Darfar

Overview

Vast grasslands ruled by small clans comprise the better part of Darfar, but to outsiders the land is better known for the worship of Yog.

South of Stygia. To the west is Kush; to the east is Keshan.

Core Book ch.8, p.247.
Conan the Adventurer ch.2, p.36.

Politics

Darfar is not a country ruled over by a king with an army defending well-defined borders. Instead, Darfar is more like the Pictish wilderness in that it is a wild territory occupied by a singular cultural group, the Darfari. The Darfari are herdsmen and farmers living among the swamps, grasslands, and savannas. They avoid the forests. People here live in temporary camps on the savannas during the dry season, grazing their cattle, and live in semi-permanent villages of beehive-like huts during the wet season in the grasslands to grow crops.

Religion

Darfarr is the origin of the secretive, cannibilistic Cult of Yog, though that cult is now more often associated with the city of Zamboula in Turan.

In reality, the Yoggites are but one cult among the clans, hated by many, and several noble clans exist in opposition to the evil, but try telling that to an outlander who’s heard tales of cannibals stalking the night.

Yoggites file their teeth to white sabers that they might better rend and feed on the flesh of men.

Trade

While largely hunter-gatherers, the Darfari do engage in some trade. The primary trading goods are cloth, salt, millet, and tobacco.

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