The Desert Nomads have been present in Skytopia since the time of the Great Upheaval. A hardy peoples, they have managed to maintain their culture through many changes and disasters. Their way of life is often incompatible with the more settled skytopian peoples, and as such, they sometimes come under repression or persecution. The Commonwealth era was a recent example of systemic discrimination, in a misguided attempt to force the Nomads to assimilate. As a reaction during the Skytopian Civil War, the Desert Nomads joined with Lawrence Islo and The Azure Conclave to form, The Azure League.