Elesgate

Elesgate is a town located in Greater Halond, High Kingdom of Daelyria. It's ruled by Mûreaino Apisamus and is seat of the House Apisamus. The town and its surroundings are home to a unique culture derrived from the Elesgatî tribe.

Elesgatî Tribe
The Elesgatî Tribe were the first men living in the swamps. The tribe migrated to Helmia in 215~ BD (Before Daelyria), and their first settlement was in the taiga forests of Kastollia. But only 10 years later they decided to move north after their king, Potiauara Apisamus, had a dream sent by the gods of a land full of water, food and honey. After they arrived at the land, they settled there and built a temple for the gods.

Colonization
The Elesgatî Tribe was colonized on September 9th, 2021, by Sibyl and 2 other Nelond settlers, and they called it Elesgate. A lot of the tribe members died because of foreing diseases the Nelond Settlers carried with them. When the settlers arrived at the swamp, they started building houses, roads, The Keep, and the wall.

Some time after they stabilished the town, the settlers mysteriously started to disappear, one by one. Until one day, they all went missing, and Elesgate was abandoned by the Settlers, and even by the Halondians, that believed the town was cursed.

Restoration
After some years since Elesgate was abandoned, a Halondian merchant named Koala Apisamus, descendant of Potiauara Apisamus, was sent by the Lord of Halond, Avitus Obseken, with the mission to reclaim Elesgate and to restore it.

Elesgate was reclaimed on February 20th, 2022, and since this day, the town has expanded beyond the walls. Koala worked on the infrastructure of the town and on the roads.

Religion
The tribe believed in 2 gods: Lôdi Eilâtome, the God-Universe; And Lâdi Alaechma, the Goddess of Creation. Apart from the gods, they also believed in the Guardians (Defenders of the realms) and on the Messengers. The Messengers were the ones that carried the perfection of the creation with them. Every living being that was created by Lãdi Alaechma was considered a Messengers, so humans were also considered to be Messengers. The religion was basically extinct when the Nelondian Settlers arrived at the tribe. But recently Koala Apisamus, Lord of Elesgate and King of the Elesgatî Tribe, revived the religion and called it the Church of the Two Lôdiem.

Culture
The Elesgatî Tribe, before the Nelondian settlers, was a Diarchy, the king and queen had equally the same ammount of power. The Elesgatîans are a really festive people. Their celebrations are always full of colours and music, such as the New year celebration. Apart from the celebrations, the Elesgatîans are also masters at craftsmanship, they are famous for their beautiful statues carved in wood. The tribe is also very welcoming towards foreigners, everytime a stranger comes across their tribe, the Elesgatîans prepare food to the foreigner and dance (The tribe became less welcoming after the Nelondian settlers arrived). The tribe never had a currency, they shared the resources equally. The traditional dish of the tribe is baked fish with honey.

Music
The Elesgatî tribe is, to this day, a people that is moved by music. The theme of their songs is day-to-day life situations and religion. Music to the tribe is so important that they have a unique Elegaxian dialect to sing, called Porgach. Some traditional instruments that Elesgatî uses in their songs include the Kass Kass, Kaicha, Alatano and the Pandeiro.

Architecture
The architecture of the tribe was, before the colonization, based on small houses built using rocks and clay, for keeping the heat outside. However, when the tribe was colonized by nelondians (which used to be a medieval town), they started building using their style of houses, with stone bricks as a base and white concrete on the second floor, which made the houses on the tribe look more medieval.

Language
The Elesgatî tribe's language is called Elegaxian, a language that people in Elesgate speak until the recent days, although being a version of the language that was a bit influenced by Daelyrian and Halondian due to their colonization. The Elesgatî also used another language, which was a dialect of the Elesgatî language, called Porgach. This language was used for music