The Tarabuthian city of Yanuditlihi

A moving city that skirts the edges of the Artax swamp, and then moving inside of it seasonally to hunt grave beasts.

Population: 10,000

Heraldry: Various totems made from animal skulls, bones, and polished swamp woods.

Racial Breakdown: 90% human, 10% other.

Government type: Small tribes usually lead by a wise man/woman. The tribes vote to determine who will lead them once a year, in any given village.

Current ruler: Headmen Zacx of the Spirit Bears.

Current known alliances: No active alliances.

Current Wars: No current wars.

### Location

The city is moved seasonally from the outer edges of the marshes and swamps of Artax. North west of Neppen, to locations deeper in the swamp. The city is built of portable stilt buildings of grave beast hide and ultra strong, light wood only found in the swamp of Artax. The city moves to the outside of the swamps and marshes in the summer, where the people turn their raw goods from the swamp into trade goods. This is also a time of festivals of celebration with open air markets, song, and dance.

Winter is short in the Artax swamp, lasting only two to three  months. Everything not made of stone is packed up, and moved to a location within the swamp decided by the tribe headsmen. These months are a time of furious activity for the Tarabuthians. The wealth of the next year is determined by the hunting and gathering of this short season.

### Appearance

Tarabuthians dress in the materials of their home land. Furs and bone along with supple leathers and alligator skins. Jewelry of polished animal teeth are common. Tribes often have specific facial makeup/warpaints.

### Culture

In AF 3, the people of Yanuditlihi discovered a secret that they have held close to their chests all the way to the present day. With the use of a stone the people call stana and grave beast animal bladders they have discovered how to make balloons. Strung together in nets and tied to baskets, the Tarabuthians raise people into the sky, often during the Festival of the Kestrel.

The Festival of Kestrel is a celebration of an outsider who came to Tarabuthia generations ago and was eventually accepted as one of their own. She proclaimed she hailed from a mountain that stood in the center of a vast desert across the mountains far to the west. A place she called the Roost of the world. In her travels she found the Tarabuthians and in turn, found her home. Her people, the Tako, were mostly flightless avian humanoids known for their beautiful voices, elaborate plumage and beak paint. She would glide from tree to tree and help her new family hunt. And around the campfire she would compose ballads of their exploits. She was so long lived, and so beloved, that to this day the people of Yanuditlihi mourn her passing.

The Festival is celebrated by people making cloaks of feathers that emulate her wings, bright and elaborate face paint, balloon rides, and the sharing of spirits and smoke. Traditionally it is taboo to wear shoes during the festival because of Kestrel's inability to do so.

### Tribespeople of Yanuditlihi Stereotypical views

Tribespeople of Yanuditlihi Stereotypical views are nearly identical to the racial views of Tarabuthians above.