Rathniri Koczniks

The Koczniks (pronounced Koshnik, Koznik or Koch-nik) are a diverse, tribal, largely nomadic people found throughout Rathnir, mostly in Altenquila and Plagos, but, due to their nomadic lifestyle, can be found across Ratham. However, they have largely settled, Forming nations such as the Audalad Khanate and Elu Khanate. They are primitive people, living mostly in mud huts, but trading in goods from across the worlds, collected in their travels.

First Cycle of Kocznik History
The First Cycle of Kocznik History is largely comprised of the creation myth presented by their holy book, the Unchu Agul. In this text, it is written that they were made out of mud and plant matter by Bogjal, and given all the faculties of a sentient being by the holy hyssop of Erkekleri. This was originally believed to have occured in the semi-mythical realm of Sabadinon, but recent advances suggest it in fact occurred in the world of Ratham.

Second Cycle of Kocznik History
The Second Cycle of Kocznik History is quite undefined, as its events were only compiled and discovered recently. It suggest that, after the Koczniks were created in Altenquila, they spread across the continent in raiding bands, terrorizing the other races which were emerging in the lands. Little is known about this period beyond this fact, except that this was the period in which Kocznik culture emerged, and that the subsequent tribes were either killed or found their way to the disputed land of Sabadinon.

Third Cycle of Kocznik History
This cycle is disputed by Kocznik scholars, as it takes place in a region that has not yet been located, called Sabadinon, "Breadbasket" or "The Otherworld" in Kocz. However, this is also a significant event in the history of the Koczniks, as it is the time when their first nation was founded, the semi-mythical Vorovlastic Host. The history of this nation is closely tied to legend, but the commonly accepted narrative is that it was created when Eddy Khan, the first Khan of the Koczniks and, as all Kocznik Khans are believed to be, the God of War incarnate, united the many tribes under his rule. The Vorovlastic Host grew to become a powerful empire. At the peak of the empire, Blightslav, the first Pygamber of the Unchu faith, prophesized that Sabadinon would soon be destroyed, and the Koczniks would have to flee to a new land. By this point, the Koczniks believed that Sabadinon was their homeland, and this revelation threw the empire into decline. It was merely a rump state when the prophecy was fulfilled, and Sabadinon was destroyed.

Fourth Cycle of Kocznik History
During their exodus from Sabadinon, Eddy Khan died. This lead to the dissolution of all governing bodies of the Vorovlastic Host, and the disuniting of the Koczniks. When they returned to Ratham, the now quarreling tribes promised a return when a new Khan was found. And so, the Koczniks returned to their primitive barbarism, leading simple nomadic lives of looting and pillaging across the worlds of Rathnir and Eldham. But, despite generations passing, some tribesmen still held out hope for the return of the God of War.

Fifth Cycle of Kocznik History
The Fifth Cycle is the current cycle of Kocznik history, and is marked by the return of the God of War in the form of Hukar Khan. His return was heralded by the collapse of the nation of Yimmu Audal, a land which many Koczniks were beginning to realize was their home. In the chaos, reports of a band of powerful Kocznik raiders spread, the likes of which hadn't been seen since the Third Cycle. And, at their head, rode the claimant to the Khanate.

Koczniks came to his fortress, Ormu Bataar, from across the world, and quickly began scheming to reform the Khanate. But, before the Khan could be officially crowned, he was felled in battle, and the city of Ormu Bataar fell. However, his successor, Shyr Khan, continued to lead the Kocznik people, and has, since then, spread the influence of the Khanate across two continents.