Virisions

The Virisions are a ethnic subgroup of Humans in Gernon. They are well known for traveling across the continent, speaking a language only their people know, and for being some of the only people to have populations spread across most of Gernon. 
==The Travelling People==
Virisions are most famous for their propensity to never stay in one place for a very long time. Large associations of wagon caravans travel from city to city with any from 30 to 500 people. The wagons are distinct from other peddlers for their bright colors, and for how they double as homes and holdings for goods. Many an adventurer has been known to find traveling companionship with this moving nation to avoid too much exposure.
Virisions have also managed to be one of the only people to travel much further west or east than the vast majority of Gernon's people. It is because of them that the redwall desert's seemingly endless wastes are known to Gernon's cartographers, with some nomadic Virisions surviving in the desert with access to several oases. 
The Virision people is thought to have originated in the Far East across the Great Plains, though without more study this cannot be confirmed. 
==Culture==
The Virsions are well known for more than just moving around. The Culture of these people is very involved with music and other performing arts, with many of the worlds Bardic magical arts originally stemming from their traditions. To make money, the majority of Virisions peddle goods across the long continent, and perform some of their cultural music or dance for people in the cities.
The majority of virisions believed in the Mabo faith, which prayed to both Calistria and Irori. Following the death of Irori in 39 a.s.r., the faith has all but collapsed, and with it a major cornerstone connecting Virisions in many places. Some are now inclined to worship Calistria alone, or to adopt mainline polytheism and integrate with their settled cousins.
Despite a long history of peaceful association with settled peoples and even with more traditionally barbaric tribesman, they have a bad reputation. People think of them as thieves or dark arts practitioners, and there are several groups who are vehemently racist against them. The northern elves of the whispering woods, the great isolationists, are particularly anti-Virision.
The have a somewhat secret language, known to all of their people, but besides some adventurers to have spent some time living amongst them and some more sympathetic merchants, few have learned the Virision language.
Category:Races