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Frontenac
Mantids are an off-shoot of the Qiraji, who evolved from the Aqir.
The Aqir were the first insectoid race. They served the Old Gods during the Black Empire. When the Titan forces destroyed it, the Aqir formed their own empire. They waged war against the Trolls, who united against them and vanquished them. The Aqir Empire was split in two. The northern remnant became the Nerubians and the southern remnant became the Qiraji. Later, another faction split from the Qiraji and migrated south-east where they felt the energies of what remained of Y'shaarj. They became the Mantids.