Ranthorrr



The native population of the archipelago inhabited it around 500 BC. It is assumed they came here from south-eastern Africa but their motives for these voyages are still unknown. When they arrived, they found vast, open pastures and easily adapted to the sub-tropical climate. When British, Bohemian and Danish colonists discovered the archipelago, they traded horses for land with natives. These European horses also adapted well to the ecosystem of vast pastures and managed to form a symbiotic relationship with the natives and soon developed into a hardy breed that is renowned worldwide for their stamina, speed and strength. This close relationship between horse and man caused the natives, called Sudafs by the British, to start living a nomadic lifestyle similar to that of the nomads of the Mongolian steppes. They maintain this form of living to this day but some of them have found villages and now lead a settled life. Their unique religion, named Ranthorrr, consists of many beliefs and represents the very unique history of the population and the archipelago. The main belief is that they will ride their horses in eternal pastures with their god, Ranth, father of all beings. This religion is mainly practised in remote inland parts of the eastern island but is still respected by the general population of the whole archipelago.