Desert Region

Desert Region or Disyerto is one of the zones that Sansinukob has.

## Description

The land itself was desert, meaning that life was hard to denizens living on the area. But the denizens tried to raise their own food in this inhospitable land.

## People

There is no indigenous people on the Desert Region. All of them are exiles from the Trade Region or other areas. They were called formally as Taga-Disyerto or Mandirigma (warriors), or derogatively as Magnanakaw (thieves) or walang dangal (honorless ones).

The people were raised as warriors, but some strayed the path, either good (trying to plant food upon arid land and little water they get), and evil (became thieves, often victimizing either peoples from Trade Region or Farming Region), earning the ire of the peoples from other areas.

## Relationships

Their relationship in all other regions were initially hostile and contemptuous, until they made a shaky alliance to counter the threat of Sarimaw.

### Trade Region

Their relationship was mutually hostile to each other, with battles causing casualties among their respective sides due to the fact that most desert dwellers were either exiles of the Trade Region, disowned nobles and dissidents. They were labelled as traitors and snakes, as the traders labelled them as thieves and honorless people. The region was the source of many problems the desert people had. The relationship were temporarily mended when the whole of Sansinukob United against Sarimaw. The hostilities continue after discord was sown upon the nobles under Ama and Lila. The permanent peace was settled after the Baganis defeat Sarimaw and Malaya.

### Farming Region

Their relationship was also mutually hostile. The farmers always fall victim to the desert dwellers's raids and marauding. This exacerbated when Dakim, then leader of the desert warriors invade the Farming Region with Lakas as their reluctant spy. After Dakim was killed by Ganda after the traders arrive to repel the invaders, their relationship worsens. This was temporarily relieved when they were forced to unite against Sarimaw. But this is a temporary alliance, they broke the alliance, with factions allying with Lakam against the desert dwellers and another settling their treatises with the desert warriors. Their relationship improved after the war against Sarimaw and Malaya, trade between them began, with the desert warriors trains the farmer volunteers, in exchange of food.

### Forest Region

Initially, the contact between them was established by Dumakulem and Lakas.

Due to Lakam's manipulation, the relationship between them were turned hostile, the naive forest dwellers forced to fight the desert dwellers. After the incident, their relationship was mended.

### Fishing Region

Their relationship initially established between Lakas and Mayari due to an uneasy alliance against Sarimaw.

Their relationship was turned hostile due to the Trade Region's manipulating them against the desert people. After the incident, their relationship is quite mended.

## Known Residents

* Lakas - Initially branded as outcast, became the region's Bagani. Later, became leader with Dakim's death.
* Lila - Lakas's mother. Hailing from the Trade Region and the heir apparent, she forsook the throne for her love. Later became the queen mother of all desert dwellers.
* Kidlat - Lakas's friend and right-hand man. Initially his rival, he respected Lakas due to his personality and skills.
* Agos - Lakas's father and Lila's husband. Heir apparent to the Desert warriors, he was instead branded as a traitor by Dakim, and his family branded as outcasts. Died after a duel with Dakim over his discovery of the conspiracy between Dakim and Ama.
* Alab - Dakim's father. He was killed by Dakim to cover up his accessory to the conspiracy.
* Dakim - He was the leader of the Desert dwellers after Alab's death. He hated Agos's family, forcing the people to treat Agos and his family as outcasts. Killed by Ganda, and resurrected as a member of the Werewolves.