Mórahalom people
 Portrait of a Mórahalom Csikós | |
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Imperial Standard, Tolna-Móra Dialect | |
| Religion | |
| Imperial Faith, traditional tribal religion, Jászapáti paganism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Csongrád, Ároktő, Tolna, Jászapáti |
The Mórahalom people (Vulgar Kutya Script: 
; Imperial Standard Pronunciation), known as the Mórahalom Tribe are an Imperial tribe native to the County of Mórahalom within the region of the Imperial East. They are considered to be apart of the Csongrad-Mórahalom tribal group, within the larger Sio tribal family. During the Proto-Imperial Era, they were concentrated and primarily resided in present-day northern Mórahalom and Csongrád. The Mórahalom live one of the harshest environments within the Empire, with the Tolna Mountain Range being their homeland.
During the Proto-Imperial Era, the Mórahalom people were culturally integrated with the Csongrád people. The Mórahalom lived in the highest parts of the area, while the Csongrád lived in the lower areas. The Mórahalom were nomadic and relied on either Csongrád agrarian products or animal products. They had very little impact on local history until the advent of the War of the Northern Coalition between various northern cultures and the westernmost Balaton Kingdom. The Mórahalom involved themselves and became part of the Northern Coalition. This included the participation within the war from Hadjuk, Mórahalom scouts and horsemen that were adepted to the harsher climates.
The Mórahalom and Csongrád have had a homogenous culture before the Unification Era. The Mórahalom stuck with their roots as mountainous people and now reside mainly in the Imperial North. The Mórahalom have since remained almost a rarity within the rest of the Empire, as the majority live alongside Csongrád monks. Mórahalom culture is distinct in that while it is somewhat separated from the more religious Csongrád culture, they still have a reverence towards the Meridian King. The Snout Festival is still an integral part of Mórahalom culture and the Hadjuk are still considered to be a cultural symbol.
Within Imperial Politics, the Mórahalom have no noble families and are barely involved in government activities. The Megyek of Mórahalom and its estates are administered solely by Csongrád noble families with very little oversight. The megyek is rather poor due to the Mórahalom's dependence on nomadic activity and as a result has very few settlements. The Mórahalom are typically conflated with a very ruralistic and traditional lifestyle. Linguistically speaking, Mórahalom still uses Ahrah'koonistic writing but speak a very similar dialect to the Jaszapati.
Terminology
Mórahalom people specifically points to two different meanings. Mórahalom people refers to those who belong to the Mórahalom tribe, and also refers specifically to those who live within the Megyek of Mórahalom regardless of genealogy. Historically during the era of the Northern Coalition, Mórahalom were typically referred to as the easternmost part of the country and was conflated as a term for those, "who live in mountains". The word Mórahalom's terminology is a reference to the Móra, the family that the hero Áder descended from.
Society
The Mórahalom people are adjusted to the very rugged, snowy and mountainous terrains that lack in natural resources. Before their integration into the Northern Coalition, most Mórahalom made their living as nomadic herders and mountaineers. This early Mórahalom society led to reliance on subsistence on pastoralism and animal farming. A lack of a proper agricultural industry or proper farming led to the Mórahalom having very few settled areas in the Proto-Imperial Era. Even after their integration into the Northern Coalition, the Mórahalom still relied on pastoralism and nomadic trading. Mórahalom society in contemporary still reflects a somewhat drive towards nomadicism. The Megye of Mórahalom has the smallest population and the lowest amount of listed settlements of any other Megyek.
Clothing
Mórahalom clothing has been a flexible and changing system that is made to acclimate to the dangerous areas of the megye of Mórahalom.