Ixtali Yun Tal

The Yun Tal is the ruling caste of Ixtal, an isolated nation hidden deep within the eastern jungles. Its members rank among the most powerful elemental mages in the world, and it is from this command of the fundamental elements that the caste draws its authority. Rule rests with the Yun Tal ruling family, seated in the nation's capital of Ixaocan. Ixtal traces its origins to the Pre-Shuriman Era, and across the millennia since, the Yun Tal have kept the nation secret and independent without entangling it in the affairs of the wider world. Their mastery of elemental magic has been the instrument of that isolation, allowing Ixtal to guard its borders and its knowledge from those beyond the jungle. Among the Yun Tal, Qiyana stands out as a princess of the ruling family. She seeks to claim leadership of the caste and to prove herself the greatest elementalist of the age, an ambition measured against the same command of the elements that has defined the Yun Tal since their beginning. The caste remains an active power, still ruling Ixtal from Ixaocan.