There is a type of
Martian as un-yet talked of as little is known of them. Plains Martians! These Plains
Martians keep to themselves more than the Sky Martians and inhabit
the deep deserts in roaming clans, never sticking to a single place
for long.
It is said that they
are descended from a few City Martian families who went in search of
the cities that were lost after the Great Storm. It was feared that
they were lost but rumours started to surface of a tribe of lost
Martians in the great deserts. These rumours were not unfounded as
contact was made between a Plains Martian clan and a trade caravan
lost after a brief storm. The caravan were approached by the Plains
Martians it seems from curiosity as no trade occurred.
The language used by
the Plains Martians was different, yet understandable to the
caravanners and some mysteries were solved and yet it seemed many
more questions were left unanswered. The Plains Martians showed the
caravan the way back to civilisation and they parted ways.
There have been scant
few other meetings of Plains Martians and the caravans and they seem
to want to be left undisturbed but are not hostile when contact is
made. Plans are being discussed to mount several expeditions to seek
out the lost brethren.
The Plains Martians are
all mounted on Enk Anks, tall animals not unlike the earth giraffe
and they use a large species of Naeek for their beasts of burden.
They have no vehicles so to speak and seem to live on the saddle or
in howdahs howdahs, only dismounting to collect water and food. Where
they come by the food is a mystery but some have suggested a link
with the Sky Martians...
They tend to wear many
layered robes and coils of cloth on their heads as the deeper deserts
can be deathly cold at nights. The weapons of choice are long
glaives; longer than the Sky Martian glaive but shorter than the City
Martian pikes and small but powerful 'crossbows' that can either be
carried by hand or fixed upon small pintles mounted on the howdahs of
the Naeeks.
Little is known of the
Plains Martians family structure as the Naeeks are generally kept
back from the caravans. It is assumed that the females and young ones
are kept in the howdahs and that the family structure is similar to
the City Martians.
With luck, more Plains
Martian tribes will be encountered and the secrets of the deep
deserts will be discovered in time.
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