Proto-Lynari

The Proto-Lynari is an ethnolinguistic group that precedes the Lynari. It's a human race native to the Lynarith Peninsula and the continent of Kejafros. It was formed after some Aysari from the south tundras migrated to the lands and merged with the locals.
This group was fairly loosely scatered in and around the peninsula because of their often raids during the Era of Clans. more about which is in the History of Lynarith. As the group continued fighting and increasing it's numbers, shortly before the Bronze age it was already gone and the "Modern" Lynari ethnolinguistic group was established.
While the Proto-Lynari called themselves Lynari, historians call this group Proto-Lynari because of how different they presumably spoke including many dialects; An altered culture around their religion Children of Diena, which Lynari now don't believe in; Mixed bloodlines with different migrating Aysar races aswell as the locals. Around the time Aysari stopped migrating to the peninsula the Lynari Clans were heavily exhausted of raiding and even war, the Proto-Lynari heavily reproduced with each other from all around the peninsula, which lead to the different bloodlines being merged, believes being merged, as well as dialects fading to be forgoten for a more common tongue began to be spoken. Thus the Proto-Lynari became Lynari
== History ==
=== The Migration ===
Somewhere around 5000-4900 AIAF the south of Kejafros freezes. The lands aren't fertile enough to sustain the population of many Aysari and Baszku, thus a lot of them migrate. Some of those first migrants are what became the Proto-Lynari. These Aysari would move North in hope of finding warmer and less mountainous terrain. Unlike the Central-Aysari who would go over mountains in search of new lands, the future Proto-Lynari chose to continue their way trough hills and fields, thus their path took a turn to the west. After crossing the river --- they found lush forests, after which a baren hill terrain, surrounded by water.
These lands were very fertile and perfect for farming when the tools were developed some thousand years after, but also had only a few families populating the lands and with many animals these early gatherers and hunters could very easily sustain life. 
== Early Proto-Lynari ==
=== Merging and formation ===
The Aysari are assumed to have merged with the locals, proof of this are many drawings depicting different events like people arriving across the river, doing strange rituals, speaking something not understood, etc. However, not a single drawing is found depicting them fighting, thus it's believed the Aysari merged with the locals forming this new Proto-Lynari group. Testiment are again drawings showing them working, living and hunting together. 
It is depicted in almost every drawing a lightning storm and lack of sunlight. Following the name of the ancient Wyvern Lyna, which ruled the lands for thousands of years with it's thunder and storms, this new group called itself Lynari in the name, and respect of said Wyvern. "Lyna" meaning Lightning (in ancient-lynaric, as in modern lynaric the word means storm), and "Ari" meaning people and coming from Aysari, thus solidifying the merge by name and culture. The Proto-Lynari also started to differ from the religion Children of Diena, and form a sort of own branch, believing the Wyvern was also a God itself, however, this branch of the religion remains unnamed because it's long lost.
=== Isolation ===
==== First Period 4900-4700 AIAF ====
During this first period the Proto-Lynari distanced themselves as much as possible from the rest of Kejafros. They saw the other Aysari and groups alike such as the Baszku to have been forsaken by the Gods. They believed that dʰridas the creator had created the cold to kill all other unworthy Aysari, while seeing themselves as chosen, thus given the lands full of life and food.
Adapting to the lands and adopting the native culture they began to build houses in a new way. Religious rituals changed, mainly from sacrificial to instead ones, in which only those already dead were burried around religious sites, after going trough a bath of the prophet's bloom oil, their bodies would be placed deep around those religious grounds, one is the Ancient Tree Fawr Wyrleth, which is believed to have grown from the skull of Lyna. They began to change their culinary taste too, Oxen meat, full of protein would be cooked with Acacia seeds, beech nuts mixed with Copper Frog legs, the Common tea tree still remained the favourite tea flavour. They would also mix their languages, creating the first form of Ancient Lynaric, a diverse language that differs from family to family, of which there were hundreds. This cultural development and isolation continued for about 200-300 years.
==== Second Period 4700-4500 AIAF ====
The Second Period is marked by the opening of the Proto-Lynari to the lands around them. Seeing clearly that their belief of the others being forsaken was false they began to interract with the rest of the world more. Sometimes they would allow migrating Aysar into their lands, others it would be Central-Aysar families. Slowly they began to trade with the neighbouring families. The Proto-Lynari couldn't offer more than their food, but saw great use for the tools their neighbours possesed. Early bronze tools indicate the Central-Aysar were already advancing in technology fast, although it would be around another 1000 years before the Bronze age. These early tools were rough and easily broke because there was a lack of understanding on how to properly forge, as well as low quality ore.
The Proto-Lynari seeing great use for those tools, but almost impossible to trade for them, something which we know about because of a drawing showing many people offering food but being declined the tool, some families decided to kill for them. Different families all divided and fighting for their own goals, yet they were mostly successfull, rarely did any of them suffer defeat, the Proto-Lynari proved to be great warriors, although it can be debated it's because of those raids as well as many other Central-Aysar families fighting each other, that the Bronze age officially came into full swing after 1000 years and not earlier.
As the population began to increase, especially after another Aysar migration around 4500 AIAF a new era began to take place for the Proto-Lynari, one which would see them fighting between each other, a trend that would continue even trought the Iron Age.
