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===Tribal Beginnings=== | ===Tribal Beginnings=== | ||
The earliest records of settlement on [[Tarsa]] date back to around 500 BC, some of the oldest evidence of civilisation historians have found in northern Levantia. | The earliest records of settlement on [[Tarsa]] date back to around 500 BC, some of the oldest evidence of civilisation historians have found in northern Levantia. Knowledge about this early period remains limited by a lack of any surviving written sources, with writing and chronicling not becoming widespread in the region until much later. However, evidence from human remains, tools, and other items preserved almost perfectly, particularly in the colder northern climes of the nation, suggests the first settlers were a branch [[Nogeaths|Nogeath]] tribes who landed on west coast of the country, in waves stretching from 500 BC to as late as 250 BC. | ||
==== Displaced People's ==== | |||
The origin of these tribes is somewhat uncertain, but links to the Vithinjian Nogeaths suggests they may have originated is western [[Ultmar]], around where modern day [[Faneria|Faneria's]] western border lies. Why these tribes left these lands so much earlier than their fellow countrymen, who didn't begin to arrive in [[Vithinja]] until the 8th century, is also a subject of speculation, but the most likely explanation appears to be that competition for resources drove some of the Nogeaths to seek out new hunting grounds. As the population of the tribes grew, competition for costal land amongst such a maritime group would have sky rocketed, and those who were forced inland may have chosen to move elsewhere rather than adapting to obtain food agriculturally and by hunting, without any access to the fish they had survived on for so long. It is also possible that existing tribes south of the Nogeath's homelands objected to the challenge to their lands and forced the displaced tribes to move on or face a confrontation. Inexperienced in land based conflict as the Nogeath were around this time, any who attempted to fight for new lands would likely have been slaughtered, and few remnants of their existence would remain today. | |||
==== The Great Journey ==== | |||
Whatever the reason for this exodus, the movement of Nogeaths across northern [[Levantia]] is obvious from around 502 BC onwards. Written sources from the more advanced cultures in this region speak of long caravans of weary travellers passing major settlements, with accounts of similar occurrences common over the next 200 year period. It seems the Nogeath camped on beaches or lower sections of the coastline so they could continue to fish to provide food, and this in addition to occasional hunting meant they had little need to steal from those they passed. This lack of trouble making meant they were tolerated, if not wholly accepted, by the resident citizens of northern Levantia. Despite this, they tended to skirt major settlements and avoid the locals, and most accounts are clouded with a sense of mystery around the travellers, an attitude that went on to influence political relations on both sides for many years to come. | |||
=== The Great Chieftains === | === The Great Chieftains === | ||