Noregar

The Noregar is the collective term used to refer to the peoples to arrived on the Islands from the North.

Since arriving on the Islands they have spread a great deal, dominating much of Dai Riatta, and setting up settlements on Iwerddon.

The first of the noregar appeared in the coasts of dai riatta many generations ago, and in general have been known about for some time. However it was roughly four generations ago that the first settlers and raiding parties began to land in dai riatta, and later on iwerddon. While many of the original settlers came as refugees, speaking of some great approaching threat, later settlers began taking lands by force when it became clear that they were unlikely to get prime real estate.

Over the years, and the major of the noregar were born on the islands, and no new refugees have been sighted in a generation, leading many to believe that what ever they had been fleeing from, had arrived.

Noregar culture paradoxically shares much in common with that if those native to dai riatta. The noregar consider themselves a warrior culture, with a large emphasis being placed on physical prowess, bravery and honour. They fight using a range of weapons, often dependent on the situation. Skirmish warfare is common, and they have quickly adapted the mountainous terrain of dai riatta. While they are a formidable force in small engagements, pushes into bernica have been halted by an ability to build a significantly organised fighting force, which is often easily dispatched by the more professional forced of the Sadaosans.

Outside of combat, noregar culture is rich and vast. Women are considered equal to men, although their place in religious ceremony is divided. A visitor to a noregar settlement is just as likely to find a chieftess as a chieftain.