Esmein and Sacoy

Esmein is the continent to the East. It is completely desert save for some rainforst jungle and minimal savannah. The desert is Black Sand, making traveling around dangerous. Not much is known of the land aside for a nomadic civilization called the Sacoy, made up of primarly Orcs, Half Orcs and Humans. They breed these large creatures that can traverse the desert called Iridescent Elephants, creatures as large as mammoths that are pure white with iridescent rainbow tusks. The Sacoy don't talk much about their homeland as it seems to be fairly difficult, and the fact many don't travel to Oblen. The Sacoy are very intense followers of Desna and Phrasma, believing the two goddesses are lovers, having small shrines acting as herms along their migration path. Esmein is home to plenty of ruins, the Sacoy indicate that they are the only still living civilization on the continent since the others died in the Fall or became separated from the land in the Fall. The Sacoy that do maritime merchanting purvey many relics and rare metals. There are multiple clans within the Sacoy that all have particular jobs within the culture. Mhasamout is the clan of maritime merchants, Alraei is the clan that raises the Iridescent Elephants and other herd animals, Sodasu for the warriors, Saamnang for the seers and scholars and artists, and Zaeim for the leaders. The Sacoy are Matriarchal and there are small tribes of Sacoy that travel, consisting of members of each clan so some tribes are more heavily one clan than the other. If the leader of a Sacoy tribe passes, her daughters must petition the Sacoy leaders for a tournament to see who will rule the leaderless tribe, each aspect of the tournament represents a clan of the Sacoy. A daughter must successfully bring forth a relic or metal of value, tame a wild Iridescent Elephant, compete in non-lethal combat, and recite an original poem.

The aesthetics of the Sacoy is a combination of Mali, Arabic and Cambodian.