Kolyradans

Were the people native to the mountainous lands of Kolyrado. They were the original adherents to the Archivist Religion, which they adopted shortly after the emergence of the ancestors of the Wise Ones from the Ark. At first glance they were a simple people who raised sheep in the valleys, and lived in villages and cities carved straight into the sides of their homelands many mountains. But the Kolyradans were unique because their religion placed immense importance on the preservation of knowledge, and their priests knew how to read the language of the ancients, Anglish. However, outside the priesthood the Kolyradan dialect of Mountaineer was used by the general population.

The Kolyradans managed to protect their strange religion from numerous outsiders over the centuries, but they were finally conquered by Chikago. After a rebellion against the Empire, the legions destroyed their Holy city of Ark Mount, the Kolyradans were forced to flee their homeland in what became known as the Scattering. The Scattering forced the Kolyradans to live among the various peoples of the empire, and eventually their native language faded away as they adopted the local ones. But the Kolyradans all maintained their Archivist Religion, and the Sacred Anglish language, and eventually the descendants of the Kolyradans began to spread Archivism to the masses.