Centaur Factsheet

Centaurs
A nomadic race, primarily to be found on the plains to the East of Far Haven. Centaurs are organised around a clan system with each clan led by a Khan, but unlike their Maratasen neighbours – inter clan conflict is very rare. Every 3 years the clans send representatives to a moot, at which an Ur-Khan (or over Khan) is elected. The Ur-Khan has very little actual direct power, but for his or her period of office is expected to act as an independent arbiter of any inter-clan disagreements.
Their geographical location has led to the Centaur clans being effectively in a constant state of war with the Trolls and Orcs, historically the clans would provide support to any Kingdom efforts against Ghoulagabba and Trollheim. With the collapse of the Kingdom, the Centaurs now lack any natural allies and so have adopted a more defensive attitude to their Eastern neighbours.
Other than the rare Centaur sage, the race relies on a verbal tradition with bards having a very high regards within the clans. Belief wise, the majority of Centaurs worship Wyldwood, although a significant number of Shanah worshippers can be found along with small congregations of Universal.
In general, any encounter with Centaurs is likely to be friendly, other than Orcs and Trolls they have no particular racial hatred, indeed it is said a long time ago, before the Trolls allied with the Orcs, the Centaur clans used to regards Trollheim as a friendly power.