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The Southwestern Continent has several distinct areas, among which are the grassland regions in the south. Various tribes exist and have been observed by One Which Seeks To Understand Everything New It Encounters Upon It's Discovery-153401 (Discovery). These include fishing peoples on the major lakes and coastlines, agricultural people nearby inland rivers and various nomadic hunting and herding nomads in areas far from established bodies of water. These tribes are Typically very primitive, having no settlements larger than a few thousand people and no established system of writing, though they do have at their disposal some basic metalworking, which they use to make tools and weapons. In regards to these iron weapons, these are typically include star headed maces, axes (including throwing axes), knives, spears and the Napohjek.



Napohjek is one name used for it, which translates to "long head spear". Infrastructural Colonists use this word to formally describe it and "Spearsword" informally. The Committee believes that this weapon is a fairly recent development, evolving from spears as metalworking became more common. The blade was gradually lengthened while the handle was shortened. The weapon is typically about a 1 to 1.2 meters long with the blade being between one half and one third the total length. Blades are either made of Bronze or of Iron. Bronze blades are slightly more common as Ironworking is a fairly rare trade among these peoples. Combat styles using these weapons are around heavy chopping and thrusting.



Napohjeks are typically seen as a sign of warrior status and young fighters must earn the right to claim these weapons, either by killing an enemy in battle or some particularly aggressive predator. This is a new blade and not an artifact particularly prized among these tribes. More valuable by far than a new weapon is one "which remembers many hands". A new Napohjek is typically made plain and functional, but has various geometric designs added to it after various bouts of combat. An especially ornate Napohjek has seen much action and is much prized as a status symbol, sometimes even to the point where inter tribal battles have been fought to claim it

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