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Uruk People of Fafniran

All that is left of the Uruk people are the historical texts from the High Elves and Dwarves who fought to control the savage races of Fafniran. Biased and unclear, these texts give very little in the way of true understanding of what the Uruk people were like, much less their culture.   But from your interactions with Tarbohom the Blood Rage, here is all the knowledge that you have gathered.

Naming Traditions

Unisex names

Most Uruk names hold fairly direct meaning in the language and there is not much gender specificity.  Similar to real world Native American names.  Uruk names are given at birth and generally represent what the parents hope for the children.
Some names and translations include:
  • Tarbohom - Rage
  • Tarbam - Fury
  • Targatbor - Storm
  • Vadokiprus - Deadly
  • Angath - Ghost
  • Korlash - Jaw
  • Raugz - Red
  • Zemaraum - Anger
  • Sulmog - Attack
  • Arau Hai - Great Bear
  • Gijakpis - Bloodthirsty

Family names

Uruks carry the name of their tribes, to allow other Uruks to know from where they come.  An exiled uruk would not carry their tribe name or risk being slaughtered for their disrespect.  These tribal names often reflected the leaders of the tribe, the family symbols, or the geographical region from which the tribe hails.

Other names

Titles of war were often awarded after conflict or great deeds.  Witch doctors or shamans gained their titles only after proving their prowess with herbs or serums.  Warriors like Tarb gained their titles after proving their power in battle.  When Tarbohom  first showed his ability to channel his fury and anger in battle, he gained the title of the Totem of Rage.  
Other titles include:
  • The Elf Smasher
  • The Green Eater
  • Blood Soaked
  • Sword Breaker
  • The Beard Cleaver
  • Hammer of Snow

Culture

Culture and cultural heritage

A lot of the cultural history was lost through time, due to the oral nature of passing down information between the Uruks.
The tribe was everything to the Uruk, and everything one did was for the betterment of the tribe. The pure state of the Uruk can be described as animalistic, but there was a progressiveness in the dedication they had for the survival of all over the survival of one. Unfortunately the ideas carried by the Uruk were lost with them, but conjecture of their ways based off of writing from other races and the few documents created by the Uruk themselves has allowed races like the Goliaths to continue practicing the ancient culture.

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

Tattoos were extremely important to the Uruk people. The main reason there is so little written from the Uruk themselves is because everything was documented on their skin. The clan they belonged to, their status, the relationships and deaths of family members, and more were all printed on their skin. Receiving a tattoo was typically a very important ritual that the whole tribe took part in.

Funerary and Memorial customs

One of the most important customs is the ritual of tattooing "teeth" to represent the death of a family member. Every Uruk has a tattoo of Thol Vadok, their god of the dead, and every time a family member dies, their clan members are tattooed with a "tooth" above the symbol of the god.   Because death in battle was so common and everyone in the clan was so connected, the funeral rites were typically large feasts and were celebrated by the entire tribe.

Historical figures

Tarbohom of the Blood Rage
Tarbam of the Wild Fury
Targatbor of the Spirit Winds

Ideals

Beauty Ideals

It's hard to say what the beauty standards were for the Uruk, but it is assumed that there was still an ideal beauty that men looked for when choosing their wives.

Gender Ideals

While the Uruk were no exception to ancient ideals of male domination over the people, their women were still just as powerful warriors.  Most women were considered equals to the men of their tribe because both genders were trained to be unstoppable forces of physical power. This was the most practical way to ensure the safety of their tribes.
Mothers were also greatly respected, regardless of if the woman was known to go to war or not.  Uruk mothers were known to be protective and defensive of their children, willing to kill if anyone looked at their baby the wrong way or called it ugly.

Relationship Ideals

The chief and his sons were to have many wives, this was part of what defined their status. More wives meant more children, which meant more heirs. Other men were to only have one wife.
A woman was to have one husband.   Symbolic bands to represent the relationship with a spouse or child were tattooed on the legs.  The bands for marriage were applied by the tribe's Wiseman, witch doctor, or shaman at the wedding.  The children tattoos were bands that the wives applied to both themselves and their husbands.  The wives could do their own tattoo before the birth of the child, symbolizing that the child was hers more than his because she was carrying it.  After childbirth, the women tattooed the men to remind them of the pain they could never experience.

Major organizations

Some well known tribes who were destroyed at the end of The Great War:
Naushan
  • Tribe of Totems
  • (Totem)
  • Leaders
Gokatval
  • Tribe of Ocean Shore
  • (Shallow Wave)
Varulatog
  • Tribe of the Dangerous Sea
  • (Whirlpool)
Drugaddur
  • Tribe of the Forests
  • (Timberthorn)
Varg
  • Tribes of the Mountains
  • (Ridge)
Pulgoruzjut
  • Tribe of the Swamp
  • (Forest Water)
Hundur Hanhar
  • Tribe of the Saber Cat
  • (Dog Sword)
  • Cannibals
Latatok
  • Tribe of the Underdark
  • (Under Earth)
  • Uruk/Drow

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