History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireEthnicGroups

[[folder:The Sothoryi]]
The inhabitants of the mainland of Sothoryos

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Averted. While the Sothoryi of the deep Sothoryos are savage cannibals and ghouls, some of those who live close to the sea interact with outsiders and talk the Trade Talk.
* ImAHumanitarian: The Sothoryi who dwell deep in the jungle are cannibals and ghouls.

* HumanSubspecies: This is what they are at best. Yandel describes them as having long arms, sloped foreheads, with huge square teeth, heavy jaws, coarse black hair, flat, snout-like noses and thick brindled skin.

* TheSavageSouth: The Sothoryi who dwell deeper into the jungle, closer to Yeen and the Green Hell are the most barbaric and cruel.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Are noted for whaling, chewing blubber, and wearing sealskins, similar to Inuit or Siberian Yupik people. Everything else matches what is known of non-''Homo sapiens'' hominins, especially their status as a race displaced by modern humans.

* PerfectPacifistPeople: They don't kill anything, not even animals. Unfortunately this makes them attractive targets for slavers since they won't fight back.

Inhabitants of the Shadow Lands.

* {{Pirate}}: Some Shadow Men engaged in reaving on the Jade Sea. The maroon emperors of Yi Ti kept their court in Jinqi to better guard the borders of the Golden Empire from reavers from the Shadow Lands.* TattooAsCharacterType: Their bodies are covered in tattoos, which, combined with their masks, serves as the cultural identifier.

* {{Transgender}}:Possibly. Women who chose to be ''jhats'', a war chief similar to a ''khal'', dress and live as men; men who chose to be moonsingers, a combination of a judge, priestess, and healer, dress and live as women.

* {{Outgambitted}}: Fell for a feint retreat by the Dothraki, which allowed the remaining Khals to surround and destroy his forces from behind and the sides.

* {{Pirate}}: Some Shadow Men engaged in reaving on the Jade Sea. The maroon emperors of Yi Ti kept their court in Jinqi to better guard the borders of the Golden Empire from reavers from the Shadow Lands.

* TattooAsCharacterType: Their bodies are covered in tattoos, which, combined with their masks, serves as the cultural identifier.

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Like the Dothraki, the Basilisk Isles Corsairs are key players of the Essosi Slave Trade. They commonly abduct Naathi, Sothoryi, and Summer Islanders in coastal raids, and sell them off to Free City and Slavers' Bay slave markets. The Corsairs also enslaved a number of Roynar refugees, after Queen Nymeria refused to deliever a handful of their children as tribute.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: The population of the Basilisk Isles has been described as "escaped slaves, slavers, skinners, whores, hunters, brindled men, and worse."
* AlwaysABiggerFish: The Corsairs themselves are occasionally the targets of ambitious Ironborn kings and captains.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: From what little is known of them, the Corsairs of the Basilisk Isles seem to be inspired by Caribbean buccaneers of the 17th century and the Barbary corsairs of the Mediterranean sea.
* Foil: To the pirates of the Stepstones. Essentially, the pirates of the Stepstones are the Hollywood-style, romanticized swashbuckling pirates who get caught up in high adventure...while the pirates of the Basilisk Isles are the ''non''-whitewashed, realistic, murderous and rape-y version of the pirate trope.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Rhoynar were an industrious people, masters of a wide range of skills like architecture, metalworking, trade & navigation. They seem to have been a generous people as well considering they taught the Andals secrets of ironworking & how they initially welcomed Valyrian settlers. However, despite not being an exceptionally martial civilization, the Rhoynar could be fearsome foes when roused. Notably, they are the only enemies to have ever forced the Valyrian Freehold into going all out. It took the Valyrians an armada of three hundred dragons to finally defeat the Rhoynar after several centuries of warfare. In comparison, Westeros(except for Dorne) was conquered by just 3 dragons in barely a year's time.

