begins millennia ago.
A single, great warrior rode at the head of the largest nomad encampment ever seen. It consisted of nearly three million men, women, and children as well as its herds of sheep and goats. This warrior had many wives and many more children, though only seven sons. When he died, after his sky burrial, the tribe was divided into seven smaller tribes, one following each of the sons.
They spread out across the Free Lands warring amongst themselves and occasionally harrying the towns that sprang up around the handful of wandering willows across the country.
As the decades past, the seven tribes continued their conflict and the towns grew into walled cities, for fear of the tribes.
A millenium after the tribes became seven, three great chiefs conquered and redivided them. This lasted nearly another millenium before breaking back into the seven tribes that roamed the Free Lands until the story begins.
The World of Terra 