Encyclopedia of Feanor Continent

Some of the customs of the savages are very unique, and it can even be said that it is this custom left over from the ancient tribes that has aggravated the difference in size between them and humans from generation to generation.

Savages are typically matrilineal societies, where a matriarch and her daughters and granddaughters form a large family to raise offspring together, rather than being raised by husband and wife as in most human societies.After the girl grows up, she will stay in the family and have children with the new members, or take care of the offspring of the sisters. The boy will leave the tribe with the last dry food prepared by his mother when he is 14 years old. Guikuya joined the "Watcher" army. Most of them will stay in the army until they die in battle or die of old age. Only a few of the tallest, strongest, and best-performing warriors have the opportunity to enter a certain family and become the husband of the women in the family. and the father of the children.

In this custom, every child of the barbarians is a descendant of the strongest warrior, and only the strongest children can survive in the harsh environment, so this tribe that simply advocates strong body and force Under the selection of generations of women, they have gradually evolved a body shape that is far stronger than that of plain people. -- "Encyclopedia of Fei Nuo Continental Customs"

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They headed north along the winding road. Fils and Alkai also put on thick fur cloaks to keep out the cold. Alkai was driving the carriage in front. He had never done such a job before, but Based on his understanding of animal habits, he quickly tamed the two unfamiliar pony horses.When Phils saw the snow that he could jump into for the first time, he jumped up and down excitedly, but as expected, he soon got tired of playing, and after a while he lay lazily on the hay on the roof of the carriage to bask a little The sun was not warm, and he rode on the back of the pack horse for a while, but was quickly kicked off by Alkai.

Evandel slept until noon before waking up. He didn't leave the carriage all afternoon, and he didn't even want to lift the door curtain. Palos with a fur cloak over his armor: "Take off your armor, don't you feel cold wearing it like this?"

Palos was of course cold, so he stayed in the carriage all the time, but he also had his own concerns: "Out of Artasia's sphere of influence, we may encounter barbarians at any time, and I must be prepared to fight."

Evandel smiled and said, "Who told you we were going to fight the barbarians?"

Palos knew that he was going astray, and he asked while taking off his armor: "Then how do you ensure that they will not take the opportunity to attack Artasia? Is it through negotiation? I heard that barbarians wear animal skins and eat raw meat, and even the language is useless." Savages who can't speak, how do we negotiate with such a race?"

"What a typical prejudice." Evandel pinched his face cheaply, and Palos would not be angry anyway, "You will understand when you actually meet them."

After Palos took off his armor and put on a heavy winter coat, he was no longer so cold and hard in terms of vision or touch, and Evandel became more willing to lean on him, or simply sit on his lap, Sometimes he would deliberately put his hand into his clothes, making him shiver from the cold, but Palos didn't complain, he knew that this journey was quite hard for Avandel, who was afraid of the cold, even though the mage sat in the carriage every day, Holding the charcoal stove during the day, and holding the warm body of Palos at night.

The pony slowly climbed towards the plateau without encountering any accidents along the way. A few days later, they arrived at the junction of Parsons Plateau and Artasia - Ghost Crying Cliff.

The terrain here rises sharply like a tear, forming a cliff with a drop of tens of meters. The barbarians used solid conifer trunks to create plank roads and towers on the cliffs about ten meters above the ground, which are rough and simple but practical. fortifications.There were not many guards in the fortification, and they had no defense against this lone carriage. When the carriage approached, a barbarian shouted loudly on the plank road in a non-standard common language: "Here comes the who?"

Evandel got out of the car and took off the hood of the fur cloak, revealing his trimmed blond hair and handsome facial features: "I am your old friend, Mage Evandel."

Soon, a large crane was lowered, big enough to lift the entire carriage up.

When they came to the top of Ghost Crying Cliff, they could see a large snow-covered plain, with animal skin tents stretching all the way to the edge of the forest, and there were also caves dug directly into the mountain wall, where tall and strong barbarians lived. in between.

A savage who seemed to be of relatively high status opened his big palm-like hands and greeted the carriage: "Ahahaha! Evandel, my old friend, I thought you would never want to come to such a cold place again. !"

