ALPHA
CENTAURI
Someone
couldn't resist the name...
Alpha Centauri is the name given to the island where the Centaurs reside. These half-human, half-equine creatures control a fairly small island of mixed woodland and plains, linked to the eastern coastline of Erythia by a very narrow causeway, and have done so for over a thousand years.
The Centaurs are organised into tribal camps, with no two tribes really interfering in each other's business. These camps are semi-permanent enclosures which really do not tend to stay in the same place for long, although certain areas are usually occupied as they are the best defensive areas in the small area that the tribe has control.
Each tribe tends to have a Herd Leader, picked from the males by jousting or archery contests, depending on the tribal preference for fighting techniques.
When attacked, the centaurs do not even bother to defend it, preferring instead to harry invaders much as their allies the Nomads do in the Plains, with charges that then break off following a great deal of horse archery that bamboozles and angers opponents.
Alpha Centauri was gifted to the Centaurs by those that sympathised with their transformation from men to monsters. The Centaurs maintain close alliances with the elves and nomads that helped them reach Alpha Centauri after their transformation, but generally have a fairly isolationist culture.