Here is a list of what can be used as Carmanian metaphors. Since Carmanian history is filled with profound events, some of the more remarkable ones are bound to have survived to be standard expressions in the present day. For instance, an American may attribute a trusted friend to be as honest as Abe Lincoln.

These are basic forms of expression which can be embellished as the speaker seems fit, depending on the context. A miserly trader can be as difficult to deal with as the Wolf People of the Janube, for example, or a long story of one's exploits can end with a statement of how that person was as victorious in his struggles as Cartavar at Yuthuppa.
 

THE WOLF PEOPLE OF THE JANUBE - Difficult to deal or negotiate with.

SYRANTHIR AND HIS IRON BLADE - Denial of one's past, or refusal to feel remorse over past deeds.

THE TEN THOUSAND AT LAKE ORONIN - The act of aiding someone, not out of charity, but to make them indebted to you.

SYRANTHIR AT CASTLE BLUE - Lost or mysteriously absent.

THE WANDERINGS OF SYRANTHYR - Soul searching.

CARMANOS AND THE BRASS MOUNTAIN LION - Achieving maturity or glory.

GLAUTORUS AND SWAN - Self punishment to the extreme.

A GAME OF RAVENKAAZ WITH SHAH SURANDAR - Manipulating your enemies to fight each other - productive treachery.

CARSHANDAR'S BEDROOM - Top-notch harem or marriage arrangement.

KABASH OF THE BRIGHT EMPIRE - Proof that good upbringing does not always mean good people.

ASACAR AND THE BLACK DOGS - Downfall or fitting punishment of the treacherous.

CARMANDAR AT THE FIELDS OF DARJIIN - Utmost sorrow and self-pity.

AMMAS IN THE YOLP MOUNTAINS - Isolation, loneliness.

KADASH AND MASSANDAR - Unproductive or unloving relationship.

CARTAVAR AT YUTHUPPA - Complete victory, bloodless surrender.

CARTAVAR AT RAIBANTH - As above, but with undesired consequences.