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====Auken Folk====

The Auken folk are large bipedal swimming avians that live on the coasts of the dead mans hand. In appearance they are very similar to the penguins of the Pingu empire tough they can easily be told apart by their sharper looking beaks, Their land, called Greater Aukia is highly volcanic, with active volcanos dotting the frozen landscape, which house great mechanical forges and power plants witch power the settlements on the coast. Auken culture is surprisingly bellicose for such an outwardly meek looking race. They have a warrior culture that revolves around honour gained from battles. They are also infamous among northern coasts for their raiding. They appear from the sea in large groups and lauch themselves onto land where they will run amuck among settlements stealing anything not tied down, particularly if its shiny. The larger and shiner the loot the more honour is is worth. They also tend to sport the now iconic horned Auken helm. Their language is guttural. and coarse. Auken-folk are just as predisposed to trade as they are to raid often utilizing shallow keeled long ships that they load with mass produced items from their homeland which they will happily trade for shiny items and goods their homeland is too cold to sustain. They have an odd rivalry with with the Pingu empire over a naming dispute, the first nantic explorers giving them the exonym "Pinguinus", Which was later used to describe the inhabitants of Krraurah. The Auken-folk see this as a great affront to there collective honour and insist that they are "the true penguins". The Aukish name for there home is Morgaesaland which translated means penguin land.