The Minghondians are a race of humans that originally hail from the north-eastern regions of Hanaa. They worship Abadar, god of cities, law and wealth. In the old days, they maintained a tense diplomatic peace with the ruling Hanaian race, despite thorny differences in religious worshihp, for the benefit of the iron trade - the primary resource that they mined at Eye of the World.
Over the last 5 decades, a catastrophic and rapid desertification phenomena called The Barren Advance has progressively forced the Minghondians further and further from their homelands. Desperate for fertile soil and water, they started claiming territory to the west, eventually running into deep conflict with the Hanaian population, resulting in the War of Rancor.