The Uaithni Empire ruled San Lucas’ western continent for thousands of years without rival. The jaguar-derived cats who ruled it became decadent in time, and sold their empire off to the southern Gangani a piece at a time. A few warned their leaders against the policy, arguing that no matter how much money they had, they would never have enough if they couldn’t defend it. So their leaders hired more Gangani to protect the Uaithni riches. Then the day came that the Gangani started a bloody coop and killed the entire Uaithni ruling clan. Some of the ruling clan survived to hide out in the northern highlands and plan their eventual return to power, but the Uaithni became servants in their own lands for hundreds of years. Then we arrived, our spaceships blazing fire across their night skies, and they took it as a sign that it was their time to rise again.