Once a great horde of Orcs, Giants, and Centaur that swept from the north in a conquering wave that left equal parts destruction and an organised system of roads and political subsidiaries in its wake. After the advance of the Horde faltered, many of these protectorates became nations in their own rights. Now the Khanate has shrunk to the constraints of its former steppes and cold mountains, content with the wealth they reap by selling horses and mercenaries to the bickering neighbours they helped to create.