A land of vast meadows, raging rivers and bountiful floodplains. Numerous ethnic groups coexist in these lands, all identifying as Ekĕpi.

The history of Ekĕpi begins several hundred years ago, when explorers from Tyrfe crossed the Gazbar. Over time, the settlers of these lands began to call themselves the Ekĕpi, and were the original bearers of the name. They built their earliest settlements along the rivers, and used the flowing waterways to facilitate both travel and trade between settlements.

Dozens of generations later, the population of Ekĕpi expanded and diversified with the arrival of battered, bloodied tribes from the west. The Ekepi people accepted these surviving refugees and incorporated them into their society. Over time, the original tribal identities were mostly lost as the survivors' subsequent generations intermixed and became associated with the preexisting Ekĕpi lineages.

In recent years, a number of technological advancements have increased the magnificence of the vistas across Ekĕpi settlements. Now, visitors to large settlements can find immense water wheels being used to process and manufacture various products (including copper goods). Advances in underground piping and above-ground aqueducts have simplified access to freshwater, especially among larger settlements, where residences had grown hours from the riverbed.

The Ekĕpi people have long respected, and later even worshipped the natural spirits of the rivers, eventually even deifying them. For this reason, shrines can be commonly found near bodies of water, often near bridges, riverside outposts or at the heart of large settlements. The Rešu (shaman-priests) are known to wield power from the spirits, rarely straying far from their home shrines except to spread the name of their deity.

The majority of Ekĕpi live in cities as laborers, tradespeople, merchants and functionaries, while the rest tend the fertile floodplains alongside their water buffalo herds, farming ekĕ (a semiaquatic grain), šĕpava (a semiaquatic root vegetable) and several variants of herbs originally from Tyrfe.

The main language of Ekĕpi is Ekěnu, but other languages exist.