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I like it. I hadn't thought about migrating marauders before but it makes sense and there are tons of historical parallels. The Huns, Magyars, Mongols and other steppe horse tribes were all, in effect, migrating during their eras of territorial expansion. It wasn't always seasonal or round-trip, but it was migration. Several of the more warlike nomadic or semi-nomadic American plains indians like the Commanche and the Sioux also migrated frequently to follow the herds of American buffalo and that movement (and territoriality) often led to clashes with white homesteaders, miners, merchants, etc., often with deadly results for both parties.
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I'd recommend reading "Empires & Barbarians" by Peter Heather
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Empires-Barb...and+barbarians This is a really good study of "barbarian" migrations in the first Millenium, and there are lots of ideas that could be mined there.