The Origins of the Yenqua
Long before the Romans came to Celterra, the islands were home to a people who had crossed an extraordinary distance of ocean to reach them.
The ancestors of the Yenqua came from the shores of ancient Northwest Africa around 3300 BCE. They were part of an early coastal population whose descendants would, much later, contribute to the peoples of the Maghreb. Their journey was not a planned voyage to a known destination. A small group of seafarers was carried far into the Atlantic, eventually reaching the remote islands of Celterra.
There they found a land unlike anything they had known. Over generations, the newcomers adapted to its climate, landscapes and abundant surrounding seas. Their language, customs and beliefs gradually changed, while their communities spread across the islands.
Thousands of years of isolation transformed these settlers into a distinct people: the Yenqua.
By the time Roman ships appeared on the horizon, the Yenqua had lived in Celterra for more than three thousand years. They were no longer visitors from another shore. Celterra was their homeland.
For the full history of the Yenqua, download the history book “The Yenqua”.