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This region of cold, craggy islands and northern coasts was once settled by Ombesh people but would not be recognized as such after centuries at the periphery. Along the northern coasts, there is a mixed culture where people speak a creole of Ombesh and the local Luetkan tongue. Many of the population here were descendants of the indentured servants and labourers who, at the Empire’s collapse, found themselves free to seek their own path and so travelled west from Nulu. The seven major and two dozen or so minor Luetkan islands have a few ruined Ombesh maritime outposts but here, the indigenous Luetkan culture and language flourish. The islands are proudly independent, ruled by local chiefs who exercise political authority based on the redistribution of goods, especially trade goods and rare maritime resources. Luetka is only minimally affected by the religion of the Hand and the Voice, and instead has a faith in which great elder whales are seen as gods.

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 That control would not last more than a couple of generations, with the Empire's fall in 338 IE.  But the collapse led to even more movement of Ombans and Nuluans westward, where they came into lasting close contact with local Luetkans.  But during this period, the Seven Lamps became the heart of Luetkan culture and politics, maintaining a proud independence.  Raiding the weakened Omban successor states, including both piracy and coastal raiding, was a significant part of prestige and wealth-seeking behavior among the Luetkan elite.
-While these raids were largely sporadic, in 691-694 the admiral-chief [[Aathuvansi Leu]] of the southern island of Nikata launched what became known as [[The Blue Storm]], a systematic set of raids on northern Khutuan ports.  Ultimately, [[Eluli Ula]] and the Khutuan navy repelled the attackers and many prisoners of war were taken as indentured labourers and moved far to the south, away from the sea.  To this day, there are a few thousand Luektans living in southern Khutu, descendants of Blue Storm sailors, some of whom maintain cultural and linguistic practices of their homeland despite now nearly 75 years' separation.
+While these raids were largely sporadic, in 691-694 the admiral-chief [[Aathuvansi Leu]] of the southern island of Kododza launched what became known as [[The Blue Storm]], a systematic set of raids on northern Khutuan ports.  Ultimately, [[Eluli Ula]] and the Khutuan navy repelled the attackers and many prisoners of war were taken as indentured labourers and moved far to the south, away from the sea.  To this day, there are a few thousand Luektans living in southern Khutu, descendants of Blue Storm sailors, some of whom maintain cultural and linguistic practices of their homeland despite now nearly 75 years' separation.
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-'''Luetka''', known in [[Ombesh]] as '''Liga''', is a region of cold, craggy islands and northern coasts that was once settled by Ombans but was never formally incorporated into the [[Omban Empire]].  Along the northern coasts, there is a mixed culture where people speak a creole of Ombesh and the local Luetkan tongue.  Many of the population here were descendants of the indentured servants and labourers who, at the Empire’s collapse, found themselves free to seek their own path and so travelled west from [[Nulu]].  The seven major and two dozen or so minor Luetkan islands have a few ruined Omban and Khutuan maritime outposts but here, the indigenous Luetkan culture and language flourish.   The islands are proudly independent, ruled by local chiefs who exercise political authority based on the redistribution of goods, especially trade goods and rare maritime resources.  Luetka is only minimally affected by the religion of the Hand and the Voice, and instead has a faith in which great elder whales are seen as gods.
+'''Luetka''' [lyt.ka], known in [[Ombesh]] as '''Liga''', is a region of cold, craggy islands and northern coasts that has existed alongside and often in tension with the [[Omban Empire]] and its successor states for many centuries.  Culturally and linguistically distinct from the neighbouring Omban regions, today it bears evidence of centuries of contact.
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