The Shantiri Empire was a technologically advanced civilization which predated all current nations of Ashan and which collapsed for unclear reasons.
Mythology[]
From the Spirit world, the Dragon Gods send visions to their mortal servants, instructing them in proper worship. This leads to the foundation of the Shantiri Empire which unifies all six Elder races into a single nation. The Shantiris spread across the face of the world, building titanic cities and temples. But the conflict between Angels and Faceless tore the empire apart and each of the elder races founded their own kingdoms. Soon after, the Primordial Twins of Urgash and Asha became myth and legend.
Actual history[]
From the fact that the Shantiri Empire was actually a much more technologically advanced civilization than any current nation of Ashan, then it might actually have been part of the Empire of the Ancients which collapsed because of the Silence when communications got disrupted between all colonies of the interplanetary Empire and just like every other Ancient colony such as Terra, Xeen and Enroth, the planet's inhabitants have eventually forgotten all about their actual origins so they have made up their own mythology to explain their origins out of ignorance before the interplanetary chase between two Ancient Guardians, Sheltem and Corak, revealed to each planet's inhabitants that they involved into their conflict their planet's actual history however Ashan's inhabitants have not made such discovery yet even though they are aware of the ruins of the Shantiri Empire which they don't understand the technologies and assume they are magics.
Language[]
The Shantiri Empire used their own language. There is not much known about it. For example the word "Khar" means "skull" in the Shantiri language.
This might have been an Ashan local colonial language as the other known Ancient colonies didn't share the same language.