Albaeans
The Albæans are a proposed ancient ethnolinguistic group described in regional chronicles and archaeological surveys of the Albaean Highlands in the Midmere Basin. They are said to have inhabited upland valleys and hillside settlements from the late Bronze Age into the early Iron Age. The name is thought to derive from alba, Latin for white, possibly referencing snow, marble quarries, or distinctive white stone monuments associated with their sites.
Evidence for the Albæans includes hill forts, burial mounds, and a small corpus of inscriptions found at
Society likely centered on kin-based clans with a hierarchical leadership and regional assemblies. Economies combined farming
Language remains undetermined; the inscriptions, while sparse, show a non-Indo-European structure, and some scholars propose links
In modern scholarship, the Albæans are treated as a semi-legendary population that helps explain regional toponyms