Niskaru

Niskaru is the desert realm of the South, its inhabitants are called the Niskarim. Nobody knew the name of the desert when it came to be, but the original city was named Enkaru or Dolkaru, or Enkiru the First City. After the desert crawling up north and sinking the whole Kingdom, it was renamed to Niskaru, meaning the City that does not exist.

Niskarim Philosophy
The Niskarim that are born after the deluge and the sand cataracts, believe that they are not created whole. They are created incomplete and unfinished. That their world is made this way so that they will eventually harden themselves and become whole. That is how they justify many things, and still believe in the good nature of men and gods alike. Usually, a trauma in their life signals the point when they consider themselves "whole". They start regarding themselves as adults afterwards. If someone fails to encounter such an event in their life, they are regarded as sandlings, who have never been made whole. Refugees aiming for Elantra are also considered incomplete.