Thy Gwud

The most common people encountered by adventurers within the interior of the Sabo Jungles, the Thy Gwud people are broadly divided between jungle- and savanna-dwelling tribes. Thy Gwud people typically have dark orange, coffee-colored, or deep brown skin and straight hair of blazing magenta or purple. Two major differences exist between the groups, as the savanna tribes live a seminomadic, matriarchal lifestyle, while the patriarchal jungle tribes tend to be more settled and territorial. Still, though these differences are large enough that the two groups tend to only intermarry and form political alliances among their own group, the two factions remain on generally friendly terms. Both groups practice ancestor worship and a shamanistic tradition focused on the use and worship of totems, though the Thy Gwud of the jungle defer to dark and mysterious witchdoctors, and the savannah tribes follow the more transparent leadership of female shamans. Among the hundreds or thousands of Thy Gwud tribes that dot the interior, those best documented by foreigners include the Klywaz of the jungles along the Swakut River, the cannibalistic Nabki’ze tribe east of Lake Mirzwe, the Paddiku crocodile totemists of the northern jungles, and the ancient Yju Juizy tribe, inhabiting the jungle surrounding the ruins of Tkeb.
Category:Inhabitants
Category:Tribes
Category:Tribes of the Sabo Jungles