however, ethnic Doryi states in the region who maintain sovereignity and hold considerable influence. 
Doryi culture is centered around the priesthood, who conduct rituals of animal sacrifice and command the armies. They still use the ancient Doriyan abjad, believed to be the oldest still employed writing system in Amauvala. They are generally a proud and xenophobic people who consider non-Doryi to be uncivilised barbarians, good for nothing but slave labour. 
The Doryi, unlike most of the other ethnic groups of Soronipheä who tend to be pale, have olive skin and dark hair, often with thick beards, bushy eyebrows and piercing dark eyes. 
==States==
The Empire of Greater Doryia, also known as the Alharid Empire, is the ancestor of all the Doryi states as of the 4th century ABV, which disintegrated into its successor-state commonly referred to as "the Three Cities". This state in turn shrank into the kingdom of Melcheezor. The other major Doryi state in the fourth century is the Chazor, although a Doryi elite rules over a variety of ethnicities in the small kingdom of Vaaloniya.
They also hold considerable influence over the kingdom of Murrjadi, who although has a mostly ethnic Rothinji populated has a highly Doriyanised structure and culture.
Category:Races
Category:Doriya
Category:Soroniphea
Category:NPC tribes of Moaseraiana