Mammu

If you ever see a Mammu Warrior in action and live to tell about it, the memory will never leave you. They are the most dominating in appearance out of any human, with heavy set musculature, dark skin, face tattoos and Gleaming white whale bone armour. They live the mountainous islands north of Mitter, specializing in whaling.

The Mammu are craftsmen, warriors and hunters above all. They are forged by the rugged stone fjords, bitter cold winters and hunting some the largest animals in existence, whales, on roughest of seas. The Mammu craftsman use every part of whales, they are excellent at making armour and tools from bone. They render fat for oil. From the skin they make greatcoats and massive Drums.The whale drums that are up to 8 meters wide and beaten with two handed mallets, are so loud and deep that they can be heard between the islands and cities of the Mammu. They use these drums to communicate simple messages.

The Mammu people value toughness and resourcefulness as valued traits. Warriors and hunters that used every tool at their disposal or that won a battle in a creative way are better remembered than battles won with traditional means. Mamnmu are boastful but not on an individual level, instead they form small groups of 13 and take pride in their group strength. These groups are well known for their warrior's Haka an intimidating display of strength. Mammu have no formal leaders, in their villages and towns they listen to whoever has the best idea, if a decition cant be made then the person with the most elaborate face tattoo makes the call. In a battle they follow whoever has the most elaborate face tattoos. This is because Face tattoos are earned with deeds, thus the person with the most can be considered the most experienced.

Mammu traditions and festivals are largely based on honnoring the achievments of their warriors and explorers.

{{Commonly known as the fire festival, or the Tanu festival; celebrates the war hero Tanu who took control of planning defense against the only attempted invasion by the Iron dwarves. Tanu engaged the iron dwarf ships in open water, sinking ships. Then his other warriors set oil saturated beaches a blaze for miles. All the dwarves that drifted to the shore died in the agony of burning whale oil.  In honor of that battle the mammu poor oil into the surf and light it ablaze. Its celebrated on dins 11. On thenns 16 they celebrate the return of Rawiki, one of the few explorer who visited the elemental plane of water. She returned with treasures of the deep and the following year was the most prosperous in memory. To celebrate they feast and teach children how to sail. On Khullas the 18th the mammu celebrate Ihaia’s unification of all the Mammu tribes and raided the Banthan east coast. They celebrate by sending emissaries to the farthest corners of Mammu occupation.}}

**There are many towns and villages, here are some of note.**

Each settlement is completely independent of one another. They sometimes war amongst themselves. Their culture survives largely on whaling. They are some of the finest carpenters in the world and by proxy they are fantastic at carving whale bone as well. The Fjordmen fashion the roofs of their buildings and armour out of whalebone.

Mammoas:

Is the largest of all the towns in the fjordlands, it is the biggest because of its holy holy site. A massive wooden building with wale bone roofs. they worship the primal spirits of: stone, water, life, air, and fire. The fjordmen from the surrounding area will flock to the town 5 times a year for the changing of the seasons as well as on occasion when they need religious aid from their gods. those who are unable to make frequent journeys often immigrate to Mammoas permanently.

Taulan:

Taulan is completely landlocked and is not part of the whaling industry, They do however  travel west to the tundra and capture Mammoths. They use them for their meat, fur and mounts. They make beautiful ivory Idols to their gods.

Hangi:

Hangi has the largest and most extravagant Arena. Often when there is a major dispute between leaders, they will have the contest of strength in Hangi. They also were the first who learned how to tan whale hide. And have perfected the musical tuning of drums, Hangi has great musicians in accordance.

Happlan:

This town Is the only fjordland town that trades with the rest of the world, they build giant barge trains and trade sell wood craft and whale and mammoth products. these barge trains have also been known to raid small towns of their enemies. They trade with the Tsengell for witchwood fruits.

Fjoll:

Has an earth and wooden Stronghold at the shore, The fort’s outer walls have a variety of deadly traps and defenses carved from whalebone. These defenses have successfully repelled many attacks. the main settlement is up the hill from the docks in a forest.