== Late Proto-Lynari ==
=== The Era of Clans ===
==== The First Period 4500-4200 AIAF ====
During this period the first clans began to form. Usually that would happen by chosing the strongest warrior in the family, with the word for clan head --- originating from the word --- meaning strong. The Proto-Lynari clans would often fight against each other, with those early bronze tools no longer being an interest and having more power over others, making them do the work being much more valuable. This decreased the ammount of raids towards the outside, which usually had to happen after crossing a river, a deadly task when the other side is prepared for an ambush, the people aren't good swimmers or the stream is stronger.
When a clan attacked another, the winner would kill the --- (clan head) and usually their closest family so that they cannot come back and take revenge. The other survivors would either join as warriors in the new clan, or work in the first sort of fields, made to collect seeds and tea, or hunt and take care of domesticated animals. If the clan was larger the winners could also place their brother or sister as the new clan head, although that happened rarely in this time because the clans were usually small and many. Even more rarely would be for a headless clan to be left alone to chose for themselves. Clans at the time consisted of large families up to the 4th and 5th cousins. The largest ones were ruled by a family, under which 2-3 other families worked. Sometimes clans would trade a family of workers for help in taking another rival clan down. 
At the end of this Era roughly 4 clans were big enough to finally decide and settle on a permanent position, rather than move around their territory every few years, a practice done to make sure the local wildlife had time to regrow itself. With the establishment of permanent settlements the Proto-Lynari would begin looking much more into agriculture and start planting not only for seeds and tea, but for grain and vegetables too. Domesticated animals would also increase in number, domesticated Oxens were a common meat source.
==== The Second Period 4200 - 3600 AIAF (To be fixed) ====
The biggest Proto-Lynari clans would establish themselves and mark their territories by carving out a symbol they would recognise as a sort of crest, however, writing was still not developed yet and wouldn't be for another 800-900 years. The bigger clans to the East would now look outside of their territories, as bronze tools had advanced yet again and agriculture became prominent in the entire continent. The Proto-Lynari would begin raiding the local spruce forest where the Central Aysari lived. Getting there required more than swimming, especially with larger forces, thus the first boats were made, small and enough to transport a few people to the other side at a time. The bordering Central Aysari however wouldn't really be conquered for another 200, and most often would just pay after loss.
In that time the smaller clans would fight for supremacy over each other, wishing to become as big as the other big few. These big few in the meantime would also develop their naval equipment, bigger boats with sturdier wood soaked in oil and better materials, enough not only to treverse the rivers, but also the waves of the sea. At around 4050 AIAF the North-Eastern and South-Eastern biggest clans would unite forces and launch a campaign that would finally subjegate the bordering West-Central Aysar, this subjecation lasted some 200-250 years until those two clans fought against each other for controll, loosing their fighting forces and ability to keep the lands. After that both of the clan heads were executed by their own families. This event is known as the Eastern Clans war, and is the first documented war, although documentation is from outside sources and only a few drawings, thus giving us no estimate of losses.
===== Water raiding =====
In the first 100-150 years after subjegating the Central-Aysar the smaller clans were done fighting for control over each other and the larger clans were established. Looking to raid outside the peninsula all of the clans developed similar small-sized ships, mainly because the Proto-Lynari were good fighters and not good sailors. Because of how cheap it was to make ships they would usually ram into an enemy, kill it, loot them and then be taken by another two half empty ships. Thus, most commonly naval raiding would happen in groups of 3 or more. Eventually they would learn the sea and begin landing and fighting the locals in large numbers.
===== End of Conquests =====
In the last 100-150 years of subjegating the West-Central Aysar, many clans would try and subjegate lands all across the waves. Wishing for the power of the Eastern tribes. At this time a popular means of communication between clan heads would become the sending of messangers riding on Sēdquises. These messangers would be treated like the clan head themselve came for a visit. This organization wouldn't prove very useful, as none of them could subjegate lands across the waves and hold onto these lands, even when uniting forces. The technology was simply not advanced enough to allow for such a thing. Thus, with the Eastern Clans war most tries to subjegate lands ended. Raiding would continue for another 100-200 years, but after raiding most of the nearby clans, it became inefficient and unworthy.
=== End of the Proto-Lynari, formation of the Lynari 3700 AIAF ===
The end of the Proto-Lynari came somewhere towards the end of the Second Period of the Clans Era, somewhere around 3700 AIAF. With the only notable conquest being of the Souther Island, which was found to be an empty bastion of dwarves, and full of big caves with ores they couldn't yet find use for. Around 3700 AIAF the fighting for conquest ended, and with the Eastern Clans war ending too the biggest Proto-Lynari clans focused mostly on rebuilding themselves, seeing as conquest wasn't possible and most of their forces were lost. By this time most Aysari had finally stopped migrating, and the Lynarith Peninsula stopped seeing new faces, attributed to the hatred from the Central Aysar.
This sort of isolation served the Proto-Lynari enough to finally become Lynari. Merging with different migrants and families between each other from different sides of the peninsula the Proto-Lynari culture would go trough a change that in a sort of way unified the people, dialects were lost, food became the same all around with different cuisines replaced for more efficient means of feeding, traditions became mostly practiced the same way, clothing too became sort of standardized. Ancient Lynaric too went trough a few changes. Most important was that many families from all across would merge with each other, thus unifying bloodlines. This all brought together the end of the Proto-Lynari and formation of the Lynari. 
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