Tigayon

will appear in the Bukana Setting Guide

The Tigayon hail from the northwestern islands. They are a lowland people who have been heavily influenced by regular contact with Bhodan. Like the Lampasigan, they have many large, cosmopolitan ports and rely heavily on foreign trade. As such, they are a gregarious people with whom many merchants prefer to have their dealings. Similarly, they also have a well-established warrior-caste called the Timawo. However, their military duties have largely become ceremonial, as a whole. The Tigayon language has made many contributions to the Bukanon Common trade tongue and speakers of these languages can convey simple ideas to each other with some difficulty. Tattooing features priminantly in their culture.
Beliefs The Pahli-cha religion has found fertile ground amongst these people, but outside of the Anggrephon Rajahnate, its practitioners are a minority. Their native religion focuses on duality and balance. They pray to many spirits, but their gods are split evenly between courts of the Sky- and Under-Realms. Each of these dual pantheons is ruled by a pair of deities. These powerful spirits often have both male and female aspects to them found throughout the teachings of the Tigayon.
The married rulers of the Sky Court are Kusog and Lawom, supreme gods of the sky and sea, respectively. Their home is Kahilwayan, one of the highest among the Sky-Realms. The Tigayon also place a great deal of emphasis on venerating their ancestors and make regular sacrifices to these anitus.
The Under Court is ruled by the siblings Nagyelo and Nagdugok - purveyors of death and disease. The twins, Maloloy-on and Landong, switched courts so that they could learn from each other. These dark spirits live in the Under-Realm of Kasakitan.
Dev. Notes - Inspired largely by the Visayans of the Philippines.

Encompassed species

• Human

Related Locations

• Bukana