Yumba

Yumba is a small continent north of Hoft. Half of it was conquered by Tanco Cook, while the other half remains largely unexplored. At the border in the center of the island there has been a century long standoff between Kandarian forces and the natives of the island, whose guerilla warfare tactics have kept the soldiers at bay.

History
In 1493, then clothes designer Tanco Cook was commissioned by King Harrison Rorik V of Kandar to invade and colonize Yumba. This invasion succeeded at first, pushing the natives back from the outside in and then funneling them to the north section.

It wasn't until about a year into this process that cartographers mapped out the northern side, and discovered the double funnel shape of the continent. This led Tanco to believe that many natives still remained in this northern section. Two years into the invasion, the Yumbanians became more adapted to the Kandarian warfare. They utilized their environment to fight the soldiers and, despite having much less to work with, actually held them off quite well for some time. Most of this, however, was only a buffer which lasted around five years. By that point, in 1501, the Kandarians had reached the center of Yumba.

For ten years, Tanco Cook and his men fought at what is now the border between South and North Yumba, but their military tactics had never outwitted the guerilla warfare of the northern Yumbanians. In 1512, Cook withdrew his troops from fighting, and strengthened the border between the two sides. Over the course of another decade, this border became stronger and stronger, eventually becoming a forty foot high wall stretching from coast to coast. After it finished construction in 1522, Tanco Cook retired as army general and lived a quiet life in Bun-Sunty until his death in 1552.

Since this wall finished its construction, the border has remained heavily guarded and without conflict for about a century.

Yumbanians
The natives of Yumba are an amphibious elven people who once inhabited all of Yumba. Since around 1501, they have only populated the north.

Yumbanians are slender and scaly, each fitted with fins to aid in their swimming. Their fins, scales, and increased lung capacity are what primarily separate them from their elven ancestors. Though they are arguably the most evolved humanoid species, Fordsu scientists tend to view them as a specimens when studying their anatomy.