Yatuski

Sentry, the last Yatuski.

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### Religions

Yatuski Pantheon - A shamanistic and spiritual religion with ancestor and god worship. It had a small pantheon of Gods but were open to other pagan faiths.

### Major Realms

Various intermediate-sized tribes scattered throughout the Cortarion Mountains.

## Misc. Information

### Based On

Fantasy Barbarians and the ancient Illyrians.

The **Yatuski** were a transhumance people who inhabited the mountainous regions of **Cortarion**, back then known as **Yatu**. They were a thriving barbarian civilization that were eventually defeated in a series of brutal wars at the hands of the **Minotavurs**.

The surviving Yatuski then settled in the coastal region of Daltanova, back then known as Daltos, and developed new cultures after mixing with the ancient inhabitants in the area. Various tribes have Yatuski ancestry, but the most known are the **Borbati**, the **Rosund**, the **Serkos** and the **Artar**. The **Borbati** are considered to be the most related to the Yatuski.

There's only one known surviving Yatuski in Gea, the immortal warrioress **Sentry**.

## History

### **Ancient Era**

The **Yatuski** are believed to be the descendants of an unknown nomadic tribe that roamed the greater steppe for several generations during the **Forgotten Era**. The first written records of the Yatuski was in 3 AE, when had arrived to the Cortarion mountains led by Queen Bilka I, and battled with the **Thraxians**. An ancient human civilization that had developed several large city states across the mountains and the rivers leading down to **Lykos**.

#### **Yatuski-Thraxian War**

The first attacks against the Thraxians started with the raid and pillaging of the city of Tolis. Due to the war-like culture of the Thraxians, they did not attempt to establish diplomatic channels with the Yatuski. The Yatu carried several other attacks against the Thraxian cities, including the sacred city of Saleli, which was desecreated and its vestal priest forced to marry the daughter of Queen Bilka I.

**Andronikos**, ruler of the city of Sapfo, led a force of 2.000 peltasts alongside 500 **Bythan** mercenaries against the growing number of Yatuski barbarians. With his relatively small force he lead various succesful campaigns against the tribal Yatuski until he was ambushed in Chontakou, the smallest mountain in Cortarion, by a force of 1.000 Yatuski barbaries, 500 Dwezgaz mercenaries and 100 Centaur archers. The ambush was brutal and ended with the death of Andronikos. Nearly all peltasts were slaughtered and the survivors were enslaved, around a hundred Bythian mercenaries survived and escaped, leaving the Thraxians to their fate.

After a series of brutal raids and conquests, 21 of the 34 cities part of the **Thraxian League** were destroyed or conquered by the Yatuski. The remaining cities then offered tribute to the **Kingdom of Lykos** in exchange for protection, this meant the dissolution of the Thraxan League. The war between the Yatuski and the Thraxians lasted 9 months and was considered to be a brutal conflict that claimed nearly a million souls.

#### **Age of Prosperity**

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**Yatuski-Lykossian War**

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**Yatuski-Minotavur War**

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**Fall of the Kingdom of Yatu**

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