Waniqlan

The Waniqlan are a small nation located in the Salan Bay of Western Magnamia, southeast of the Armored Mountains. Since establishing the settlement, Pruhon-U, in what was the Salan lowlands during the Age of Unification, the Waniqlan have maintained an isolationist style of living. Like many other groups during the period, they had been seeking somewhere to escape the constant threat of war tribes and establish a sedentary settlement. But unlike most other tribes, they moved into the Salan lowlands knowing that the region flooded yearly, making it nearly impossible to settle in. The Waniqlan however started their small village atop a lone hill near the mouth of The Long Wash River and expanded by creating structures that could float and would rise with the water every year.

Over time the lowlands turned to marsh wetlands and their village became permanently afloat. The Waniqlan were able to adapt quickly though and their village prospered in the new marsh climate. Even as the Salan lowlands region became a dense marshland that was difficult to traverse unless properly suited, the Waniqlan remained as they believed the site of their village and its temple they constructed at its beginning to be sacred. This only increased their isolation from the other growing nations but also ensured their safety. The only dealings with the outside world until after the Period of Destruction was trading with Yantua after the newly founded Expanse nation reached out to them when they began to traverse the Magnamian western coast by ship. Eventually the two would be connected by one of the first constructed trade roads and became great allies of each other.

Like the Yantuans, the Waniqlan follow the faith of Navagos, the sea god, and always have which has over time grown deeper and stronger. It was this mutual belief that strengthened the bond with Yantua and prompted trade between the two groups despite Yantua's population branching out into new religious beliefs by the time they had met.