Pagaelin Village: The Oweor Ollin Tribe

Location: L7
Population: 93

The Ollin tribe has 93 members, 28 of them warriors. Like most Pagaelin tribes, the Ollins live a semi-nomadic lifestyle, moving their camps approximately every ten years. The moving of the camp follows a traditional routine between three different places. This routine was interrupted when the tribe left its present campsite in 717 TR after only staying there for two years. The chief during that time, Gvallin, followed the advice of the Navehan Augur, Kadon of Nurisel, who had counseled him to leave the area for a while after the murder of Barian Ceselryd in 716 TR.

While Gvallin might have saved the tribe's existence when he decided to heed Kadon's counsel, he earned little gratitude for it. Many of the dominant males considered this a sign of weakness and Gvallin's authority gradually decreased.

Oweor Ollin succeeded Gvallin in 719 TR, after challenging him openly for single combat and hacking him into pieces with his axe. This has thoroughly impressed the tribe, none of which have yet dared to question Oweor's ruling or challenged his position as chief. Like many members of the Ollin tribe, Oweor was opposed to the moving of the tribe's camp in the first place. He now has led his people back to the tribe's traditional campsite close to Shenadun. He is fully aware that this is likely to restart the conflict with the Ceselryd clan and is ready and eager for the fight. He has not started raiding the area yet, as he intends to do, because he wants to gather some support from the other tribes in the region first.

Oweor Ollin

Oweor is a charismatic war chief of 29. He is a psychopath: While he appears charming and likable at a first impression, he is a megalomaniac with absolutely no regard for the needs and feelings of others. He dominates his tribe his manipulative personality and merciless brutality, changing from one to the other in an instant. He has been known to lecture the male members of his tribe for an hour about his plans of conquest, then snatch his axe and smash the head of a listener before calmly returning to his topic. Captives not worth a ransom and without an obvious use can expect to be brought to death in the most grisly and imaginative fashion.

Oweor plans to expand his domination to the other Pagaelin tribes in the region and then conquer the Chybisan territory north of the Ulmerien. He has established contacts to other tribes and plans to hold a gathering where "a possible cooperation of the tribes can be discussed". He intends to get rid of the chieftains and unify the tribes under his command, to gather the necessary strength to deal with Shenadun and the other northern manors.

While his long-term plans against Chybisa are in no way realistic, Oweor's attempt to realize them will cause a lot of havoc and bloodshed if he is not stopped in time.

Oweor is not under the control of the Navehan Augur, who operates the lodge near Shenadun. While Kadon had established good contacts to Oweor's predecessor, the death of the latter was a plain enough message that the Augur was no longer welcome in the tribe. The Navehans have not reacted yet and seem content to let Oweor have his way - for now.

Local Map Notes

1. House of Oweor Ollin Oweor inhabits the largest and most comfortable hut in the camp. He owns several items of value - inheritances from former chieftains which were acquired in many years of raiding and looting.

a) Meditation hut This small building fulfills the functions of a temple. The tribe continues to worship the Walker of the Heath even though the contact to the Augurs has lessened.

b) Women's quarters Oweor's women live in these huts. He treats his claimed wives with the cruelty and lack of respect that is typical for Pagaelin.

c) Healer Berengar of Lindren is a Peonian reslava who was caught and enslaved by the tribe in 716 TR, while he was travelling on the Genin Trail. Berengar survived by offering his healing skills and has been with the tribe ever since. He has never attempted to flee, as he regards his capture as the will of his goddess and has accepted his position. He does his best to ease the lot of the weak in the tribe. He has also used his knowledge about agriculture to improve the gardening, hoping to tame the tribesmen by showing them the advantages of a regular harvest and human kindness.

d) Slave quarters The slaves and elderly live in these crowded huts. They do most of the work in the village but have no status and few rights and have to live on leftovers from the warriors.

2. Dominant males The dominant males live in these huts with their claimed women.

3. Mixed quarters This main compound includes the quarters for less important members, including the young warriors and unclaimed women.

4. Gate The gate to the 10' palisade is always guarded. The beams stand two inches apart so that the palisade can be defended from the ground level since it has no ramparts.

5. Gardens Tended by the women, slaves and elderly. The quality of the gardening has improved greatly due to the influence of Berengar of Lindren. However, most of the food grown here is reserved for the warriors.