Falcon Tribe

The Falcon tribe were a tribe that used to exist on the western side of the River of Horses , neighbouring what was once the pre-Solastic Raidhsénian Protectorate.
==Early Relations==
The Falcons once enjoyed amicable trading relations with Raidhsénia and even provided hospitality to Raidhsénian travellers during the great expedition westwards to Houm during the early Primordial Age.
==Breakdown of Relations with Raidhsénia and cause of Genocide==
During exchanges between Houm and Raidhsénia, some Houmite diplomats ventured too close to Falcon territory. Believing them to be demons because of their olive skin and brown hair, the Falcons killed them. This angered the Raidhsénian authorities who sought justice on behalf of their Houmite allies. When the Falcons refused to offer the perpetrators and severed the thumbs of Raidhsénian diplomats, the patience of the then Raidhsénian tribal authority wore out and declared war on the Falcon tribe.
The Falcons were defeated in battle by a joint Raidhsénian-Houmite coalition, and Raidhsénia annexed the Eastern Falcon settlement, translated into Raidhsénian as 'Fabhcúin Oirthir'. Fabhcúin literally meaning Falcon. The inhabitants of the settlement were amalgamated into Raidhsénian society.
The remaining Falcon holdouts retreated south, and were trapped in the Falcon peninsula where the immigrant settlement of Naideágh Nairtir now stands. Barbaric practices such as throwing children off the cliffs as sacrifice offerings to their gods were being carried out. As the Raidhsénian religious grew tired of these barbaric practices on their border, a consensus was made to try and annex the settlement for their own protection. Instead, men and women decided to genocide themselves rather than accept Raidhsénian rule, throwing themselves and their own children from the top of the cliff to the rocks almost one thousand feet below. Perhaps less than 30 individuals could be saved.
==See Also==
The Battle of Machairi An Iarthair
Category:NPC tribes
Category:Abhainnia
Category:Genocided tribes
Category:NPC tribes of Abhainnia