Kagimongan

will appear in the Bukana Setting Guide

The largest of the northwestern islands, Panabas, is home to the Kagimongan. Unlike many other lowland cultures, these people have not created large, bustling port cities. Their barangays are much more subdued, almost bucolic, communities. A complex series of alliances and treaties provide ample protection from raiders and would-be invaders. Their widespread homeland extends from the coast into the fertile valleys inland and is the source of a sizable portion of Bukana’s food exports. They are also renowned crafters, with their high-quality pottery and textiles being particularly in demand with locals and foreigners alike. They frequently act as intermediaries, providing trade routes between more reclusive upland tribes and the merchants of other regions. These community-oriented folk are led by datu chieftains who are advised by a council of nobles and elders. While rulership is often hereditary, if the tribe’s noble families disapprove of the leadership, one among them will replace the datu. The intervention of the council usually ensures that this is done with little violence. Kagimongan babaylans are evenly split between shamans and druids. Clerics sometimes take on the role in coastal barangay, especially those in high-traffic trading settlements. Beliefs The Kagimongan once widely practiced headhunting, but most tribes have given up the tradition. Like most Bukanon cultures, the Kagimongan venerate all manner of spirits including the two giants that they believe created the islands. Their patron goddess is Tatang, whose court is composed of several deities largely holding domain over natural matters such as wind and harvest. They pay respect to two courts, Tatang’s pantheon of Sky-Realm deities and the court of Aso, the dog-headed god of the Under-Realm. Aso is joined by his spouse, the god of beauty, Lawag, who abandoned their heavenly palace to marry their true love. Additionally, Inlaksidda is an elder weather god who, unlike Lawag, was cast down to the underworld for some unknown transgression. She now is the patron spirit of vengeance, destruction, and curses. Dev. Notes - Inspired largely by the Illocano of the Philippines.

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