Iluvar

1: The language spoken by the Iluvar people on the Nomad Plain.
2: The Nomad tribes inhabiting the Nomad Plain in northeastern Bandagora. Estimated population: 2.1 million. These tribes are horsemen with a strong sense of honor. Their traditions are hard to understand for an outsider. Being nomadic, they have no capital, but Nasmin has been the traditional meeting place of tribal leaders ever since the time of Varenna. The League of Cityports are the Iluvar's only real neighbor, and the League does think much of them, since the Iluvar raid villages and plunder caravans on a regular basis. The Iluvar is also the main reason that no overland trade route has been established between the League and Donara. The Iluvar are equated with death and destruction in most countries, a legacy of the Nomad Invasions. The Iluvar has not posed any real threat since then, but they did take advantage of the Chinloi civil war 1064-1106 to expand their territory. The name Iluvar dates from 585. Before that they were simply called Nomads.
==Legal system==
The Iluvar settle most disagreements by duels. Quarrels are settled by a contest of skill, while minor crimes use horse racing to determine who is right. Insults usually means a duel to the death. Crimes against a tribe are punished by "the pole". A stake (sometimes several) is driven through the stomach of the perpetrator. He is then left allowing the animals of the plain to feed off him. If done correctly, he does not die for days.