The barbarian looked quite old, with a big gray beard and a height of almost two meters. Palos was considered tall and strong among humans, but he also looked very short in front of this barbarian. His muscles were tangled. The arms are as thick as Palos' thighs, the boots made of wild animal fur are worn on the oversized feet, the animal skin apron is wrapped around the waist, and nothing is worn above, only two belts are crossed on the shoulders , tied with some gadgets like daggers.

Evandel took a few steps back and hid behind Palos, rejecting the passionate embrace of the barbarian: "Don't, Geer, I still remember that you almost strangled my ribs last time. "

Geer laughed a few times and put down his hands: "I brought friends this time? Your friends are our friends. Come on, don't be restrained, and hurry to the yurt to warm up for a while!"

The enthusiastic barbarian involuntarily took Avandell by the shoulders and led him into a very large fur tent, almost colliding with a barbarian girl who was about to go out.

The girl also wore less clothes, and Beagle wore a fur tube top, her red hair was braided in a long braid, and there were some lively freckles around her nose. She complained: "Dad, why are you so bold?" Reckless, where did this human come from?"

"Come and say hello, Dia, this is your savior." Geer said to Evandel proudly, "Look, Dia is already this tall, isn't she beautiful?"

"Your daughter?" Evandel looked at the girl who was taller than him in surprise.

"Isn't that the girl you delivered with your own hands back then?" Geer went to call his wife Miriah again with excitement.

Palos and the others have finally seen the enthusiasm of barbarians. In fact, most barbarians can't speak the common language, and a few can only speak some simple vocabulary. Geer's common language is particularly good because his wife Mierya is a native of the plains from the south. She fled to Ghost Crying Cliff for some reason and lived with Geer. Her conversation and behavior seemed to be a woman of good background, but she didn’t want to say a word about it. and your past.

Strictly speaking, the Watchmen's army cannot be called an army, because they have no obvious superiors and subordinates and no discipline at all. They are just a large group of bachelors guarding the southern defense line of the Parsons Plateau, lest the cunning plainsmen slip further north and hurt women. Children, these barbarian warriors have a close relationship, no matter you or me, a friend of one is a friend of all. At night, Geer lit a warm bonfire at the door of the tent, and everyone contributed their prey and hoarded goods one after another. They entertained the guests with wine, laughed loudly and drank from ox horn cups, and sang those ancient songs with a deep and deep voice around the campfire.

Looking at the few tall and strong women present with regret, Phils felt a little sad: "Why are there so few girls here?"

"Women live in the tribes farther north." Evandel patted Phils's head and said, "Hey, don't provoke them, or you will be split in half by a strong barbarian girl with an axe, that way If you don't, my magic can't save you."

Phils couldn't understand: "Why, aren't they empty and lonely? Don't you want a gentle and humorous person to care for them?"

"You are too small. Only the strongest and best warriors can join their families and have children with them. This is a tradition that the barbarians have persisted for thousands of years." Evandel took a sip and was caught by Wende Just the right amount of berry wine, the feeling of being warmed from the inside out made him sigh comfortably, looking at the barbarian girls dancing with the warriors of the Watcher, he said with emotion, "But this tradition has been somewhat shaken It's over."

Many old people among the barbarians said with sorrow that the young people nowadays are becoming more and more shameless. Only the most powerful warriors can leave their offspring, but now some young girls and boys are passed on by humans. Even the strongest man can impress a girl with invisible and intangible "love", tricking her into leaving her matriarchal family in the name of forming a new family and living with the man she likes. Together.

Geer is also such a barbarian who does not follow the tradition. He has a strong body. He should have fought fearlessly in the arena. There are many descendants, but when he was stationed at Ghost Crying Cliff, he fell in love with a human woman who fled here.

Mirya, who is more than 1.7 meters tall, is considered a tall woman among the plain people. She may be taller than many men, but standing next to Geer, she looks very small and friendly. Babies with barbarian blood are also bigger than human babies Much more so, Mirya almost died of dystocia during childbirth. Geer was so anxious that he had no choice but to go to the doctor in a hurry and seek help from the sorcerer who traveled here.

Evandel saved their mother and daughter with unbelievable means-he cut open Miriah's belly, pulled out the oversized baby, and glued them together layer by layer with magic The wound, mother and daughter are safe.

Since then, he has become Geer's most trusted human being and a good friend forever.