Azars

The Azars are a human tribe or race who are the original inhabitants of the Azarian Archipelago (for whom it is named) and also parts of the island of Taijuria. Legend tells that they are descended from those among the People of The Ten Thousand Ships who despaired during the long flight to Achuirea and broke off from the main fleet, dropping out of the journey and settling on the islands the refugees were passing through. Another theory held by some scholars is that they are descended from Achuireans who colonized the isles much later, long after the great exile, spreading back out into the seas their ancestors had crossed in ages past. 
Legend also tells that in the following centuries, some among them interbred with the sea-elves whose secret havens were scattered through the isles, imbuing the Azarian race with a touch of elvish blood that is still with them today. This may or may not be true, but it is certainly true that over the millennia the Azars have mixed and intermarried with many other tribes and groups; now, the people of the isles may still be called "Azars" but they are in truth a melting pot of Sarcian, Turzene, Ullyr, Krennish, Belek, and Harunna blood mingled with that of the original Azar ancestry. 
Whether the original Azars were dissenters who split off during the flight of the Ten Thousand Ships or colonists who later set back out onto the seas from Achuirea, they were at first all certainly Rhantashani; ancient chronicles confirm this much. However, other cults have grown and spread among the Azars since then, just as they have mingled and intermarried with other peoples migrating into the isles over the centuries. Sarcian expansion into the archipelago has brought Utara-Vaati, and a sizable minority of the Azars have returned to the cult their distant ancestors abandoned. Krennish influence has spread the cult of the Khreianoa, and XXXXXXXXXXX
The most common language spoken by Azarians is their particular dialect of Chomarra; even after their divergence from the mainland Achuireans, continued trade contact and shared religious practices meant that the Azars kept a linguistic commonality with the mainlanders. However, the influence of later waves of Orithean merchants and seafarers coming from the west spread Tuvai among the islands as well, a trend that was reinforced with the expansion of Sarcian power through the archipelago. Both "eastern common" and "western common" are therefore now widespread in the islands, and in some places they have mingled (with additional influence from the Krennish dialect and various other sources) into an Azarian patois that is partially intelligible to a speaker of either Tuvai or Chomarra, but strange to the ears of both.
Etymology: The name of the Azars comes from an archaic Tuvai root 'azai' or 'azii', meaning 'island' (cf. Azhir); thus Azars or Azarians originally meant simply "islanders."