Isrà

# Dasanic people and their homeland

## Geography

the Dasani are located to east of the world on the island of "Isrà". this island is comprised of mostly plains and forest in the south where as in the north the terrian is more moutainous.

a result of the Dasani settling on "Isrà" is that they have been isolated from the main land for quite some time developing a unique and varied culture and language. the Dasani's preferred terrian are plains and beaches but for the northerners of the dasani they have made comfortable homes in the moutainous regions of "Isrà".

## History

The orgins of the Dasani are murky, some texts say the Dasani traveled from a far off land to the island "Isrà", others, however say the Dasani had been living on "Isrà" for many centuries before other people settled the island.

what we do know is that there was a migration of an unkown ethic group to the north of the island that quickly merged with the Dasani tribes in the area which is why some northern beliefs and dialects are drastically different to the southern beliefs and dialects.

after many centuries of conflict the tribes of "Isrà" were only left to three, the "Tjaani" in the north and the two closly related "Jai" and "Adhi" tribes in the south.

the three leaders of these tribes came to a meeting in a grove after a pyrrhic victory for the northerners, this was significant as normally a grove is used in religious practise in Sa bavva spiritualism but at this time people of differing tribes were forbidden to practise together but the leaders broke this taboo by making offerings to each other and to the spirits this act of submission to each other but also their deities unified the tribes under one kingdom and three leaders in the "Grove accords" which are now the base of dasani governing & law today.

supposedly the site of the grove which ended the brokeness of the tribes(Sa dhìbùnè) is now the site on which "dasana" or "gulako'u" is built.

## Society/Culture

The society of the Dasani are heavily influenced by their taboos and religion;

Drinking is acceptable in reasonable amounts but being drunk to the point of disgrace is seen as a horrific thing as the dasani believe that drinking heavily causes you to lose connection with your deity/deities/spirits

eating lamb is forbidden by the religion of the dasani as the sheep/goat is a holy animal as they symbolise the underworld and death; dasani people think that eating it will bring death upon them or others.

The dasani uphold their taboos and morals with a furosity that cannot be stoped, their punishments may seem harsh & archaic to some but they are effective.

## Dasana (central & main capital)

Dasana is the main capital of the dasani nation, It was supposedly built upon the grove where the tribes united into one.

## Taulexeo (Northern capital)

Taulexeo is the capital of the north it is situated upon a mountain, this place has a very murky past as the northerners didn't develop writing like there southern cousins till a few centuries after the southern tribes did so records are scarce.

## language

The dasani languages "Sa lo", "lopa"(southern) and "sjelo",(northern) can be described as "harsh" and "complex" to the outside observer as it contains things that are not in the "common" tongue

Read more here ---> Dasanic languages