The Matsuge tribe is a small group of loosely associated clans of hunter/gatherers. They roam the forests west of the Plains of Bhuma, eking out a living in the dense thickets of pines and scrub oak sandwiched between the population centers of the grasslands and the desolate ice farther to the west. The population is almost exclusively descended from Felis silvestris. Few strangers venture beyond the fringes of Matsuge territory, and even fewer are ever considered worthy of adoption.