Ibavi or Ibavini were the inhabitants of Ibav. They were a fiercely conservative and moralistic nation with a very long and illustrious history, and did not appear to be closely related to any other people in the known world. Historically, Ibav was a strong absolute monarchy dominated by the priests of the Master of Darkness, but by the last millenium of the Third Age the nations was effectively ruled by the priesthood. Ibav was thus known as the Land of Dark Tradition because of the fierce devotion to their faith and their xenophobic isolationism.