Ishaks

Commonly known by other species as ice elves - a name which they find revolting - ishaks live only in the desolate northern wastes of snow and ice. They have never aspired to spread beyond where the glaciers end and finding one outside of snowy areas is nigh a once in a lifetime event. They are much more xenophobic than their distant cousins - the elves - and despite good efforts, no country in the continent has been able to establish trade routes or diplomatic relations with the ishaks. In essence ishaks are at a state of war against everyone else. Their culture is rich, their tradition far surpasses those of other species excepting dragons and their ability to survive in hostile environs of extreme cold is legendary. The ishaks live in completely independent, colossal and always changing city states that are carved in ice, sub-glacial, subterranean or built on glacial locked land. They live in all glacial areas excepting the island of Horna from which their entire culture was eradicated the government during the invasion of the Icelands.