Mesi

The \*Mesi\* are a Pan-Ethnic group of humans indigenous to [offical desert name here] (or the Mesa, as they call it.).

## History

### Pre-Meskhquouo

Until the Great Inscription, much of Mesi knowledge, history, mythology, and culture, was oral tradition, and thus there are minimal records of anything post-Meskhquouo, save for the written down symbols within some temples in Mesi cities, that house most of the theological canon of Gjjnh, and all that was available to be orally described lacked detail the further back in time it was, as a consequence, much of the information of Mesi History pre-Meskhquouo is vague or lost(and somewhat mythologized), and must be inferred or deducted through other means.

What is known about the Mesi before Meskhquouo, however, is that that they spread out across the region and eventually became a multitude of various pockets of tribes throughout the desert, most being found in plateaus capable of sustaining them in . According to Gjjnh canon, the cause of this seperation was the rampage between Pahhni and Hiala, the respective death and sun god (in that order), during the Great Decay, causing the desertification of the region, but being saved by Kajhi when she touches the tops of the Plateaus, giving them water and sanctuary from the deadly desert, seperating the collectives.

After the isolating incident, the various tribes would develop into their own regional cultures, most dedicating to specific gods, specializing in certain cultural practices, and cultivating semi-unique building styles, clothing, and customs, and would remain disconnected for the most part until Meskhquouo, however, some tribes would interact or send people into the deserts, leading to simple agreements, skirmishes, and child tribes created from the sent people of other, older tribes. Some tribes would die out as well.

#### Tribal History

(details about the tribal history will be here once made)

### Proto-Meskhquouo

For hundreds of years, the tribes would remain isolated, until [date to be determined], when Ijbo Khuea, the leader of the Kajhivuho tribe, would send and go with explorers to find and establish stronger relations with other tribes (and inadvertently other peoples), inspired by the Gjjnh religious concept of [United Mesi, there's an actual Mesi term but it needs to be created first] described in the Great Decay, the term for the collective Mesi people before Pahhni and Hiala's battle, with his goal being to find and bring together the various tribes as one. Ijbo and his explorers would be successful, finding nearby tribes and establising more complex and stronger foreign agreements than beforehand. These various agreements, dubbed the [Intra-Mesa Articles], would be the foundation that would be used to soon establish Meskhquouo.

(More details will be written once server is available)

### Meskhquouo

(The original local tribes eventually turn into a full kingdom, the details aren't gonna happen until later/until we're established enough to actually do them)

### The (Mesi Empire)

(This will have all the empire's history and such once the kingdom expands and eventually turns into an empire [intended future of the Mesi], and more explanation of that)

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Overall, the Mesi have tan skin, dark and wavy hair, and brownish or yellowish-gold eyes. Subtle regional distinctions mean each individual tribe has slightly differing traits, although some traits are more obvious in some cases than others. Otherwise, Mesi can look radically different, their clothing, jewelry, hair styles, and other cosmetic preferences can mean a Mesi from one tribe may look radically different than another, although there are some tendencies, such as jewelry being golden or a common cosmetic choice or familiar fabric materials.

### Diplomats

An old Mesi tradition is for (mediators) (merchants that also act as diplomats for tribes) to combine their cultural clothing and the clothing of the culture they are interacting with as a form of respect. This tradition expands to their interactions to non-Mesi cultures and civilizations, diplomats will usually adopt certain clothing of the foreign culture along with their usual attire, frequently this is done by wearing the clothes of the non-Mesi culture but keeping their jewelry or religious affects (mostly due to the incompatibility of Mesi and non-Mesi clothing compared to Intra-tribe clothing)

### Military

(This will be detailed later down the line, but generally they have symbols and coloring related to Hiala/the Hialaiogoa tribe/The Sun Warriors [future name for official semi-religious military] and certain stuff for ranks and suits and such)

(Specific Tribes will be written down once server is ready)

## Agriculture

(will be expanded on when more tribes exist, but generally grains and small game)

## Architecture

(Usually, buildings are made with sandstone, oak wood, and terracotta, later down the line and depending on the tribe the structures will have foreign materials or have unique materials to their region and will have unqiue styles)

## Cuisine and Diet

(Wheat, breads, soups, small game (like rabbits), and various other animals, also they drink Cactus Juice, it's like alcohol and Peyote combined, generally recreational but can be sometimes used for religious reasons, more details down the line when the server is available)

## Language

All Mesi speak Mesaque (Tribes will have unique dialects, Mesaque will have more details, but it's primarily a Subject-Noun-Verb structured language (English: Tom Read a Book, Mesaque: Tom Book Read, the written script was salvaged by scholars during the Great Inscriptionn from Mesi Temples, the only evidence and examples of written Mesaque before the creation of the modern script. Old Mesaque is the Mesi equivalent to Old English [due to the gradual changing of language over hundreds of years, and limited teaching of their language in it's original form], different enough to sound culturally foreign but familiar enough to understand what is being said as long as you're familiar enough with the text and language.)

## Religion

Mesi usually follow the religion of Gjjnh, their traditional cultural religion, it is a polytheistic religion, with three major gods (generally representing the universe) and minor gods (generally representing the Mesi culture). (More details down the line)

## Sub-Cultures

(This will have more details of the individual tribes but tribes will generally specialize in certain practices, like goldsmithing or terracotta, some are more miliataristic or religious, some are more diplomatic or trade-centered, most will usually have unique customs, this part will describe the "miscellaneous" of a culture not already addressed in the other cultures)