Danak (People)



The Danak were a people of fierce Mountainmen who dwelt deep in the Tûr Betark.According to legend they were the descendants of former slaves from more northern lands and were still known to hate slavery with a fanatical furor.They were said to actively waylay slave-caravans through or near their tribal lands just to punish the slavers and free their "goods".They were also known to revere their forebears as deities, chief among these Dân Kalû, their eponymous forefather who was said to have led them into their new lands of freedom.In contrast to other men they were not afraid of the spirits of their dead but actively sought the friendship and neighbourhood of the shadows of diceased relatives, and these shadows also seemed to correspond.The Danak were on friendly terms with the neighbouring Blacklock dwarves, though the dwarves mistrusted their mannish neighbours tendencies towards the Undead.