Dai-Xiu

### Language

Thiphandoric, Aro'ak, Hai'anese, Beiyou, varying Yiang Languages, Kianyon, Tuyon, Tu-Tu and many others.

## Common Phenotypes

### Eye color

Brown, Amber, Green

The **Dai-Xiu** people are humans who are apart of the Tuangbou people. They are divided into three distinct groups, the Huangyan, the Yiang and the Tu-enxi. They are native inhabitants of the nation that is now known as Tanûleng.

## Etymology

The name *Dai-Xiu* originates from an ancient derive known as "*Dhix-ou*" in the proposed Proto Dai-Xiu language. It is thought to have mean "*North of Xiu*", which is a reference to the Southern Dragon Highlands which is known as the Xiu Range.

Outsiders know the Dai-Xiu as the *Hai people*, named after the more predominant people, the Hai'anren, which is apart of the Huangyan peoples.

## Description

Dai-Xiu are very similar to their counterparts in Luang, with the exception that the varying groups have a more traditional approach to their ways of lives. They do not share the republican sentiments as Luangese, and prefer the styles of aristocracy practiced by the Thiphandoric peoples. These groups appear to be more infused with Kanqi energy, and had used Kanqi styles of magic due to the Mountain Elves teaching them during the rise of the Tanûleng.

Many Dai-Xiu are known to have been lesser on the technological scale unlike their more advanced cousins to the south. Many of the groups of Dai-Xiu did not had the chance to develop proper dynasties, and had remained to their simple lives. Much of them had been modernized from the Kingdom of Thiphandor subjugating the groups, and became more shaped through the following Era of Blackness period. The past 200 years they had lived under the Tanûleng had seen a huge shift forward in their technological progress to match their new overlords, with some groups adopting the fashions used by the Tanûleng.

## Ethnic Groups

The Dai-Xiu are divided into three ethnic groups that are distinct from eachother. Furthermore, they are also divided into multiple sub-cultures that exist within said group that represents different tribes or groups, however, all share a similar or same culture with eachother.

* Huangyan - Known to have built magnificent hill forts and terrace farms, these people were known as the most dominant groups of Dai-Xiu and live along the Huangyan Hills and the Green Dragon Path, as well as the founders of Qingyan, which serves as the present capital of Tanûrasa. Their society is described as a Matrilineal society, with women making major decisions within the household, and took up tasks such as farming and metalworking. Despite contrary belief, the Huangyan are not matriarchal. Out of all the Dai-Xiu groups, the Huangyan are said to be the most advanced.
	+ Hai'anren - The Hai'anren are the most advanced of the groups. Known as the costal hill peoples, the Hai'anren founded Qingyan in -2000PE according to legend, and had since spread themselves into creating a small empire for themselves. They would flourish and prosper until their downfall to the Melwanya Mountain Elves, and lived as subjects under the Thiphandorics. Many Hai'anren fought against eachother and the elves throughout the Era of Blackness, but had eventually came under the banner of the Tanûlreth and became equal citizens under the law. Their city, Qingyan would be renamed back, but was eventually changed to Tanûrasa in the year 200ETT. Today, the Hai'anren make up the majority population of the Huangyan group, and in general, the Dai-Xiu people, even earning the nickname of the "Hai" people by many foreigners due to their numerousness.
	+ Beiyou - The Beiyou people are a group that resides in the fortress-town of Fanpo in the northern part of the Huangyan Hills. It's unclear when they actually settled, but estimates state that they possibly did around -1850QE. The Beiyou were one of the many trading partners of the Hai'anren City-State of Qingyan through it's own nation known as Fanpo. The two would often clash against eachother for superiority over the trade networks of the minor groups of the region, but always appeared to had reach a stalemate. Fanpo would start to decline and fade to irrelevancy at around -1200QE through unknown reasons or meanings, but it's a possibility that it's bronze trade became irrelevant following the Huangyan's new trade of ironware. Fanpo would become irrelevant, and the original settlement being burnt down as apart of the Melwanyan conquests of the region. The place was eventually re-built first as a military outpost, but much later on, a Yaoupo of the Kianpo descent by the name of Ki Sun, was given the land by the The Tanûlreth's authority, being repopulated by the Beiyou. Much of their influence is seen in the architecture of the mixture.
	+ Huhui
	+ Shan'er
	+ Yushi
	+ Sidou
	+ Quan
	+ Jinpi - Also known as the "gold-skinned" people, due to their distinctive and unique golden skin. No one knows if they exist, as the group was largely wiped out during the Elven Conquest of the region. Some surviving Jinpi had converted to the Court of the Dragons, and serve as priests of a monastery known as the Jinpi Monastery to the Green Dragon on their hill fort.
	+ Cong
* Yiang - Also known as the equestrian people, they are more nomadic, and prefer to live among migratory groups. The Yiang are known to be more distant from the other two groups, even though they are related, and had seen an evolution of their own culture, to the point where even Huangyan don't even view them as the same groups anymore. Due to their more nomadic lifestyle, the Yiang are divided up into several subgroups that dominate the steppes, but they all share similar cultures in some ways.
	+ Hoxuayu - Known as the settled ones, they are one of the few Yiang that had settled and established a village. Known as Coxaru, it is currently ruled by Zai Pon, a local who was established as a Grand General of the country.
	+ Youwan
	+ Xiduban
	+ Yanhubei
	+ Hanwei
	+ Luguluo - Known as the Skull Tribe, they were at one point a nuisance to the people of the Hoxuayu, and were known to had practice the Corruption Element, causing unnatural occurrences, and evil rituals. However, they had recently been subjugated, and pacified by the people they harrassed alongside the Imperial Military. These days, many of their people had disappeared, although some are said to had still remained, but not proven to be a threat.
* Tu-enxi - Also known as the sailorfolk, the Tu-enxi found the sea to be their home, and would have many of those who would do deep sea fishing. Divided from the Huangyan group, the Tu-enxi had made their own culture based on inspirations from their encounters with the Tupo peoples. Tu-enxi call the areas north of the Huangyan, but they had also seen some other areas near the coastlines of the Tanûleng and the Fox Dragon Bay as their homes as well. Sub-cultures of the Tu-enxi emerged as a result of this.
	+ Qixiren
	+ Senwayu
	+ Tu-tuxi - Mixed together with the Tupo and Kianpo population colonists, the Tu-tuxi are a fusion culture between the Tu-enxi and mostly the Tupo cultures due to their mutual love for fishing. They share the same surnames and adopted many customs of these peoples as well.
	+ Ha