Wechua people

Wechua

Flag of the Wechua people
Total population
~ 11-13 million
Regions with significant populations
Wechua	8,273,911
Alduria	1,232,122
Constancia	811,053
Natopia	481,199
Languages
Wechu, the Common Tongue.
Religion
the Faith of Inti, the Melusinian Faith.

The Wechua people may refer to any or all speakers of the Wechua languages, which originated among the indigenous people of central Keltia, mainly the area around Mount Lacara. Most Wechua speakers are native to the Wechua Nation, although there are some significant populations living in Alduria, Constancia, and Natopia.

The most common Wechua dialect is Lacara Wechu. The word for a Wechua speaker is runa or nuna ("person"); the plural is runakuna or nunakuna ("people"). Wechus living near the coasts of Southwest Keltia speak Coastal Wechu.

The ancestors of the Wechua people lived in the region for many centuries before becoming a subject people of the ancient nation of Attera. Over the centuries, as the hardships that followed the collapse of Attera grew, many Wechuas left for Hamland (later became Caputia).

Under Atteran rule, to ensure the Wechua could not rise against them, the Atteran Empire started transporting hundreds of thousands of Wechua to western Keltia, where they were ruled by the Vanderveer Reich and other nations. Western Wechuans have formed a distinctly different version of the old Wechua culture, called Coastal Wechu. In the centuries following the collapse of its Atteran overlords and the succession of other countries that settled the area, the communities of these Coastal Wechu speakers began to migrate to Caputia, settling around the city of San Francisco. Currently, the city of San Francisco is part of the Wechua Nation's small coastal enclave in Keltia after the collapse of Caputia due to the White Plague. Smaller groups of these communities in western keltia have moved out of its insecure and chaotic Green wastes and settled in Alduria, Constancia, and Natopia. Only abandoned ruins remain of these communities outside of the borders of the Wechua Nation.

See also

• The Wechua Nation.