#yneslea

Padomaic Leaders, by Feivelyn

From Left to Right: The King of Yneslea, the Prince of Esroniet and the Governor of Cathnoquey.

The Esri and Ynesai, each with a long, proud and storied history, claim descent from the Men of Akavir (AKA the original tsaesci) who fled the onslaught of the snakemen that drove them from their own continent. Their monarchs are represented here. The Keptu-Quey and Chimeri-Quey are far more aloof about their history, though their names lend clear credence to a tamrielic origin, and possess no unifying figurehead among them. The Governor of Cathnoquey is an Imperial Official of Cyrodiilic birth, charged with overseeing both the Empire’s financial interests and its relations with the local peoples- A task made more difficult by the brute excesses of Uriel V’s invasion, which still looms large over the Isles even centuries later.

The Padomaic Isles are the unjustly subjugated colonies of an Empire in terminal decay. While the Quey peoples as of yet seem to accept the Empire’s rule, the Yneslean Isles remain only loosely under its control, and the Prince of Esroniet has all but subverted its authority, forcing its institutions to heel in the absence of strong oversight from Cyrodiil.

“In general, the Echmer are very mistrustful of magic. In their eyes, it was dangerous and forbidden magic learned from the gods that caused the Deep Folk to disappear from the Mundus and leave them behind amongst the ashes.” 

“This event spurred the early bat elves to place regulations on the use of the arcane arts within the archipelago as their civilization developed, such as mage registration, but it was the “Gift of Hrahndeyl” that placed the greatest emphasis on the need. When the goddess-sage of the Echo Folk granted her people their greatest wish—to have their souls attuned and therefore sent to the Black-Welkin (the Void) upon death—it made the Echmer and Yneslea as a whole more prone to otherworldly possessions and attacks. This resulted in the need for individuals who could help prevent and defend the population from this danger, and thus, several grand orders of righteous witch-hunters and salt-wielding exorcists were born.”

Yneslea is a large Archipelago in the Padomaic Sea, east even of Morrowind, in between Tamriel and Akavir. It, along with the other islands of the Padomaic Sea, were conquered by Emperor Uriel V in his failed conquest of Akavir. Where the Emperor met a race unseen by the people of Tamriel since the Battle Of Red Mountain. 

The Echmer were created by the Eastward Dwemer, the Noraken Clan, as a servant force, eventually inheriting the great brass cities of their masters after the Battle Of Red Mountain. 

Today the Echmer have abandoned the Steam of the Dwemer in exchange of Gala, a product of the remains of the Earthbones not unlike fossil fuels. The Echmer are a studious and private people, open to outsiders but eager to keep their traditions to themselves. They have a great love of order and hierarchy, though not so much as to keep them from spontaneity. And while observing the Aedra and Daedra care little for the distinction between them, separating them instead into the Dead-Gods, Birth-Gods, Keeping-Gods, Wraith-Gods, and Effigy-Gods, all born of P’hanoikhei. They also practice Ancestor Worship, headed by a living god not unlike the Tribunal, who was once a mortal Echmer, a traveller goddess named Hrahndeyl.

The Bug-Goblins of the Yneslean Archipelago, good-natured and even-tempered, the Hyu-Ket were the Goblins that followed the Velothi Exodus east past Tamriel. Once enslaved to the Echmer, they were freed by the Treaty Of Redress in 3E 4. Since that time many have returned to the surface where they once lived, rejoining the many Hyu-Ket tribes of the Archipelago. Though most have integrated into Imperial and Echmeri Colonies, as the colonies on the surface, after years of supporting only small groups, were unable to handle the influx of newly freed Hyu-Ket. It is accepted by most in the Hyu-Ket communities that most of their brothers and sisters either choose to or have to stay in the cities. While it is considered a great sadness the Hyu-Ket belief that everything that happens is fulfilling a grand purpose allows nearly all to accept this as a fact of life.

Hyu-Ket society is matriarchal. each tribe being led by a Chieftess, who is advised by the elders of the community and must serve as a direct conduit of Gol-Thek, the spirit of the Hyu-Ket. When a chieftess dies one is chosen from her living female relatives, or if none exist, one is elected by the elders. 

"I am the thought in your mind made verbal, the words just now reaching your tongue. I am Hrahndeyl, dear mortal, and I will have you know me well."  —Hrahndeyl