Carraigh Garbh

 When you see a longboat or fadabád first thing you do is run.  

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The people of Carraigh Garbh, meaning jagged rocks in their tongue, are a fierce and battlehardy people. Carraigh Garbh exists out of many different islands and each island is home to a different Teaghlách, a family. The family owned isles are named; Begdraihn, Oilean Ban, Lárnach Oilean, Deireadh Geár, Briste Claíomhe and a tiny island known as Snátheidd. The five Teaghlách ( Lách for short ) are Lách Breaddna, Lách Undersfyd, Lách an Bannos, Lách Briddgnis and Lách Láidir.

The Exiled

In the years during the Human Rising there was an event known to the Carraigh Garbhians as Na Huáire or the Exiled. This was a group of people from the island Lárnach Oilean who tried to overthrow the Lách that ruled the island. Their attempt failed miserably, and half of them were killed. The rest were thrown into small boats to be devoured by Farraíghe, the Sea. By some miracle the Exiled survived and landed on the coasts of Ellewall, which was at the time already settled by the Northern Tribes. They were driven far into the east where they eventually settled and founded their own nation; Ar Cann Braígh, later named the Westenwolds. They are thus the founders and ancestors of the entire nation.

Carraighian traditions

The people of Carraigh Garbh are harsh and wild, yet they all have a strict code of honor and pride, accompanied by many traditions and customs. One of those is that a son may never openly question his father, or that a woman may fight just like the men. Another tradition is their yearly raids. During these period they raid foreign shores on their fadabáde ( longboats ) in search of wealth and plunder. The Ceann ( leader ) of the Lách decides where his Teaghlách goes on their raids. Ellewall and Lorrekhain are often their targets.

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The people of Carraigh Garbh do not know the Bright Ones, instead they worship and revere their own wild set of gods. Their patron deity is Friddga, bethrothed to Herrind. Friddga is the mother of fertility and birth, whereas Herrind is the father of pride and strength. Together they had seven children; Farraíghe, Oínor, Urobann, Errwynne, Idebradd, Graerre and Caedorcha.

The people of Carraigh Garbh ( Carraighans for short ) believe that if one dies with a sword in their hands they will go to Halla An Tsaoil, Halls of Afterlife, where they may feast and drink forever.