Logath

The Logath are the most numerous of the easterling cultures.Their ranges extend from the wilds of the northern EmptyPlains to the Carnen River Basin. Like most other Easterlingcultures, they are nomadic pastoralists whose lives centeraround the migration of their herds. Their material wealth ismeasured in head of cattle and acres of grazing land. Most of the sustenance of the Logath tribes comes from the productsof the herd: leather, horn, meat, and dairy. They area amatriarchal society, and most of their cultural traditionsrevolve around the woman as the center of family andculture. Most males travel across the tribe's ranges with theherd, returning every so often to the tribe's semi-permanentsettlement to be reunited with their wives and children.Several times a year, the entire tribe is packed into greatwains and moved to another base camp. Though travel bywain is a trait associated universally with Easterling nomads,it was actually the Logath who invented the tradition. Thetrade has spread from the Logath ranges into other areas of Rhun, and is now commonplace in all corners of the region.

Logath culture is centered around two sites which competefor influence among the tribes. In the west, along the banksof the Ulumur River is the town of Sadvar, the seat of theIbar matriarch. The Ibar clan has reigned as the ruling clan of the Logath for the entire Third Age, and remains a powerfulinfluence in the post-Plague era. In the east, the priestesses of Gazu Darshan-Zar seek to undermine the authority of the Ibarmatriarch and unite the Logath under their religious rule. Thepriestesses have been beguiled by Oraishapek theDisposessed, who has duped them into believing him a god.The swaying of the Logath to the side of Oraishapekthreatens to upset the balance of power in northern Rhun.