Editing Other kingdoms (section)

===The Makhlyes, nomadic barbarian tribe===

The Makhlyes are one of the nomadic barbarian tribes of the western grasslands. Their ancestors followed [[Megafauna|thunder beast]] herds, but the great herds from ancient times are no more, and only solitary beasts survive now. They now follow [[Megafauna|hornbeast]] herds across the grasslands. They are frequent trading partners with the Twin Cities, bartering furs and hides, ivory and horn, in return for civilized goods. Every few generations their warriors band together with other barbarian tribes and raid and pillage into civilized lands.

The shamans of the Makhlyes are known as Inverts because they live their lives as the opposite gender. Because of this, they are regarded as spirits by their people – and also regarded as spirits by spirits. Once each year in the spring, all the hunters will dress as the opposite gender as well, for the sacred Inverse Hunt. Their magic allows the hunters to hunt the now-extinct herds of megafauna as though they still roamed the grasslands. The hunters bring back much meat and many trophies from an Inverse Hunt, but every year one hunter does not return from the hunt. Because of these strange customs, people of the Twin Cities think that all Makhlyes change genders, and take precautions against touching them, lest this is contagious.

Occupations: Hunter, Trader, Warrior, Invert
Suggested Skills: Area Knowledge (grasslands), Mimicry (animal sounds), Spear Thrower, Stealth, Survival, Tracking, Occult (spirits)
Social Background: Low TL, Makhlyic (native language), Illiteracy
Suggested Quirks: Broad-Minded, Responsive, Tolerant* (not bothered by quirks)
Sample Contact Groups: Clan, Warrior Lodge
Suggested Spells: Hunt Megafauna Ghosts (IQ/Average) (note: penalties if not an Inverse Hunt), Change Gender (IQ/Very Hard, req. Invert, Shamanic Magic 4+) 
New Advantage: Invert (5 pts., live as opposite gender, spirits react as though you were a spirit yourself)
Rumor: “The Makhlyes say that when one of the Inverts goes on a spiritquest and returns of the opposite gender, that he or she has not really returned at all. Instead she or he has been replaced by a spirit, that will pretend to be the Invert for the rest of its life, until it pretends to die and returns to the spirit-world.” 

--Kakita Kojiro