Mireghūn - Salt Marsh Dwellers
Mireghun, they are an ancient race based on Fomorians, maybe even descendants or even half breeds/hybrids, possibly part Orc, no one yet knows, not even I.. Mireghun are mainly distributed throughout coastal marshes & estuaries where the fresh water from the rivers mixes with the salt water from the sea. Mireghun tend to set up their dwellings (camps, outposts) in the upper reaches of the intertidal zone of the salt marshes, mainly in and around the mangrove zone and into the salt marshes where the vegetation is predominantly salt rush, vast areas of large grass tufts. This area offers the best habitat for them, they have access to fresh water, shelter from harsh weather, plenty of food and they are able to construct camps, outposts & barricades amongst the mangroves. One other benefit of the marshes is everything that is washed down the rivers drifts into theses areas before it floats out to sea. Floods can wash all sort of debris down river, from timber, crates of weapons, building material, basically if it floats it’ll end up here. In some rare places the Mireghun have been able to set up in old coastal ruins & fortresses that nature has reclaimed due to coastal inundation, they have been in the marshes for as long as anyone can remember.
I’ve chosen the name Mireghun, I think it has a nice ring to it and the name for suits. Hopefully it hasn’t been used before! Origins; A mire is an area of deep, wet, spongy, muddy ground (a bog or mash). “Ghun” refers to a pest or weevil which infests dry grains, they infest the salt marshes, ghuns of the mire, Mireghun. “Ghun” is normally pronounced “gun” but in this instance it it common to give the ‘h’ a little bit of sounding.
This will be a longer term project I’ll dabble in from time to time, its at concept stage, I’ll be sketching out some drawings and if I’m happy with them start sculpting. I’ll update this post as it progresses along! Hopefully my sculpting skills are strong enough for me to pull this job off! Some kind of mixed race Fomorian coastal marsh dwellers, might be a bit of Orc DNA in the mix, who knows.
Going to eventually make a Shaman, Standard Bearer, Leader, Warrior, Brute (Monster) & Ranged, Crossbows & maybe Longbows. Maybe one day I can make some mounts, will have to invent a bog beast for them to ride into battle on!
Simple in appearance, looks can be deceiving! Mireghun are very smart, they have leaned a lot over the hundreds, maybe even thousands of years living in the marshes, all knowledge is past down through the generations.
Shaman – Witch Doctor. Mireghun Shamans
Standard/Totem Bearer. Mireghun Totem bearers
Warrior/Fighter. Mireghun Warriors
Brute (Ogre). Mireghun Brutes
Ranged.