Gur The Gurs , also known as Selûne ' s Children or the people of the highway , were a nomadic human people . Description . Like their Rashemi kin , Gurs were typically a stout , strong , and sturdy people , with thick black hair , dark eyes , and dusky skin . Society & Culture . By the 14 century DR , the Gurs were divided into two distinct cultures , those who traveled throughout the Western Heartlands and those living in the Endless Wastes . A few settled in some of the poorer sections of cities such as Baldur ' s Gate , Elturel , and Iriaebor . The Gurs of the Western Heartlands were arranged by large extended families . A nomadic people , they traveled from settlement to settlement in assorted caravans , picking up random jobs and selling or trading any unwanted goods . Some found work as soothsayers and diviners . Those few who settled in cities struggled to survive in their poorer quarters . Gur culture placed a high value on honor , but they suffered long - standing prejudices from other folk . The Gur of the Endless Wastes were on friendly terms with the Oigur and the Tuigan tribes . Their lands bordered those of the Fankiang and Zamogedi tribes . Religion & Magic . The Gurs of the Heartlands mainly followed Selûne the Moonmaiden , goddess of wanderers and navigation . However , some Gurs of prophetic bent were also known to worship Savras , Lord of Divination , with a faith secretive to outsiders . This likely explained the survival of his faith during his long period of imprisonment . Thus , Gurs were often gifted oracles and known for their talent in soothsaying and divining . Like their Rashemi kin , some Gurs possessed " the Sight " , an unreliable gift for glimpses of the past and snatches of history . Languages . Within their own tribes , the Gurs of the Heartlands spoke Gurri , a patois or creole tongue with roots in the Imaskari languages , but with influence from many other tongues , many thought long - dead — in particular , Halardrim , an ancient dialect of the Rashemi language . The Gurs used the Thorass alphabet . They were also proficient in Chondathan , which they used when communicating with those outside their culture . The Gurs of the Hordelands continued to speak a related dialect of the Imaskari language . Population . Gurs made up only about 1 % of the human population of the Western Heartlands , but this was perhaps their greatest population in Faerûn . History . The Gurs were believed by scholars to be mainly of Rashemi descent , owing to their strong similarity with the natives of Rashemen . They were also likely to have acquired ancestry among other ethnicities on their travels . Fragments of lore originating from the period around the first - century Dale Reckoning could be found that described the Gurs as a group of nomads . What was known of the early Gurs suggested that they were refugees fleeing the long - ago war between Raumathar and Narfell . The Gurs were well known in the Western Heartlands of Faerûn by the 14 century DR . In the Hordelands , when Yamun Khahan came to power , the Gurs joined with his Grand Army of the Tuigan against the Zamogedi , hoping to improve their standing among the tribes of the Endless Wastes . Because the Oigur were afraid of the anger of the Yamun Khahan , they allied themselves with the Gur in supporting the Tuigan . Appendix . Inspiration . The Gurs are explicitly inspired by the , commonly called " gypsies " .