Han Tribe

Biodata

History

When Luo Chong first became involved with the tribe, it was a small cave-dwelling community of 52 living members. It had only eight adult men, limited hunting capacity, and had just lost its Chieftain. Luo Chong introduced fishing, allowing the group to catch more than 200 fish in a single day and securing a major new food source 6.

By the time new members were being accepted, Luo Chong was recognized as Chieftain. He gave newcomers hairstyles and names, treating their adoption into the tribe as a formal inclusion rather than a temporary alliance 14. The tribe soon began storing food, firing pottery and bricks, and raising newly acquired Dinophants and Blue Antelopes ahead of winter 36. Luo Chong then initiated charcoal production, clay molds, furnaces, and leather bellows for bronze smelting 38.

As the population grew, Luo Chong replaced the tribe's earlier loose structure with a centralized system. Members from more than a dozen former tribes received surnames, clan members were forbidden from marrying within the same surname, and households were separated into family units while the broader communal economy continued 126. The Chieftain retained final authority, while Elders and Shamans became advisors and Patriarchs administered assigned groups directly under Luo Chong's command 126.

Population and Expansion

Governance and Culture

• Centralized rule — Luo Chong serves as the supreme decision-maker. Patriarchs hold delegated administrative power, while Elders and Shamans may advise but cannot make binding decisions 126.
• Commandery administration — The Han Tribe develops a centralized territorial structure of commanderies and counties, unlike the Xin Tribe's suzerainty-style system of separately ruled subordinate states 641.
• Chinese Characters — The tribe's “totem” is revealed to be the Chinese character for Han, and Chinese Characters are taught as a system of symbols capable of representing anything 100 340.
• Education — The tribe constructs a three-story Teaching Building, establishes textile workshops, and later develops schools and research institutions 331 827.
• Merit and rank — Merit ranks replace earlier symbolic awards such as copper buckles. Advancement is tied to service and contribution 574 644.
• Integration policy — New groups are encouraged to join voluntarily, learn Chinese, adopt Han clothing and customs, and eventually receive household registration after proving their ability to live within Han society 572 667 1112.

Economy and Technology

Military

• The first professional standing army consists of one Gu, numbering 155 soldiers, equipped with standardized uniforms and weapons 286.
• Heavy Cavalry use long sabers, reinforced helmets, face masks, leather lamellar protection, and armored horses; they destroy a Xin Tribe trade caravan in a single charge 345 387.
• The tribe fields cavalry, infantry, guards, patrols, trade escorts, and intelligence personnel, including the Golden Crow Guard 740.
• Civilian weapon ownership is permitted: households may keep iron spears and longbows, while privately commissioned swords are allowed for personal use 628.
• The Han Tribe's military strength supports both trade security and territorial expansion, including campaigns against Commander Xin on Bamboo Island 481 753 919.

External Relations

• Luo Chong — Chieftain and architect of the tribe's centralized government, technological development, military expansion, and assimilation policies 126 827.
• You Tribe — Formerly nomadic information traders; their Chieftain You Fu voluntarily brought the tribe into the Han Tribe after seeing its wealth, stability, ox carts, and food supply 572.
• Xin Tribe — Initially a trading and diplomatic counterpart on Bamboo Island. Han envoys later established permanent stations, supplied technology, promoted currency, and prepared for conflict with Commander Xin 626 740 753.
• Tang Tribe — Developed ties through Tohai Commandery; Tang Ji ultimately chose to join the Han Tribe, while Luo Chong's marriage to Tang Yao was intended to ensure the Tang Tribe's smooth integration 753 1113.
• White House Tribe — Worked for the Han Tribe near Chengkang Commandery and was offered houses, land, livestock, protection, and eventual membership 1100 1101.
• Youqiao Clan — More than a dozen villages joined after Ye Ying offered housing, land, farming instruction, breeding techniques, and integration into Han society 1143.

Territorial Development

• Hanyang City serves as an early urban center, distinguished by blue-brick walls, a moat, workshops, schools, livestock facilities, and organized public life 365 447.
• Tohai Commandery becomes a maritime frontier base across the Liuyang River from the Tang Tribe, supporting land reclamation, winter planting, shipborne trade, and population absorption 701 702.
• Qiongzhou Island is incorporated after the defeat of Commander Xin; it later consists of six Han commanderies 919 920.
• By the tractor era, the Han Tribe has occupied transportation hubs, fertile grain regions, and strategic resources across thousands of miles through city-building and resettlement 1036.

Notable Quote

“Those who offend the mighty Han will be punished, no matter how far away.” 753