Lost People

The Lost People, referred to as or Penualang in Wadiwayan, get their name through their ancient ancestry, they were once eternal, graceful beings, blessed by their God - until they made a deal with an ancient evil which cursed them to have their demonic appearance for all eternity. This has caused the Lost to be the victim of racism, discrimination, and in some cases, persecution. For a long time they lived in a diaspora around Abexilas - unable to unite as a species until a God of the Lost visited a boy who worked in a swine herd and commanded him to lead their people away from diaspora and into the lands of Wadiwaya. Achara the Great travelled to all lands in Abexilas, and preached to his people to follow him and they followed - living a nomadic lifestyle using tents for shelter and relying on dairy and other animal foods for sustenance, many nations halted them and said "do not take your people, for they provide bountiful riches to our nation" and so Achara the Great led his people into combat in order to free his people and took ships. The Lost brought their buffalos, swine, chickens, supplies and crops, boarded the boats and sailed west.

The Lost settled in the lands of Wadiwaya when Achara the Great asked if his people can settle in their land and they were gifted the land of Chatalaor (cha-ta-lao-or).

Appearance
The most notable features on the Lost would be their two horns that protrude from their forehead in various shapes, the horns can vary in shape and colour based on how the person behaves as their horns grow. For example being more in-tune with nature will give them a shape akin to animals such as antlers or ram horns. They also have pointy ears pointing upwards or outwards from their face.

Their skin colours vary also, based on the colour of both parents. These colours can include: red, pink, burgundy, wine, purple, lavender, pale-gold, or deep yellow. Their hair colours also vary between: black, ice white, purple, lavender, pink, red, purple, or blonde.

Their height has the same variety as humans.

Architecture
The culture of Chatalaor has been carefully crafted by their environment, Chatalaor sits on a coastal rainforest, where floods are frequent, the sun is harsh, and the wilderness is even harsher. Their houses are built on stilts to avoid the flood waters sweeping their house away, with the walls created with ventilation as its top priority to combat the heat. The rooves are constructed at steep angles with eaves with a gradual slope to provide shade, this construction was made to take as much rain off the roof as possible while cooling the house as much as possible.

Cuisine
The main grain Chatalaor uses for agriculture is rice, this is because rice is a heavily adapted to floods and requires a lot of water which Chatalaor has plenty of due to the floods and the heavy rainfall. Other crops that are commonly grown due to the tropical temperature and natural fertility are: mangos, coconuts, mangosteen, rambutan, chilis, eggplant, lime, tamarind, papaya, bananas and much more. Some seasonings commonly used are: lemongrass, lime leaves, galangal, turmeric, coriander root, palm, and rock sugar, as well as salt and pepper.

Chatalaor has a heavy meat-based diet, to go with a side of rice, their most prominent livestock are swine, used for pork, with the next being buffalo used for dairy and labour. Their meat-based diet stems from their nomadic past where they relied on only animal products to survive.

Chatalaor's largest industry is its fishing industry, with a heavy naval culture due to their westward sailing. Many fishing boats reside in the Port of Chatalaor catching fish like Cobia, Snapper, Grouper.

Music
The Chatalaor have a calming throat sing, complimented with instruments like Wot, made out of small pieces of bamboo. the Saw Duang, the Saw Sam Sai, the Pong Lang, and the Krachappi.