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[@Cyclone] I'm fine with all that since it would make for some interesting developments when Chugo meets Layna. What I can't understand is how exactly the Khargats ended up in the Emperiat. I mean, they were supposed to be invaders, right? Earlier you said that they were subjugated by the Emperiat. How can they still live to modern day in their conquered lands if they were already subjugated :/ 
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When I get the history of them written I'll explain this, but to make a long story short I'm intending for it to go something like this:
1) They cross the mountains for reasons and obtain a stronghold in the foothills
2) Nobody nearby can stop them; they sweep across Emperiat on increasingly bold raids, going further and further south
3) They move to invade Dieuporteille to some success at first, but then are dealt a crushing defeat.
4) Following this opportunity, the Emperiat and their vassals (Dieuporteille being one of them) start pushing back at the various hordes of Khargats and try to brutally force them back across the mountains.
5) It's really taxing on both sides. Not all the nomads are warriors and so a lot of the children/women/elders in their camps are slaughtered, while the Empire is losing tons of soldiers and more and more settlements are being attacked as retaliation by the Khargats.
6) Finally, a peace is drafted and the Khargats get to keep the territories that they weren't pushed out of. They officially swear allegiance to the empire, but that's really more like a peace treaty and they are more or less completely autonomous. This was more or less a temporary solution for both sides.
7) Time passes. They start to become renowned traders throughout the land and support Emperiat on some military campaigns, so the uneasy status quo is maintained.
8) They are still pretty bad vassals and Khargat warbands continue to do small skirmishes and raids within the empire and outside, causing all sorts of diplomatic crises.
9) In response to this, the dead king (or perhaps his predecessor) curbs some of the Khanate's rights and tries to start centralizing them under his authority and bringing them in line. There are also moves to settle them so that they'll be more manageable as "cultured" agrarian people as compared to roving bands of nomadic pastoralists. This all faces fierce resistance and ultimately leads to the Khargats having a hand involved in the assassination of the last king.
10) Their current goal is to get the boy king to restore the Khanate to its prior state of near full autonomy, as well as maybe give them even more privileges such as grazing rights throughout the other provinces.

[@Flynn]

I was going to ask you about that business in #9 involving Andèris and whether you're okay with it. It makes for interesting backstory and some intrigue if anybody ever discovers the Khargat's involvement in his death. It also helps to explain who some of King Andèris' enemies were and what they hoping to achieve by killing him.