Omarshin Barbarians (Days After Chaos)

History
This outlines and details the history of the regions of the Omarshin Barbarians.

Ancient History
Little is known of the ancient history of the fields and hills of Omarshin. It was once a land named 'Kentucky' or 'Indiana', wherever you were in the tribe. The areas have interesting buildings, though no one knows who built them, or why.

Chaos
The major cities of Omarshin, which are now some of the only inhabited places, were hit by the chaos relatively hard. The people, disorganized, fearful, and full of rage and sorrow, fled the cities into the countryside. A family in the country side, known as the 'Omars', lived on a horse ranch, which were common throughout the area. The Omars were notorious for not getting along with their fellow ranchers. When chaos came, they rode their horses to their rivals, slaughtering them with farm tools and stealing their horses. Those who were not killed were forced to serve the Omar family. Bradley Omar, who was the head of the Omar family, contacted one of his few ranching buddies, Richard Prendergast. They agreed to form a single ranching operation, with Bradley at the helm. As they soon came to realize, though, the world would not be continuing on normally after chaos. Their effort to increase profits lead to them just owning a bunch of fields with horses. As people fled to the country from the cities, many were caught by the Omars and Prendergasts, forcing them to work or die. The world then deteriorated into a state of utter madness, and everything seemed to be going backwards instead of forwards.

After Chaos
Omar and Prendergast both realized they needed to have a military, as another group that formed around the area began to move in. They gave some of the older families the ability to work as a militia for Omarshin. The militia managed to steer Omarshin away from danger temporarily. Some of the workers began a revolt against the Omars and Prendergasts. Omar's farm was raided by the revolters, but the heavy militia presence stopped them. The Prendergast farm was then attacked, and taken. Richard Prendergast was taken prisoner, only to have his head cut off. The revolters then took Prendergast farm, and made it completely independent from the Omarshins. However, many of the Omar workers that didn't revolt had ideas of it inside of them. Bradley quickly decided to stop making the workers essentially be slaves. They were given some actual living areas, and rights. Omar then used his militia to move into other regions. He wanted everyone's mindset to be on expansion and work. Bradley Omar eventually died, only taking a very small portion of the land he hoped to take. His son, Aaron Omar, took over. The much younger ruler decided to organize things. He went to a chiefdom system. His family would remain the head of the nation, but the other elites, like the remaining Prendergasts, were made into the High Council. The system almost worked as the Omar chiefs being the executives, and the Prendergast councilors being the legislators. Aaron, however, now living in a world that has gone backwards in time, is faced with becoming self-sufficient instead of relying on the old world's things. The relatively little supplies they had in the current Omarshin tribe was inadequete for self-sufficiency. Aaron decided to go with his father's expansion plan, and expanded outwards into the abandoned cities, and making it, eventually, into southern Indiana.

However, the horse-back militia was stopped by a force in Lexington, which turned out to be the independent Prendergast ranch. They had formed their own militia, and had made it to Lexington first. The small amount of troops there were quickly over run by the cavarly. This is often regarded as the Battle of Lexington, though it consisted of less than 100 men. After a while, expansion stopped due to lack of supplies and man power to keep the areas under control. They also didn't have enough people to move in and begin settling more areas. Eventually, a bull wandered into the Omar farm, now named Omars. The bull ransacked the place, and killed two workers. Aaron immediately sent two of his guards to kill it. The bull fought them with courage and strength, managing to trample and nearly kill one, while stunning another. They managed to kill it by striking it's head with one of their makeshift pikes. The bull's head was cut off, and the blood spilled over the fields. Aaron, after seeing the courage and strength of the bull, decided to do something about it. He began preaching to his soldiers how the bull never gave up, even though it was tired, and beaten. He said they should be like that bull, never giving up. They took this literally, and began acting like the bulls, affixing horns of bulls to their helmets and shoulders. They then went against the rebels in the Prendergast farm again, with this newfound courage. They managed to kill many of the rebels, while taking little casualties themselves. Survivors fled, calling them 'barbarians'. Soldiers began saying 'Beware the Horn', referring to themselves. They began worshipping the horns and bulls. They said that having horns with you make you lucky, powerful, and brave. They also said the bull was a divine animal. Aaron adopted this new religion, making it the official one. He called it 'Bullhorn'. The name stuck.

The horn became implemented as apart of the Omarshin culture. Bulls were then sacrificed to have their blood spilled on soldier's armor, making it red. This also stained the clothes of the soldiers, and got onto their skin. Red cloth became the standard thing to wear, and the Omarin people earned the nickname 'Red Devils' by those they fought, or those who saw them. Aaron soon died, who had become a loved ruler by all. His son was the first who had been born without knowledge of the old world, all of which had been forgotten except in tales by the elders. The boy, by the name of Francis, began his rule by expanding a bit more. After encountering hostile states, he decided to stop all expansion. He decided that instead of gaining materials by expanding, they would instead take it from others. This made the army of Omarshin spread out around the surrounding area, pillaging what they needed, or wanted. This further added to their reputation as the 'Red Devils'. After a small encounter with a nearby state, the riders were beaten, and a small bit of land in Indiana was taken by them. A truce was signed, which assured no more violence between the two entities.

Division of Government
The government is headed by an executive branch, the Omar Chiefs. There is also a legislative/judicial branch, called the Council. The Council is made up of two different houses. There is the High Council, and the Lower Council. The High Council has more power than the Lower, with the ability to override anything they judge or try to pass. The Lower Council is bigger than the Higher, and is the only one who can make decisions. The Chiefs can also make decisions without consulting the Council. The Chiefs can also override any thing the Council says. Leading the Chiefs is the Chief himself, who is the direct descendant of Bradley Omar. They also must be the first born male.

Division of State
The Chiefdom is categorized into four regions in order of size, from largest to smallest: Omars (Kentucky), Evans (Indiana), Hunting (West Virginia), and Ports (Ohio). Each one has a group of elites, their number depending on the size of the region. Omars gets four, Evans gets three, Hunting gets two, and Ports gets one. They comprise the Lower Council. After five years in the Lower Council, they are promoted to the High Council, except one from each region. Omars gets three, Evans gets two, Hunting gets one, and Ports does not get a High Council representative. After five years, they must retire for their successors from the Lower Council. Each region is a whole, and remains a whole unless divided other wise. These four regions comprise of the nation. No region has it's own governing system, instead relying on a centralized system. A special case would be Omars. It is split into two, East Omars, and West Omars. Each receives a democratically elected Governor from the Omar family. This includes only sons of the former Chief that are not eligible for the throne.