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Urtelem are minor empaths that target destructive intent. As seen on Angelblood Ridge, they won't spare their own people when they've been corrupted by violence, even if it causes them emotional pain. Also, since they're intelligent with a widespread culture now, it's less a question of taming than it is alliance.

That said, I can come up with a fairly good reason why the Urtelem are absent from that particular area right now- In addition to having adapted to a more nomadic way of life, they've also come together in their thousands to enforce the containment zones around Acalya outbreaks. That grove at the west edge of the Shimmering Sea probably drained most of their herds away from the area Ommok has annexed.

Ed: Their absence is probably magnified by the fact that Zeph historically kept them out of the Firewind. With no local herds to help the attempt, the growth would've gone unchecked for longer and urts would've come in from far and wide.
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A convenient explanation, but also one that falls apart under close scrutiny. These events took place shortly before the Realta invasion, more or less concurrent with the recent Vetros doings with Akthanos and HW. I'm still pretty far behind in every plotline, but hopefully the next CyKhollab will handle the Realta invasion and let me be more or less on the same page again. Just a whole lot of different stories and characters that I'm juggling.

I'll probably have to just go with the explanation that urtelem live in rocky places and that the grassland isn't very rocky, hence the apparent lack of urtelem. And I'll be sure to incorporate white giants and urtelem into the next ogre post. Maybe from the perspective of those warbosses leading the armies in Ommok's absence.