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This sword is called the Orayh. It is the traditional weapon of the nomadic horse Ordas of the Eastlands.The cuts in the handle are representative of the kills made with that weapon, as is customary among the peoples of the Sea of Grass.
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no, just drawing it by hand and then doing it in photoshop. I did get the metal texture from cgtextures.com, but apart from that its just me.
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These Oryah people sound like the Dothraki.
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yeah I admit that they do and I will also admit that I do love the Song of Ice and Fire series. But I also have a passion for military history which does include the Mongols, Huns etc on which the Dothraki are based. I had the idea of a nomadic horse people in my head before I first read a Game of Thrones, but I tried to change it up a little bit so they don't sound too much like the Dothraki.
Besides, what's a medieval fantasy world without a little bit of barbarian nomadic horsemen?
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Yeah. It does look good from horseback.
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Cheers. I think its probably impossible to make a completely unique nomadic steppe culture while the maintaining that whole concept in the first place. And with the growing popularity of A Song of Ice and Fire, comparisons are inevitable I suppose.
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Would Rohan fit into that group?
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I don't think so. Rohan is a much more permanent society, with cities and towns. They certainly place a lot of emphasis on horsemanship, but they aren't nomadic like the Dothraki. If you look at a nomadic people, its sort of like a continual migration, the entire tribe, including the women and children, on the move. Any dwellings erected are temporary.
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