The Blinding Lands: Notable Tribes

The natives are nomadic, simple folk that do not have names for themselves so the following tribes' names were given to them by the Trelanian explorers.

Marii (490 members: 90% human, 10% other)
In the times before the first expedition, the Marii were a tribe like the others. However, after receiving the gifts of iron given by the scholars and education given by the clergy, they gained an edge over the more primitive tribes. Their reputation grew, until through members gained in marital unions with other clans, the Marii became the largest human tribe in the Blinding Lands. Although their numbers and shelters seem to form a hamlet of sorts, they rarely spend more than 4 months in the same spot. However, they tend to wander only through the southwestern region of Black Ice Isle and do not go into the other regions. Traders from Mistone tend to see the Marii as the only civilization in the Blinding Lands, but they are still wild and should be approached with caution.

Threanii (220 kobolds)
The most savage of the known kobold tribes, the Threanii are vicious and bloodthirsty meat eaters and would not hesitate to eat one of their own. They were first encountered in 1055 by scouts at the foot of the southeastern mound of the Great Spikes. Of the four scouts that approached the village, only two survived to tell the horrors of being surrounded and pummeled by stone axes and knives from the small dog-like creatures. When one of their companions fell, 10 kobolds were immediately on top of him, a few already biting him to tear away his flesh. After that incident, attempts to contact the kobold tribes of the region have been suspended.

Loraxian (170 giants)
The curious tribe of giants clad in great bear skins was first encountered in 1031 in a valley just north of the Bay of Stillwater. The giants seemed to live in harmony with the land, hunting for food, using all parts of the animals they kill, and tending nature with a delicate, almost druidic hand. They have no known quarrels with the other tribes in the area and were very receptive of the explorers that dared approach them in the Great Spikes. The explorers observed that the giants had a series of rituals involving the melting of ice into drinking water, the skinning of animals, and the use of trees. They even had, according to the party's ranger, a small tree nursery within their only fixed structure, kept warm by the presence of the tribe's children. Such behavior was not seen in any of the other observed giantkind tribes of the Blinding Lands, so it has been speculated that the Loraxian giants are touched by Katia and tend to the icelands as druids tend to the warmer forests.