Marauders

Marauders are who those with no marketable ability and no willingness to farm join. Especially welcoming towards Outsiders, this community is a loose allegiance of several tribes and camps, living off the harsh salty shrublands of the center of the Basin, making a living through pillaging and mercenary work.

The Marauders live in caves, tents, yurts, and huts half dug into the ground. They have no formal currency of any kind, and they make trade and military agreements on a case-by-case basis, never acting as a unified force.

Hur, a special snorting powder, is made exclusively from a dry shrubland flower. It’s a strong relaxant, and rather addictive. It’s outlawed in Sterling and Ismar, and discouraged in Sahask and Vyrtan, due to its effect on productivity, but it's one of the main means of living for some in the shrublands.