Loxodonian Khanate

The Khanate covers a large expanse of Iradeth, and is comparable in size to Vendilyr--the two of which are second only to the Aenean Empire. Made up almost exclusively of the pachyderm race known as the Loxodon, they are a people almost constantly at war with themselves. Only invasion from the outside world has ever united the warlords together under a single banner. For much of the Khanate's history, they have been sovereign from foreign leaders. It was only the combined might of Alexander and Azazel that they were brought to heel before the might of the Illian Empire.

Independence was regained following the Vendilyrian Schism, and it did not take long before they returned to their warring ways. Culturally, they are similar to the Centauri Califate. They differ in that they are not a mobile people. Rather, each warlord occupies a single city within their given territory and other in times of war they do not recognize a single ruler. Religiously, they adhere to the Proximian Faith--one of the only remnants of Illian culture still alive within their own. Temples are recognized as sacred, and are used frequently as neutral ground for negotiating warlords.

The outside world tends not to involve intself in Khanate politics; they stay distracted with their own internal struggles and so do not frequently interfere in foreign affairs. The occassional warlord will raid into sovereign territory, though this is typically overlooked as any offensive action taken against one risks bringing the entire khanate to bare against the agitator.

In their culture, Loxodonian women act as peacetime leaders and are accepted as most wise. Men universally serve a warrior function, with male warlords leading when in conflict with another warlord's territory.