Very true! Though the Mongols at least tried to hold together a stable nation-based civilization.

It seems like the Xaela are really a far more one-for-one adaptation of a real-world culture than any of the other races, albeit through the high-fantasy lens. Not that it detracts.

Hasn't Garlemald conquered Othard, though? It seems like they'dve pulled a reverse-Genghis and get the clans to fight each other rather than acknowledge the common threat and snap them up when they down.