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==Suderax==

You will often here the people of the Three Countries muttering that they are surrounded by savages.  They are referring partly to the Plainsmen and the Qualor Ereblis but mostly they are referring to the Suderax.  Chaotic and ferocious, these giant men from the cold tundras of the northern archipelago are unceasingly warlike and invasive.  They raid constantly, anywhere their ships can reach, and their unrestrained, manic fighting style often makes them seem little more than animals.

The land they come from is every bit as inhospitable as the Doora Desert.  Freezing cold for most of the year, the archipelago experiences a brief summer for a month when the snow mostly melts away to reveal a grey landscape of scree and rubble.  The Suderax live of fish mostly as well as several breeds of goat and cow particularly suited to that lifestyle.  The rest of the food they have is raided or (occasionally) traded.  Their society is tribal, but static.  They have towns and villages, though none as big as any in the Three Countries.  

The only face the “civilized” lands ever sees of the Suderax are their manic raiders but they have their own culture and traditions and life in their villages is passably similar to life in any village anywhere.  Still, their life is hard, constantly competing with the weather, unproductive landscape and the local giants and trolls, who organise frequently and violently to attack Suderax communities.