Oaleed

Oaleed /'wɑliː/ are a people in northern Tarnaria who primarily lived in the area around Mantar. They began to expand to the north, entering into conflict with Deeras and then Toor, until being driven south of Mantar by King Tōrmoh in the 1st century of the second revolution. Throughout the next two centuries, the Oaleed lost even more territory, eventually founding the city-state of Mantar and settling there.

Today the Oaleed are one of the peoples of Mantareia.

Etymology

Oaleed is a Asdoh word that means "free people", although it might also be understood to mean "people free of any duty", which could be a pejorative. The Oaleed call themselves Tarsad, a word in old Hureed which means "the chosen ones".

Religion

Oaleed are Xaewoon Blue followers, but have since the ancient times developed their own mythology, centered around Mantar. Considered to be a sacred place, the early Oaleed believed that Mantar is populated by giant gods and goddesses. The pantheon of Oaleed deities is called "Stron Hoorhae" (the Song of Light).

Stron Hoorhae is the connection tissue between Oaleed's Xaewoon beliefs and the myth of Eater. Stron Hoorhae are the guardians of Gidna, the world, against the hunger of Eater.