Zebra History

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Zebras, due to their tribal nature, do not have a fixed history. Each tribe has unwritten records of their own tribe's history, transferred from shaman to shaman through the generations. Most of these stories are told in impressing dances using ritualistic masks. Though the verbal nature of these gives an impression of folk tales rather than actual historical facts. Many tribes have conflicting versions of the same historic details, mainly tribal wars and many stories have all sorts of perspectives depending from which tribes you hear it from.

It is established that the Zebra territories have been disturbed by many, Dragons, Equiterians, Diamond Dogs... There are many ruins scattered in the jungle and Savannah that used to belong to Dragons and their packs of Gnolls. Other ruins have been traced back to the Equiterian Empire. It seemed that both the dragons and the Equiterian Empire have tried to cultivate the Zebras from nomadic tribal culture to a structural civilization at some point but any such settlements were immediately abandoned with their masters gone.

To this day Zebras treat such ruins with great trepidation, disturbing such ancient places is an affront to the ancestors. Superstitious Zebra also avoid the undead at any cost, either believing they are an abomination in the eyes of the ancestors or angry spirits come to punish the Zebras for their sins.

Recently Equestria has built a colony called Neighroby by the locals, a mission to spread the pony ways, unlike dragons and Equiterians this mission allows any zebra to enter freely and leave freely if they are not interested in learning, which has raised much interest among the weaker and more vulnerable tribes. Many Zebras have helped to make Neighroby into a thriving mission city, allowing the tribes to trade their crafts for food even in the worst dry seasons. Most tribes try not to bite the hoof that feeds them so to say and keep away from raiding the city.

Recently however, with the emergence of the Ghost Tribe rumors, many tribes have become desperate and conducted raids on the Neighroby stores to stock up for the coming war, other tribes have gone into hiding in the ruins and many used this chaotic time to prey on other tribes while they are scared and vulnerable.

So far Neighroby itself has not had to deal with the mysterious Ghost Tribe. But rumors among the Zebra tell that the Blood Fang Pack has been conducting a vicious campaign against the terrible invaders, purposely or accidentally protecting the Zebra tribes from the Ghost Tribe's wrath.