The Namoux
The Namoux are a race of people shrouded in conjecture and Mysticism. They are one of the few things we have solid evidence on before the Dawn of Truths. While there isn’t much, they did exist. What we do know is probably only just that: Legends.
We know they were the ones who built Skajlich and Fort De Namoux. For what purpose the Fort was built and who they were fighting to warrant such an extensive fortification, we do not know. The Fort being built on the mouth to the Pass of Trails did make it one of the most defensible positions in known history, however. There is nowhere to go except in the net of the fort.
We know that Skjalich was built by them as well, but again for what purpose we do not know. All we know is that it is covered under a few hundred feet of ash. The same ash structure we have noted, spans the entire Vilothric Mountain range on the eastern side. This may have been due to some volcanic event, but we do not know.
The last thing we know was that they had an extensive culture and footprint in the western continent. They were a humanoid race of people, where only broken pieces of stone work exist to depict what they looked like.
Culture
Shared customary codes and values
Many of the roots of all existing cultures can be found in the scraps and ruins left behind by these people. Though in this humble Scholar’s opinion, I fear that these were not what we would have called "People". Let us take for a moment to consider a few things in the ideals and traditions that are widely practiced across the continent. We will break this down by what scant little information we have and in each of the different countries that dot our esteemed planet.
Galus
In the ancient history of Galus, we come across a few different names that boil back to a much older language. Galus is a modern term used in the Country that has lost any real meaning beyond the name of the country itself. However, in older texts hidden beneath Palatial floors in the worst kept secret in the nation. The Grand Archives references the region of Galus as Gilus. Closer to an Elder Fae word of Gylus meaning Home.
So in this case we have a word by the ancient Fae meaning "home", but to dig deeper with the help of The Sightless as well as a few contacts extraplanar that will not be named by me, this Gylus word is a portmanteau of two much older words that have no modern written form. They are two rune structures, combined to mean home. These two runes still exist today, uncommonly used in Arcane practices of the Artificers. These two runes individually meant "Divine" and "Hearth".
Now to me, that has a certain something to it. Divine Hearth, combined to mean home. The fact that Galus sit a top some of the most fertile soil found on the continent swaddled by vast grasslands to the north and east, as well as having rich vineyards and orchards to the northwest; cradled between two twining rivers, makes one wonder if this Divine Hearth was in reference to the land itself?
I digress, this reference was also found with a reference to a vast C̵̪̘̤̻̬̬̟̪̳̤̤̯͔͍̈́i̶̛̘͒̾̀̈́t̷͔͆́͗͆̕ͅa̶̡̧̲̩͐̆̔͒͒̿̅̽̄͜͜d̸̢̛̟̝̟̥̝͉͍̤͓͒̈͋̍̍̿̓̌͝ͅę̸̰̲̃l̷͈̜̻̠͖̺̽͋̓͘͝ that have much the same name. So I wonder if this was the seat of power, referencing the bounty of the land, or if this was the home of something greater? With naught but speculation, and moldering tomes, cracked mosaics dotted across the land, there isn't much more I could comment on for this matter. However, it is seen evidently that the Namoux called this region of land their true homeland.
Huron
Now here must take a step back and peer through the haze to see a few different things. The first and foremost is this, in Skjalich is our most positive example of this next point, though numerous ruins found in the fog of the Valley of Mists depict something strikingly similar. We must start with this, why is Huron the crux of so much strife throughout all of known history? Seemingly always at odds with some malignant force or war with their neighbors.
I sit here as I pen my thoughts and can't help but see some connections that I hypothesize may have some connection to these ancient people. As mentioned in Skajlich during The first expedition, it was noted many many scenes and murals illustrating a vast empire spanning the continent, was at war with something. Amorphous creatures of immense power and influence. Usually depicted as an absence of light and color, usually a series of disjointed eyes. The runes caved into each of these artworks always called them "Shadows".
What I find interesting is this; when the mists are cleared by the Mistwalkers to allow passage through the valley, one can sometimes find ruins with an uncanny architecture found inside Skajlich. As a side note I believe these are the ruins of this very empire as mentioned. I apologize, I need to stay on topic. Carved into these stones are similar depictions of this war. These are the same amorphic "Shadows" being fought by the Namoux. These ruins are numerous and graphic, often showing some form of painful transformation occuring to the Namoux when in contact with these "Shadows".
This to me would indicate some form of frontline, a stronghold so to speak to hold back this pervasive darkness. Could this culture have been the seed to the Huronian disposition to war and conflict? Could whatever survived have brought forth this idea of military might and security being paramount in this region? The dregs of this culture can still be seen, the ideology, the constant strife, the similar tactics at the core of the Huronian people.
Diverged ethnicities
Related Organizations
Related Myths
We were never just one people. A symphony we were, a Quartet of four reflections in harmony with what we were created to be. To our glory, to their glory, to make them proud, to make them pleased with their Children. The Namoux stand everlasting. To reach the goal set to us by our Mothers and Father, to ascend ever higher for their light and grace. -Passage taken from a journal found in the Grand Archives beneath Glaion's Palace.
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