Jakana (culture)
The Jakana are the eastern branch of the Nakahanii people, who had arrived to the Night Coast in the Aukalion Tutil of the 7th century. The Jakana trace their roots to the supporters of Mo'an 'the Blind', one of the three rival pretenders that emerged in the succession crisis that followed the murder of King Kaiatu 'the Navigator' and the monarch's most trusted advisor in life.
Among the greatest astromancers on all of Aeras, their knowledge of the night sky is practically unmatched, and their star lore is so extensive that it could fill a small library. Staunchly conservative and isolationist, the Jakana have adhered to their forefathers' way of life the most of all the Nakahanii - though this is not to say that their culture has remained completely static. Over the centuries, practitioners of astrological magic have gone from respected to practically venerated, and they have effectively slipped into magocratic rule.