The Yezda were a nomadic people related to the Khamorth that conquered the country of Makuran and made it their kingdom, posing a serious threat to the Empire of Videssos. The Yezda were nomadic tribes, fighting almost exclusively as mounted archers. In battle they drew up by clans, rather than the ordered ranks of the Makuraner lancers or Videssian troops. Under the Yezda the indigenous Makuraners and the farmers of the Land of the Thousand Cities suffered from wanton violence and pillaging.