How Most Diomedeans Live

War Of The Wing-Men, IX.

Lannachska Diomedeans, like Ythrians, are:

"...primarily hunters..." (p. 56)

- living in almost independent groups over a wide area with:

few craftsmen;

everyone able to make his own tools;

exerting themselves spasmodically when hunting;

but not needing to toil all day;

no economic need for bosses or overseers;

small matrilineal clans;

the Flock mainly necessary for survival during migration or war.

However, migration limits population and selects for pro-survival qualities:

storm

exhaustion

sickness

barbarians

wild animals

cold 

famine

Extreme seasonal changes necessitate migration which has become linked to procreation.