Étrandanexi (culture)
The Étrandanexi (an Aversarian bastardization of the Chevalien word for 'outlander') are the descendents of the ancient Marcher colonists in Kalathipsomi that 'controlled' the region until the Aversarian victory in the Marcher-Aversarian Wars. While technically defeated, shrewd politicking and outright lying (Marcher lords oft claiming to rule wide swathes of land while in reality controlling little outside their castle doors) led to the Marcher settlers not only retaining their power but also growing it massively. Benefiting greatly from extermination campaigns against the native clans by the Legions, the Marchers would politic their way into controlling half of Kalathipsomi through treaties that led to Kalathipsomi's governorship being split between a permanent Marcher seat and Aversarian one. Thereafter, the Étrandanexi would form, an eclectic mix of Marcher and Aversarian culture that quickly earned a reputation for robbing and pillaging traveling merchants endlessly and extorting those few native tribes that survived for profit. The Étrandanexi would even become highly looked down upon in Chevalie itself, blatantly using slave labor and participating in the slave trade despite the teachings of the Lifepath, though no Marcher has ever been able to turn away from a good profit...