The Tigani

Although they don't always look the part, most nomadic tigani (or gypsy) clans currently roaming the northern continent are actually distant descendants of Magyr tribes.

The term tigani is to this day used by the Magyr to describe any non-landed household in the Magyr pusta that did not stake a claim on new land by building a homestead, didn't conquer an existing homestead, or didn't form a mercernary company -- the only respectable occupation for a non-landed Magyr lord. (It is also amply used in insults, as in "your father was a gypsy", or "may the gypsies take you in the night") In the early days of the empire the tigani were grudgingly tolerated by the Magyr, as they traded goods and information, and occasionally made themselves useful as seasonal labour; but their insistance of always being paid in full for their services made them absolutely lacking in respectability.

(It is important to note here that the Magyr traditionally dislike the concept of commerce. Proper and civil gentlemen achieve the same ends via the exchange of gifts, each gift in its value commensurate to how much regard the giver has for the recipient.)

As the Magyr homesteads gave way to castles, the pagan shrines gave way to churches and basilicas, and the borders of feudal estates became more defined, the gypsies became culturally more and more separate from the Magyr. As they continued to travel throughout the empire, they went on to intermarry with the locals, adopt local customs and languages and over time became in every way a different people -- though some clans still retain their old Magyr names and customs. Slow to adopt the religion of the Living God, most clans are still ostensibly pagan, and those few that are not simply incorporate the Church dogma into pagan rituals.