People of the Wild

The People of the Wild, Wild Ones, or as they say in their tongue "Fiain" are the humans who now inhabit the city-states of the Inisfall Confederacy. They are pale, short humans; unlike other human groups there is little sexual dimorphism between them as far as height. Females usually range between 150-160cm, and males 160-170cm. Hair color ranges from light brown to black, and eyes can be dark brown, black-brown, or an incredibly dark red (this color has folklore surrounding it). Recently many of them have expressed blonde or red hair as well as blue/green eyes due to interbreeding with the Woag. Male facial hair can grow thick and long but is constrained to the range of a mustache and goatee.
Before the Bard came, each tribe had an animism religion and attributed spirits to each and every living thing, allowing them to live in harmony with the world around them. The Wild Ones mostly ate fish and whatever they could hunt and gather in the wilds. One tribe began to cultivate bees after an accident that resulted in a tasty alcoholic beverage and the practice slowly spread through trade. Most tribes had a hybrid wool/milk sheep after years of selective breeding, and some had begun on a sheep specialized for chariots and heavy pulling. Even before the Bard's touch, the Wild Ones were not as wild as one might assume.
They are all peoples who were touched by the Bard in her journey, and each independently created a precursor to the current Inisfalli Religion. This proto-religion served to unify the peoples, as the Druids of each tribe collected the works of the Bard and made the Storybook that is core to the religion. This unity of religion also created a unity of 'government' and so the Inisfall Confederacy was formed.
Long in the past, the progenitor tribe of all the Wild Ones (known to historians only as the "Proto-Fiain") were enslaved by another tribe known now as the Foemoar. The Proto-Fiain eventually rose up against this cruel tribe and vowed to never to never be enslaved again or subject someone to such treatment. As such, the Fiain found themselves very receptive to the Fili's ideas of equality and freedom and influenced her to become even more strong in her beliefs.
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