The Plainsmen

a very early drawing of a Plainsman
a very early drawing of a Plainsman

The Plainsmen are the people who live in koppies, as tribes, across the Earthsky. They eke out a hunting and gathering existence that is made marginal by the depredations of the Masters to whom they pay a flesh tithe of their children. To gain the salt essential to their survival, Plainsman males must take service in the legions of the Masters

Plainsman males must not touch the earth: Plainsman women must cover their heads when otherwise they would be exposed to the sky. Men are given sky burials atop their koppies: women are buried among the roots of their mother trees