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Following the curse idea, my approach to it would be that the Galka once had males and females, and as civilizations tend to do, crushed an enemy species/empire in their rise to power. Before they vanished into the sands of time, this enemy cast a curse on the whole Galka race, slaying the females and limiting the race to only males, dooming them into extinction. After some time, the Galka found a way to preserve some semblance in the cycle of life: a pseudo-reincarnation that places the old galka's soul into a new body. This would not help them create new members of their species, but would preserve them as a people for as long as possible, all while searching for a way to break the curse (which is a detail they as a people are not too comfortable sharing with outsiders).
The only real snag in the idea is how would the talekeeper play into this. I never did the Bastok storyline, so I don't know if Raogrimm's role in galka society was explained to have come about after they left Zepwell when they lost it to the Antica or whether it was part of their societal structure all along.
There will be spoilers here so be warned!
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Zeid: When a Galka senses his death, he sets out on a journey to climb a high mountain and await his final moments. There, guided by a magnificent light, he gains a new body, and with that body climbs down from the mountain.
Zeid: However no one has ever seen this miracle take place. It may just be simple folklore.
Zeid: All we Galka see is one of our brothers setting off on a journey. Then, less than a year later, a new Galka child arrives in our camps.
Zeid: If they carry something with them from their previous life, they may be given their old name, but other than that, no reborn Galka have any recollection of their former selves.
Zeid: That is, all except one--one every generation.
Zeid: That one we call the Talekeeper.
After proving he truly holds two hundred years of memories, he is then appointed new leader of the Galka.
Zeid: Tradition binds this keeper of memories to his new position, and it is this tradition that the Galka have blindly followed for generations.
Zeid: This tradition is a great burden for those who must bear it. As you may already know, not one Talekeeper has ever lived long enough to set out on his journey of rebirth.
Zeid: One suffered from the fear that one day, he would lose hundreds of years of memories... Another could not handle the responsibility heaped upon him, and disappeared...never to be seen again.
Zeid: And one...one felt the anger of our race multiply within his heart until he could no longer control it, and finally became the Shadow Lord.
Zeid: The Galka need not be chained to this destiny. However, I feel the only one that can break these chains is the Talekeeper.
The first one if you didn't do the Dark Knight storyline is Gerwitz, the second I have the feeling is the Peacekeeper's leader: Gratzeigg (lol I probably keep spelling his name wrong) and the last is of course Raogrimm. Ether way I don't think *all* Galka ran for the middle lands during the antica invasion. (plus later on in missions you find out some Galka fled thru Kuftal Tunnel instead of Korlokka Tunnel, could have had a ship ready and took a long trip to Audolin)