The villages consist of gers, which are tent-like living quarters that are more or less transportable, and by making camp in a specific area the tribe claims it and the surrounding environment as well. Except for Morin Khur, the only permanent settlement, the Khurites are nomads who each year move their settlements between new pastures. The tribes have no name for their land, only for smaller regions and territories.

They all live on or in connection to the steppe, however the steppe has no set of firm borders. The Khurites don’t regard themselves as one people instead the difference between the various tribes and one’s ancestry is important. The Khurites are among the best riders in the world, and the horse and mammoth play important roles in their culture and society. Life on the Myrland steppe also affects its human children, the Khurites. The animals that inhabit the salty bodies of water are amphibious such as frogs, lizards and salamanders, which feed off the large variety of insects that are found in surrounding areas. Of the former, the most abundantly present are rodents, foxes, deer, horses, wisent and mammoths. Though most of the animals on the steppe are mammals or invertebrates, a great number of birds frequent the environment. Among others a number of wolf species, giant wolverines, terror birds and the occasional sabretooth are constantly on the watch for a suitable prey. Also, the predators are in general fast and adapted to stalk their prey to exhaustion. Travelling Myrland on foot is not an option due to the vast distances and scarce civilization. Besides, they are generally lands where salty lagoons form because the accumulated water cannot drain into the sea. They are barren lands where it hardly ever rains, with a very poor soil and on occasions a high salinity level where only very resistant vegetation can survive. The Myrland steppe is a vast area in the heart of Myrland that borders to the cold Talus Mountains to the north and to the tropical March Jungles in the south.

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