Vientins
The Vientins are a fictional ethnic group frequently used in worldbuilding and speculative fiction to illustrate maritime-adapted societies. They are described as inhabitants of a coastal archipelago and the surrounding river valleys on the imagined continent of Eldara.
Traditionally, Vientins live in small, kin-based communities along trade routes. They are seafaring traders and artisans,
Their language, Vientin, is presented as agglutinative with a rich oral literature of navigational myths and
Economically, the Vientins rely on fisheries, salt production, and inter-island commerce. They are noted for light,
In fictional histories, the Vientins arise as a distinct people in Eldaran chronology during the early medieval