Yenkees

Were a group of people who inhabited the northeastern region of Maar'Ka at the northernmost areas of the subcontinent Tlantika. A diverse group of people, they were united by their common Yenkee language, which evolved from the Northeastern dialects of Ancient English. The Yenkees were known for their love of freedom and individual expression,and they worshipped a pantheon of Gods known as the Founders. Like their Deksee neighbors to the south, the Yenkees largely lived in a tribal society until their conquest.

The Yenkees were divided into two broad groups, the Mainland Yenkees of Penzlyvana and N'Oyrk, and the Insular Yenkees on the islands of N'Anglynd and Upstadt. The mainland Yenkees traditionally based their society more around Agriculture, Hunting, and trade with neighboring cultures, and lived in more organized chiefdoms which built large Hill-forts, while the Insular Yenkees lived in society almost entirely based around fishing around their coastal homelands, and lived in much smaller independent tribes based around small coastal villages.

The Mainland Yenkees and all of the Insular Yenkees besides the Brunzwyker tribes of the far north of N'Anglynd were conquered by the Khagoan empire and largely civilized. Under Khagoan rule the Yenkee tribes began to abandon their old ways of life and settle in Khagoan established towns, cities, and estates. Here they adopted many aspects of Khagoan culture, whilst still retaining their Yenkee identity. They developed their own more complex forms of architecture with Khagoan engineering, and maintained their staunch sense of independence. However this yearning for freedom led the Yenkees of N'Anglynd to rise up against their Khagoan occupiers, leading to their defeat in the N'Anglynder uprising.