Something interesting I found out while perusing books to use for a mythological character design:
In Norse mythology, the "gods" that are best known and observed are called the Aesir, but before the Aesir showed up, there was another race of gods present called the Vanir (name sound familiar, anybody?). Think of them like the Titans as compared to the Greek/Roman gods... only minus the big bloody war, conquering, and bitterness. There was brief conflict between the Aesir and Vanir (so said my source), but it was eventually resolved and the Vanir mostly accepted the dominance of the Aesir (key word, mostly... see the mythology surrounding Mimir for more details on that).
It's cool to know that Kylier's race has a history
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other than just a conquered, subjugated, and exiled tribe from Fantasinia (see BF39).