The Qot-Qítiō culture area encompasses the peoples descended from the Qot colony, founded around three centuries ago by the Senq Ha Empire, situated overseas. The Qot colony was one of several colonies founded on Uanlikri with the intention to conquer and settle the famed Land of the Moon. The Senq Ha's colonization efforts resulted in mass death and displacement on the western peninsula and beyond.
The Qot colony was the only colony to successfully rebel and secede while the Senq Ha Empire was still strong. Decades later, the Senq Ha, weakened by prolonged war on the homeland, would abandon all their colonies. This would put a stop to the colonies' expansion, as infighting inside and between the colonies diverted resources from conquest. The Qot, already independent, fared better than the others for a time.
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Qot was one of the colonies founded by the Senq Ha Empire in their effort to conquer Uanlikri. It was settled by voluntary colonists of the majority ethnicity of the Empire, the Setsé, and by forcibly resettled Qítiō, torn from their families on the mainland. Feeling disfavored by the Empire and inspired by the Gichan rebellions in the South, the Setsé allied themselves with the Qítiō and expelled Senq Ha rule. The secession was violent and resulted in loss of crops, livestock and people, loyalists and rebels alike.
In their efforts to rebuild and remain independent from the other colonies, the rebelling Setsé and the displaced Qítiō borrowed many practices and customs from eachother. The Setsé independentists took on the name of their colony and became the Qot. Some Qítiō remained with them, while others returned to the nomadic lifestyle that had been theirs on the mainland.
