Mokosh

The Mokosh People are an Elgenean culture originating from the Western regions of the continent. The Mokosh were most likely the first people group to tame horses in Elgenea and were renowned throughout history as fearsome mounted warriors. Early Mokosh societies were centred around pastoral lifestyles and were mostly nomadic (save for the Chagyar Khanate, which attempted to establish settlements but was ultimately unable to due to internal and external pressures.

The Mokosh language is unique to Elgenea, having no other relatives due to the migratory nature of the Mokosh people and their history of negative relationships with neighbouring peoples. The Mokosh language was outlawed in Imperial territories by Kaiser Samson III, and remained illegal in the Empire until the coronation of Kaiser Wilhelm III.

There are very little first-hand records from the Mokosh themselves, as they did not keep extensive records or accounts. However, it is known that they did have a written language of some form, as various accounts in Samsonist literature speak of representatives of the Chagyar Khanate reciting written declarations in the Mokosh language.

Following the conquests of Lycurgus the Magnificent in the 4th century AS, no independent Mokosh state has existed, and the Mokosh people have scattered across the planet, forming many small communities in the West Outlands, Lycurgia, and (after 1950) started returning to Samsonia's region of the Heartlands. However, Lycurgia's Moskhaar region does have a large population of Mokosh people, and has repeatedly expressed its desire for increased autonomy in the Lycurgan Republic, seeking a status similar to former Imperial Marches under the Samsonite Empire, and quite ironically, to the status Lycurgia itself held under Imperial rule.