DJENLING
A race of horned imps who have made their homes within the peaks of the Karkenzithe Mountains and the rolling grasslands of the Piyaqu Steppe. Amongst their population, there exists four major ethnic groups - their nomadic lifestyles being one of the only commonalities they share with one another. Despite reigning as the second largest population upon the conitnent, the Djenling are severly hindered by inner turmoil that plagues their houses, divided by political lines and religious, and irreligious, differences. This being said, the technological innovations by the Djenling, namely those of Yanta-Yuri, cannot be understated with even the forces of the Angelirium being wary of striking their ire.
KARKENZITHE DJENLING (2024)
Hailing from the Karkenzithe Mountains, these Djenling are famed for being able to traverse high altitudes with little to no issue for both the frigid temperatures along with depleted oxygen - their lot sometimes being employed as mountaineers. They are known to herd a variety of animals, mainly Flots - traveling up and down the mountain slopes as the seasn demands. Their mountainous lifestyle has impacted them beyond culture, affecting them physically as well; the Karkenzithe Djenling being the shortest of the all the Djenling groups. This in turn has also pushed them to utilize extremely long rifles (perhaps in compensation of their stature). Suffice to say, Karkenzithe sharpshooters have been known to shoot at predators stalking their herds from miles away with these rifles.
OUTLANDER DJENLING (2024)
Djenling have a natural wanderlust that comes to them because of their nomadic origins, many seeking to carve their own paths away from the greater groups. While the Yanta-Yuri’s claim to fame is the massive landship, of the same name; smaller landship-nations exists across the central regions of Sucra-Loca - operating under their own customs and laws, flying their own banners. Culturally, I based the Djenling off of Argentinians and Uruguayans - from the Mapuche to the Gaucho. This particular Djenling is a bounty hunter played by my friend Kealey. And no, I didn’t draw the revolver too big - the H’atun Revolver fires a .729 caliber ball - it’s supposed to be real big!
PIYAQU STEPPE DJENLING (2024)
The Piyaqu Steppes (Piyaqu being the Djenq word for “wild”) are a rugged and lawless place - but life manages, somehow. The Djenling of the land have adapted themselves to a life of ranching and animal husbandry as not much beyond grass grows here. They are skilled in horsemanship, using their mounts to great effect - both for their livestock, but also against those who they deem as trespassers against the tribal confederacies of the realm. Money here has little value beyond jewelry or trinkets, animals and their fur being the primary trade good - with severe punishments being reserved for rustlers and horse thieves. While my primary focus was southern hemisphere groups for cultural inpsiration - I actually took a great deal of influence from the Cossacks of 16th centuray Poland.
YANTA-YURI DJENLING (2023)
The Djenling of Yanta-Yuri are the most recent of the Djenling subgroups to have come into being. Once known to be a group of outcasts, these Djenling were set upon by various groups across the ages, like the ancestors of the Khuzang’aro and, most recently, the Idro - forced to work within the great war foundries and factories. Animosity grew within these Djenling, animosity against the Idro and the ideologies that they had pushed, endorsing the Djenlings’ enslavement. After a decade-long revolution, the Djenling were able to grasp their freedom and created the landship Yanta-Yuri, which has wrought havoc upon the Trenchscape for several hundred years.
YANTA-YURI DJENLING (2024)
Antitheism is the reigning ideology of the Yanta-Yuri, believing either that the gods are a falsehood entirely or merely that
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