Daluhn

Translated from into Common from Goreshan, the language of the Heinsan islanders of Taifu, ‘Daluhn’ means ‘Others’. The Daluhn is an anti-imperialist resistance organization fighting against the Shou Empire on the island of Taifu. Though they largely are interested in defending Taifu, by proxy, they have the interests of the smaller, less-populated (or, in some cases, non-populated) Spice Isles in mind. The organization operates out of the hidden village of Suum Do-Shi, located in Taifu’s southwestern bamboo jungle.
The Daluhn was formally born in 1,122, a few months after the Atrocity of Tienpo. It had roots going back before the atrocity, however. Beginning in 1,121, a small group of villagers in the village of Tienpo, and elsewhere across the island, began secretly meeting and discussing how to best deal with Shou imperialism, through resistance to physical colonization and cultural diffusion. When the Shou government on Taifu learned of these covert meetings, they chose to send a message to anyone who was foolish enough to entertain such thoughts as resisting the Imperial Army of the Shou Empire. Soldiers quickly decimated the residents of the village who they encountered, nearly down to the last man, woman, and child, and then razed it.
The few who survived the ordeal shifted their ideology, and came to believe that the conflict between the two sides could only be fought with bows and blades, and not with ideas and politics. Min Jung, a shaman from Tienpo, became the ideological leader of those who opposed Shou imperialism. Those who sympathized with him and his views gathered, and wandered into the bamboo jungles on Taifu’s southwest, establishing the village of Suum Do-Shi, and forming the Daluhn.
The Daluhn primarily uses guerilla tactics to strike Shou soldiers and garrisons. This allows them to take advantage of their small numbers, and intimate knowledge of the land, negating the Shou’d advantage of greater numbers and better equipment. Because of the strict regimented order of the Imperial Army of the Shou Empire, they are having trouble adapting to the ways of the Daluhn.
The Daluhn makes extensive use of Sai’Saische, a martial art form developed and practiced in Tienpo, before it was destroyed. Among the ranks of the Daluhn is Chun Kim, the last remaining Grand Master of Sai’Saische, and his protégé, Saesong Jung. Translated from Goreshan, the martial art style means ‘Iron Fist Warrior’. Quite fitting for the Daluhn, the fighting style involves unarmed strikes.
The Daluhn has an alliance with the temporary government of Taifu, in expelling the Shou from the island. Taifu’s provisional government trains and hires fighters that come from the more ‘typical’ mold, while the Daluhn employs methods and individuals that are a lot more black-ops style.