| Translated Tribal Name | The Fierce People |
| Territorial Island | Halakii |
| Chieftain | Kraiyor |
| Estimated Population | 30,000 |
| Languages | Temegaru |
| Tribal Colors | Red and Black |
| Notable Resources | None |
| Notable Crafts | Weapons and warefare |
The Kuloth are a fierce warrior tribe. They are undoubtedly the most ferocious, belligerent and dangerous of all the Alakubu tribes. The Koeloth consider a day that does not see battle and bloodshed as a wasted day. They regularly attack all other tribes including the Yamonari.
The Kuloth are easily recogizable by their appearance. They are tall, well muscled and dark skinned. The Kuloth practice cranial deformation on their children by strapping and tightening boards to their heads. The result is wide heads with flattened tops which gives them a brutish appearance. Kuloth warriors also will deform their face and body to give a frightening appearance. Many warriors chisel their teeth down to fine points. Many warriors will drive bone carved horns and nails through their body and then let the wounds heal around the protruding spikes. This is done in combination with ritual scarring. They do this to intimidate their enemies and prove their bravery by ignoring pain. Also, infections due to these deformations help weed out the weak. It is easy to identify a kuloth warrior based this deformed skull shape and these body modifications.
Kuloth warriors chew tarska and enter a frenzied state when going to battle. Some of the worst tarska addicts are absolutely insane in battle. Kuloth warriors, when they are berzerking, have been known to do shocking things in battle - a frenzied kuloth warrior will leap off a cliff or dive into a raging river to press the attack against his enemy. Kuloth warriors have been known to charge scythe lizards, impale themselves on enemy spears and generally leap into the fray against impossible odds. Warriors in such a state are beyond reason and mind magic does not work against them.
The Kuloth have no shamans. They consider shamans to be weak and magic to be the tool of weaklings. They have a taboo against using any magic and will never willingly use an enchanted item. In battle, they seek out shamans and wizards and try to kill them first before any other consideration. The Kuloth do not retreat. To die in glorious battle is every warrior's goal.
Kuloth warriors are always in competition with each other to try to kill the most. They do not use group tactics or strategy. Quite the contrary, they will simply charge and enemy and overwhelm them with sheer ferocity.
The Kuloth craft unusual homes. They live in long deep trenches lined with stones and covered with arched roofs of mud and thatch.
The Kuloth worship a winged serpent god. Every home has an altar with a carved statuette of this deity. Some scholars belief that the Kuloth actually worship a dragon somewhere on their island, but little is known for certain. The only scholar to ever attempt formal academic research of this tribe was promptly killed by them.
This website was last updated April 30, 2025. Copyright 1990-2025 David M. Roomes.