Estrys Sakiinlen

Estrys Sakiinlen are groups of nomadic ostriches. Almost all of them live in Erimosk, a big land of semi-arid deserts. They migrate around the desert, and sometimes out of it for better food source and trades. They are known to be the best desert domainers with their powerful kick and strong offense attacks.

Ostriches are solidary birds so they don't form nations or their own government in the vast desert. Instead, they build small movable villages along the desert. They live in yurt tents that are simple in build and easy to move around, usually having the parents carry the heavier parts while the children carry the lighter parts. Their legs can stride long distances so they're quite good at moving around.

They are very aggressive to those who they deem are threats, and they would strike with powerful kicks. These kicks can fracture skulls, smash bones, and are formidable natural weapons with sharp talons to aid in. Furthermore, desert domainer ostriches are no joke, as they can both be fast, brutal, and deadly. Desert bandits tend to avoid Estrys Sakiinlen as there are many accounts of a family beating down bandits and crushing their skulls.

Additionally, ostriches would look after each other very closely, and care a lot for one another. Parents would take turn looking after the egg instead of leaving to the females only. They are great parents, and would defend their nest to the bitter end. As a matter of fact, they treasure their young and try to give them the best things in the harsh desert lands.

When ostriches sleep, they look more alert. They stay still, but their eyes are open and their pose upright and wary, so it usually fends off any assulting bandits who might want to rob the family. Only when they enter REM sleep, they look drowsy, although the ostrich is already asleep. Due to this, they are sometimes regarded as “freaks”, especially the owls. But they won’t let these slanders go unpunished as they take great pride in their villages. They don't like to be wrongfully insulted, and they especially don't like it when their families are unreasonably hated upon. They would straight up challenge the insultor and give them a good kick. This can often ruin their image and prevents them from trading, so ostriches must be trained to hold their temper.

## RELIGION

Ostriches believe in a variant of Zaldren, called Jarkaish. Although Jarkaish is more like a list of strict codes you have to follow instead. It focuses less on gods and deities, and more about survival. Jarkaish varies from villages to villages, but they all serve the same purpose: survival. The Jarkaish Tablets is a list of instructions on survival, passed down through generations, families, and fixed/editted to fit the current state of the world. It details which fruits to pick, which animals to attack, which ways to go, which dangers should be looked after, and much more.

Ostrich parents would go out hunting for insects and small desert mammals. Every time the families start moving to a different location, they would first put up a quick ceremony of blessing the land and thanking the spirits that let them stay there. They would sacrifice insects, and draw up glyphs of gratitude.

Ostrich villages don't tend to meet, but when they do, it usually is friendly in a sort of way. They trade goods, sit around and talk, and share advices on how to survive out in the desert. They would also host custom competitions as required whenever two villages or more meet, as it represents aid and help. They would do a ritual using their instruments and tapping music, calling up the earth and the sand. Then the ostriches would perform their village's unique dance. Then they would host a kicking/wrestling contest between the two villages. Furthermore, families can invite each other onto hunts and children would play with each other. Before departing on their ways, the heads of each ostrich villages would repspectfully bow to each other, sacrifice insects to bless the lands, then say their farewells.