Dijuli

Dijuili
The Dijuli are the nomad desert people who dwell in the volcano circled southern waste.

Landscape
The Southern Waste, is a great desert which take sup a good third of the southern arm of Anasayfa. Ringed by volcanic mountians, it is a very forbidding place. Due to the rain shadows of the mountians, very little rain enters into, which is esstinaly a giant basin. Only a few springs, oasis and aquafiers provide any water at all. Windstorms are commona nd can last for many hours, whipping up tons of sand and grit.

Ringing the basin are many active and dormat volcanos. It is a very active areas and generally a dozen or so are erupting (if slowly) at a time. This ash and dust is often transported via the winds to the fertile lands of Highworth. The volcanos themselves only add to the noxious quailty of the area, which was never conquered by the Empire. They have become a vital part of the Dijuili reilgion however.

History
the Dijuli people are an old and tradtional people. They have wnadered the Waste since time immeorial, with no outside lord reigning among them. They were nomads from the start although, before the Empire some tribes lived in the mroe fertile areas bordering the Inner Sea or upper Voltais.

When the Empire came, they fought it greatly, as the Imperial regions took the fertile edges and most common raiding territories. Over time, and many bloody battles the Dijuli were formed into feared nomadic warriores. However, they lackeed the manpower to reisist violetnaly forever, but the bleak landscape prevented an Alak like takeover. Instead the Empire paid them off, with tribute. Great wagon loads of gold, silver, textiles and slaves poured into Dijuili lands, enriching various warlords. In this time, great irrigation centers were set up and new oasis dug, and parts of the Great Basin flowered and bloomed.

As the Empire fell however, tribute became less and less. Old Volatis could hardly afford the same price. For centuries it dwindled, and trade came less and less. By the time of this game large scale raiding has recently begun into Volaitis. Most of the Dijuili live in the western part of the desert so Highworth is generally safe.

Economey
The Dijuili ecnomey, like all else is tied to water. They are a nomadic people moving in intricate pattersn from water source to water source with each clan and tribe having it's own season here and there. long ago any ireegaulties were ruled out by war or death. Now, supported by God and ancient tradation, no clan would dare leave it's orbit except for raiding.

Generally they are a poor people, except for tribute. Farming is done on irrigated oasis and farms, using treased systems to wringout the best fruit fromt he waste. Communal works are common, and ditches are often dug by even the highest castes. Dates, melons, and a few cerals are the main foodstuffs.

During the Imperial heydey, trade was a large industry in the region. goods from Volaitis, Highworth, the coastal plain and the jungle states tot he south all flowed through Dijuili carvans. Taxes, customs and raiding ont hese caravans provided the people with allt he metal they could ask for. However, as the Empire declined so did trade. This has caused a general imporivhsed state among the entire people.

Lifestyle
As noted above, the Dijuili are a monadic people, generally because of the inhostiable nature of the landscape. With water such a percious resoruce, they move about, careful to not exhaust the precious supply. They have an inricate calander, based water useage of what clans can go where. This patterns has become a foundation for the rest of the Dijuili culture so it is generally involiate.