Suaru

Suaru People's Identity Symbol

The **Suaru** (Su-are-oo) originate from Kamuselli, a large archipelago presumably not in Uruldu. After a large plague of void, they set sail, eventually arriving in Uruldu.

## Before Uruldu

### Founding

The Suaru are the offspring of an ethnic group called Kemun, that spread throughout the Kamuselli archipelago long before the world surrounding Uruldu fell to void. The Kemun was so large that they had to leave behind large groups on islands they were departing. Many of them died off, but 4 main groups of these people survived and formed their own nomadic groups. These four are the Neryn, Suaru, Kesu, and Swen people.

### Reign of Naihu

Naihu became the Marui of the Suaru at age 15 after a short civil war following a plague of void. Fearing the worst for his people, Naihu and his Aiani chose to sail northwest for 11 years. They eventually came across a towering Ice wall. Managing to find a small opening that they could go under if they all ducked. After entering the new land, they saw many of their monstrous gods leap over the ice walls and submerge into the waters.

## Language

The naming scheme and Language of the Suaru is heavily inspired by Japanese, Mesopotamian, Tahitian, and Finnish.

### Titles

Kamuhr- The leader of all Suaru bands.

Marui `Hamahl- The leader of a cluster of Suaru bands, very respected title.

Marui- Chief, leader. The Marui is the reigning chief of their respective band.

Alulim- Guard, Shield. The Alulim is designated by the Marui to protect them, and serve as a champion.

Ipon- Ipon are tent owners, these people are eligible to become Aiani, or advisors to the Marui.

Aiani- Aiani are the adivsors to the Marui, generally they can be ignored, but if they are all unanimous, then the Marui will be forced to pay attention.

Anu- Regent, this person rules in the stead of the Marui when they are incapable of proper judgement.

Riina- This title is separate from the Hierarchy. There is typically only two Riina's, an apprentice, and the current Riina. They're generally female, as the spirits are strangely biased towards women. The Riina have the sole ability to commune with lesser and minor spirits. The Riina are also tasked with stopping Ralui.

### Language Rules

The Suaru alphabet is the same as English, out of lore because I'm too busy to make an entire language right now, and has many similar language rules. Similar to the suffix -ing, there is a suffix -lem. As esen means kill, esenlem means killing.

## Culture

### Customs

The Suaru treat travelers with respect, unless they are carrying weapons, which they will take as an invasion. In the event that the traveler is carrying weapons, they surround the traveler, and confiscate their weapons. They will typically return the weapon once the Traveler moves on, unless the traveler was especially rude, in which case the weapon will be kept as punishment for their rudeness. If the traveler resists confiscation, the Suaru will attack. They will not attack on sight unless very threatened.

Table manners are not the same as in other societies. Wolfing down your food is seen as a good thing, it shows eagerness to contribute or enjoyment of the food, both of which is good. Barely touching your food is seen as an insult to the tent owner, who's family provides the food.

Respect is earned, people gain respect through merit, not birth status or age. If the Marui's son is a coward and a lout, then they are typically hated when they ascend to Marui. Typically the elderly are to be given respect, not necessarily because of their age, but because of their contributions. There are many cases of Elders being greatly hated because all they ever did was eat their families food.

### Ancient Combat

The Neryn and Suaru became fierce rivals, and had many conflicts. As the Kamuselli archipelago had very wide sandbars connecting large islands, this allowed for canoe combat. The battles were more akin to that of a game, as good canoes were hard to come by and took months to craft, they’d typically be the prize of each battle. Each side would show up in canoes and rafts and try to knock combatants off with oars or break their limbs. After 30 minutes each side would regroup and prepare for another round. This would continue for as long as it took for one side to lose three fourths of it's beginning force. A loss was tallied when one could no longer fight, whether it be exhaustion, or a broken limb.

### Familial Structure

Tents take a lot of effort to construct, so being the owner of a tent makes you a rather prestigious character. Each tent holds the immediate family of the tent owner, but they may allow anyone else into their tent as well. Usually the immediate family all work together to make meals, the younger children typically gather the ingredients while the adults prepare the meals.

### Government Structure

Typically the Marui holds all the power, the Marui has the Ability to promote any Ipon to an Aiani, though 2 aiani must be chosen from among the Ipon, to prevent the Marui from having all loyal Aiani. The Marui may appoint someone to be their Alulim, this person will serve as their champion and guardian. The Anu is the designated regent. If for whatever reason the Marui were left incapable of making proper judgement, the Anu would take over as Marui, and unless the Marui has a son or daughter, the Anu will become the new Marui. The Marui is free to do as they please, but if the Aiani unanimously decides on something, the Marui must listen. The same is with the Ipon as well. The Marui must listen the Marui `Hamahl, and the Marui `Hamahl must listen to Kamuhr.

Bands work to stop overpopulation. At it's peak the Suaru reached over 6 million individuals, there's absolutely no way that 6 million people could travel in one large group. Because of this, bands of Suaru were formed, each band existed in a cluster. Each band was ruled by a Marui, and each band cluster is ruled by a Marui `Hamahl, each band cluster is ruled by the Kamuhr. Marui `Hamahl and royalty may serve in the Kamuhr's court, and Marui and nobility may serve in the Marui `Hamahl's court. Band clusters usually move together, and settle new islands together. The bands system is currently not in use, as only one band exists in Uruldu.

### Special Laws

* Slaves are permitted in Suaru culture, though their role is different from typical slavery. Slaves are only ever prisoners of war, an example is if they imprison travelers that hold a threat to them. If the Suaru conquer another people, they will integrate the conquered rather than enslaving them. Women and children may not be enslaved, instead they will be forced to integrate, if they refuse to do so, they will have their items taken and they will be banished. Slaves are treated more as close servants, after being captured they more or less become apart of the family of whoever got custody of them. They will be expected to provide more to the family than that of a man born into it of the same age. Children on these slaves become fully fledged Suaru, because of this system, the Suaru became very racially diverse while still managing to keep their culture dominant.
* Entering the Nether without the permission of the Riina is considered a grave crime, as the Nether is full of powerful Ralui, which in Suaru Spiritsm, is not a good thing. Entering the nether without the protection of the Riina's blessing will put you and whoever you come into contact with in grave danger, as evil nether Ralui will latch onto the individual. Should they exit the nether without any blessings, they will surely bring the Ralui with them, which will cause havoc. Punishments for doing this include, Beating until unconscious with oars (Smack them with sticks until they die and respawn), having privilege's revoked such as being an Ipon or Aiani taken away, or having the Riina cleanse you each day for a week (The Riina has creative freedom here).

## Current History

### Location

The Suaru currently reside in the Samasaruli Archipelago, where they have the majority of these islands claimed.

### Events

* The foundation of the Western Shield, with the Suaru as a founding member.
* The Uli Vernui on the ninth of June followed by the Foolish Suaru event.