The Tribe

         Our world was broken into tribes or clans. Most divided by our species, but also by the way we live. A clan never truly settles a place, they pillage other clans or tribes. They usually only live in a place for a season or two at most, and always have to fight for food and shelter. A tribe has a homestead and trade routes with other tribes. Tribes, more often than not, have two or more species living among them. Our tribe is one of the most powerful tribes of all. Because of the land we control, most tribes have to use our rivers as means of trading routes. We also are one of the closest tribes that keep witch doctors, and train them.         The species' that now populate the planet are very different. To list the few we know of: "plains", Vampires, Wolves, Witches, Shapeshifters, Sirens, and Kal'arias. There weren't many Wolf or Vampire tribes, they mostly clan up with their own. The Witches and ''plains'' usually tried their best to tribe with strong allies. Plains are humans without any power or abilities. Sirens were usually only found in tribes by the sea, of course. To get to the rarest of all the Kal'arias, they are usually found in just a few tribes, usually just 1 or 2 in a clan. Kal'arias are so special and rare, because they exist through the mixing of different species. When this happens the outcome is one of five possibilities. The first is a skipped, it is when the blood is mixed but there is no power or abilities. Second is when you have the possibility to choose what power you what to have for the rest of your life, is known as the change. The most common is a hybrid, it's when you have the perfect blend of two. Next is the tribrid it is when three different species blend beautifully. But the rarest of is a true Kal'aria, they have all the species' power and abilities we call them pure.        The unpredictable events that led to the first Kal'aria was a true accident. At first, it was marvel and a curiosity to the Valkyries. But quickly they learned what it truly meant for the power they had kept. The Valkyries were so upset they forced all of their own kind back in to their castles in the sky. Anyone who disobeyed was branded a traitor and banned from ,what they call, the Kingdom of Heaven. But to be honest I don't think they're many left who believe in those stories. No one I have ever met has ever seen a castle much less a Valkyrie. Our village is one of the better made villages I have seen on my travels. We hand press our own brick so we can have stronger buildings. Of what i have seen of other tribes, they mostly have log housing. The clans that pass through always leave some kind of animal hide tents behind.        Our chief let me go with our trading parties through the lands so I got to see all the differences between us; like our land , our people, our buildings, our way of life, and they way we treat laws. I am so thankful for being able to go and learn so much about all the different cultures we have. Like how we have Chiefs, the Wolves of course have their Alphas, the Sirens have their Mothers, the shifters have Lords that meet for big decisions, but the strangest is the Vampires they don't seem to have individual leaders for all the clans. They have a council, and I do believe they called it the Vampiric Council.