JEKroeber
Somewhere out there lies the small planet of Itnyu, a world diverse in climates, biomes, flora, fauna and tribes. There's the Sonthakans: a sun-worshipping tribe of the savanna, the Niss: blue lizardlike artists and merchants of the desert, the Tauma: small green people living hidden in the tall grass and jungle of their island nation, the Jjani: a peaceful forest-dwelling animal tribe, the Mauk: small, skittish knights and historians living of the valleys, the Ölgirruk: giants living in beautiful cities carved into the mountains, and the silent Qaataktu: large primates living in small communities in a frozen tundra.
These tribes like to stick to themselves, but when the prophecy of Jjana's wise sage leads to the Sonthakans being invited to Jjana, one of them chooses to cross all borders.