The Crannogmen are an elusive people who dwell in the swamps of the Neck. They are formidable guerrilla fighters, famous for their resistance against House Frey and Ironborn incursions. Despite their isolation, they are extremely loyal to the Starks. Along with the Northern Mountain Clans, Crannogmen noble houses were among the very few that remained openly loyal to the Starks, after [[spoiler:the Boltons toppled them in the Red Wedding.]] For tropes relating to them see [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseReed House Reed character page]]

The Crannogmen are an elusive people who dwell in the swamps of the Neck. They are formidable guerrilla fighters, famous for their resistance aganist House Frey and Ironborn incursions. Despite their isolation, they are extremely loyal to the Starks. Along with the Northern Mountian Clans, Crannogmen noble houses were among the very few that remained openly loyal to the Starks, after [[spoiler:the Boltons toppled them in the Red Wedding.]] For tropes relating to them see [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseReed House Reed character page]]

The Crannogmen are an elusive people who dwell in the swamps of the Neck. They are formidable gureilla fighters, famous for their resistance aganist House Frey and Ironborn incursions. Despite their isolation, they are extremely loyal to the Starks. Along with the Northern Mountian Clans, Crannogmen noble houses were among the very few that remained openly loyal to the Starks, after [[spoiler:the Boltons toppled them in the Red Wedding.]] For tropes relating to them see [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseReed page]]

The Crannogmen are an elusive people who dwell in the swamps of the Neck. They are formidable gureilla fighters, famous for their resistance aganist House Frey and Ironborn incursions. Despite their isolation, they are extremely loyal to the Starks. Along with the Northern Mountian Clans, Crannogmen noble houses were among the very few that remained openly loyal to the Starks, after [[spoiler:the Bolton toppled them in the Red Wedding.]] For tropes relating to them see [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseReed page]]

The Crannogmen are an elusive people who dwell in the swamps of the Neck. They are formidable gureilla fighters, famous for their resistance aganist House Frey and Ironborn incursions. Despite their isolation, they are extremely loyal to the Starks. Along with the Northern Mountian Clans, Crannogmen noble houses were among the very few that remained openly loyal to the Starks, after [[spoiler:the Bolton toppled them in the Red Wedding.]] For tropes relating to them see [[Characters/ASongofIceAndFire House Reed page]]

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Similar to the Dothraki, the Basilisk Isles Corsairs are key players of the Essosi Slave Trade. They commonly abduct Naathi, Sothoryi, and Summer Islanders in coastal raids, and sell them off to Free City and Slavers' Bay slave markets. The Corsairs also enslaved a number of Roynar refugees, after Queen Nymeria refused to deliever a handful of their children as tribute.

* {{Pirate}}: Piracy is the hat of the Basilisk Islanders. They often attack trade ship of the Free Cities, and raid the coasts of Naath and the Summer Islands for slaves.

There are sparse populations of First Men in Westeros that have partially assimilated into the culture of Westeros. There are two distinct groups of mountain clans, which are the petty lords of the Northern Mountain Clans who serve the Lords of Winterfell, and the Vale Mountain Clans living in the Mountains of the Moon, which are anti-feudal and isolationists who deny the authority of the Eyrie. For the Northern Mountain Clans, see [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireNorthernHouses the Northern Houses page]]; for the Vale Mountain Clans, see their section at [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireOtherWesterosi the Other Westerosy character page]].

They are the inhabitants of the Island of Skagos. Skagosi are extremely isolated from the rest of the North. Culturally and technologically speaking, Skagosi are much closer to Freefolk then they are to their fellow Northmen. Theoretically they answer to Winterfell, but the Skagosi rule themselves de facto. Rumors persisit that they practice cannibalism.

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindofEvil: Similar to the Dothraki, the Basilisk Isles Corsairs are key players of the Essosi Slave Trade. They commonly abduct Naathi, Sothoryi, and Summer Islanders in coastal raids, and sell them off to Free City and Slavers' Bay slave markets. The Corsairs also enslaved a number of Roynar refugees, after Queen Nymeria refused to deliever a handful of their children as tribute.

* SlaveryIsaSpecialKindofEvil: Similar to the Dothraki, the Basilisk Isles Corsairs are key players of the Essosi Slave Trade. They commonly abduct Naathi, Sothoryi, and Summer Islanders in coastal raids, and sell them off to Free City and Slavers' Bay slave markets. The Corsairs also enslaved a number of Roynar refugees, after Queen Nymeria refused to deliever a handful of their children as tribute.

* Equal-OpportunityEvil: The population of the Basilisk Isles has been described as "escaped slaves, slavers, skinners, whores, hunters, brindled men, and worse."

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The population of the Basilisk Isles has been described as "escaped slaves, slavers, skinners, whores, hunters, brindled men, and worse."

* AlwaysaBiggerFish: The Corsairs themselves are occasionally the targets of ambitious Ironborn kings and captains.

* ArmyofThievesandWhores: The population of the Basilisk Isles has been described as "escaped slaves, slavers, skinners, whores, hunters, brindled men, and worse."