Vrodkin (culture)
The Vrodkin come from the lands where the cold and misty forests of the north become hot and dry shrub. Originally refugees fleeing a paticulary bloody period in Sjalvolki history, they quickly found success in the isolated mountains of the south, becoming one the most numerous of Velos' followers. Cut off from the rest of Sjalvolki society, their language and customs became alien to those they once called brethren, incorporating yelps, howls and whistles into their tongue in order to take full advantage of their home's natural acoustics. Their isolation did not last forever. Greulokin marauders arrived, seeking to seize the region's rich mineral deposits for themselves. Despite numbering thrice as many as their overlords, the inhospitable terrain of their homeland and fractious nature of their clans rendered it impossible to release the Greulokin yoke. Their time came when for reasons unknown to them the Greulokin fell into civil war, leading to the dissolution of their once mighty realm.
Peace did not last for the Vrodkin, whilst many wished for a return to the life of their ancestors, the cruel winds of The Fog forced their people into a second exodus to lands unknown.