Itrusics

Itrusics (singular Itrusic) are an ethnic group of people native to the northwesternmost reaches of the continent of Truyea, from the land around the present-day cities of Caelum, Enerin, and Greenhorn. They speak the Itrusic language, with an overwhelming majority also speaking Sevician to one degree or another. The Itrusic people have existed for thousands of years, with records of Itrusic writings and stories dating back to at least 2000 B.S. The history of the Itrusic people is vague and not commonly known; the Sevician writer Cyppian claims that the Itrusic people formed a number of warring kingdoms that fought over the western land of Sevicia for hundreds of years before the unification of the Sun King Tigrus.
Itrusic people trace their roots back so far that many believe them to be the original people on the continent of Truyea, long before any other ethnic group. Itrusic mythology is centred around the Gaetan Mountains, and the belief that when the Old Gods created the world and all the things in it, the Itrusic people were among the First Beings, formed high in the mountains so that they could be closer to the gods. Mythological stories usually contain a version of history whereby the Itrusic people came down from the mountains and settled in the grasslands below, thus making western Sevicia their ancestral home.
The majority of Itrusic people reside in Sevicia, though there are also significant ethnic populations in Duscador, Erenna, the Shimmering Isles, and Manos, with small pockets concentrated in far off lands as well. Itrusics are the second largest ethnic group in Sevicia, after ethnic Sevicians, with a population of more than 5 million, including a handful of governors, politicans, and military commanders, and even a number of former Imperators.
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