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They are said to be gifted in trade and commerce more than any other nation of Elondor, and many Sosks earn a livelihood as travelling merchants. They are likewise known for their great poetry, music, and theatre. | They are said to be gifted in trade and commerce more than any other nation of Elondor, and many Sosks earn a livelihood as travelling merchants. They are likewise known for their great poetry, music, and theatre. | ||
===Kattasians=== | ===Kattasians=== | ||
The Kattasians were once the largest of the Besokian peoples. They migrated west across the Reknayan mountains, founding many petty kingdoms beside the earlier Antarian inhabitants. Much of these early societies is lost in the later Olgish migrations into the Reknaya, but much of their culture is absorbed into that of the later Reknayan Olgs. One group, however, pushes further east, into the Geranian Heath, conquering the holy Kalparian city of Iamenna and from there much of Geran. The Yamenaens, and their Empire of Yamenna, will be a major force in the Bronze Age of Geran and Belkondíl and is the traditional archenemy of the classical Olgish heroes. The empire persists until the late Bronze Age, when it is overrun by the Wertians. | The Kattasians were once the largest of the Besokian peoples. They migrated west across the Reknayan mountains, founding many petty kingdoms beside the earlier Antarian inhabitants. Much of these early societies is lost in the later Olgish migrations into the Reknaya, but much of their culture is absorbed into that of the later Reknayan Olgs. One group, however, pushes further east, into the Geranian Heath, conquering the holy Kalparian city of Iamenna and from there much of Geran. The Yamenaens, and their Empire of Yamenna, will be a major force in the Bronze Age of Geran and Belkondíl and is the traditional archenemy of the classical Olgish heroes. The empire persists until the late Bronze Age, when it is overrun by the Wertians. Only few Kattasian groups remain, among them the Parkans and Wattites. | ||
The Kattasians are known for their metalworking, relentlessness, warfare, and curiosity, possibly an important influence in the development of early Aribelian culture. | The Kattasians are known for their metalworking, relentlessness, warfare, and curiosity, possibly an important influence in the development of early Aribelian culture. | ||
===Reknayans=== | ===Reknayans=== | ||
The Reknayans might be the most enigmatic of the Besokian peoples. They never travel very far from home, remaining in the Besokan Valley and its immediate surroundings. They are devoted to the soil that grows their rye, the sky that holds up their world, and their ancient mystic traditions. Their cult spans many monasteries in well-hidden mountain valleys, and they maintain an unbroken record of both secular and religious writings. One of the three majhor ethnicities of the free Reknaya, they rarely leave the safety of their home valleys, remaining reclusive and a mystery to most. | |||
==Andaro-Yenmic peoples== | ==Andaro-Yenmic peoples== | ||
===Andarians=== | ===Andarians=== | ||