Odhriags

Like the Asdriags, the Odhriags also have in them a measureof Ioriag blood. In their case, however, Ioriag ancestry hasbeen combined with the Aharic traditions of the Otyassi,forming a unique cultural mix. The Odhriags prizeindependence from foreign influence as their greatest asset,and guard their lands jealously from encroaching neighbors.Their history is largely one of resistance. They haveconsistently resisted attempts by servants of the Shadow tobring them under the influence of the Dark Lord. They haveresisted the momentum of mass-migrations out of the east,which has threatened to displace them several timesthroughout the ages. They resisted the mandates of Gondor,which demanded an opening of their lands for the passage of Minalcar and Vidugavia's armies in T.A. 1247. Though theypaid dearly for this defiance, they were never whollyconquered by the western army, and have since grown toreclaim the ranges that were stripped from them.The Odhriag homeland lies along the northern slopes of theEred Lithui, between the Warwater and the Surubekiwatersheds. While much of Odhriag culture comes from theirIoriag forefathers, they are also the only group of Easterlingswith their own set of formalized laws. These laws, known asthe Vasagh, have their roots in the ancient Aharic laws whichwere brought into Rhun by the Otyassi in the Second Age.The laws were again formalized by Khorgul Hotun at the endof the Second Age. This occurred after the defeat of Sauron'sarmy at Dagorlad. In celebration of the end of Mordor'soppressive treatment of the Odhriags, Khorgul had theVasagh carved into the sheer side of a peak which towersover the main Odhriag settlement of Khurvasagh (Od. "Placeof the Law").