Humans

### **Westerasi Human**

Westrasi are the dominant ethnic group on the western board of the continent. Stocky, tall, though less tall the Suoxi, they are often built stronger than their lanky tall counterparts in the east. Westrasi are hairy, often have rosy and fair complexion, and their hair colors varies regionally a lot. Blond and redhead in the north, deep shades of brown and black across the Westrasi sea. Green, blue and hazel eyes are the most common eye colours, but more uncommon ones exist.

Westrasi culture is as fragmented as their nations, though most Westrasi countries seem to be somewhat contentious and turbulent in history. Westrasi tend to worship Gloria-Etalia, though the specific religion changes a lot from country to country. Many countries have their own local religion, called 'Chapels'. These are not connected to any higher authority or between each other. Auraxian GE chapel is completely a different beast than the Euraxian GE chapel, for example. But a few countries worship GE through the centralized, multinational Church of the Divine Duality.

### **Suoxi Human**

Suoxi human vary in height between 170cm and 205cm as adults, with an average of 190cm for men and 180cm for women. They are the tallest human ethnicity. Suoxi have skin that ranges from caramel to ochre, soft features, with thin lips and aquiline noses. They have almond-shaped eyes, which are often called 'narrow' or 'slit-eyes' by the Westrasi men, and often they are gold, hazel or yellow in color, though blue and green are also common. Suoxi are almost universally ashen-haired, though they vary from pure white to varying shades of grey and silver blond. Although they are tall, they aren't the broader or stronger of built. Suoxi males have very little body hair and females almost none. The Suoxi hair color gene seems to be recessive and in multi-racial pairings, almost certain to disappear.

The Souxi are the human ethnic group with the largest current population and the ultimate origin of most writing systems.

Beginning in the pastoral valleys of the Celestial subcontinent they would take advantage of the climate to commit massive feats of agriculture . The large population booms caused fierce competition which would lead to several Souxi migrations. These would carry the Celestial religion and pictograms with them, the later becoming the basis of the Uruz Script and Vishga-Imuugan Star Runes.

The Kif tribe migrated into Qoktengal lands where they intermixed with several groups of the Great Plains. They would settle in Eastralia and supplant the native Qoktengal culture of the "Spring Penisula"

A secondary mass migration would split in two at the Kanna knot.

One branch sailed south along the river and colonized the Nanj peninsula.

The larger group would migrate through the Planar Gulf until settling in the Eci Peninsula, where they would take immigrants from ancient Dryad cultures and form The First Pharaonacy.

The tribes remaining in the Celestial Valley would eventually stabilize into several petty kingdoms that would form the seeds of the modern Celestial Empire.

Suoxi humans are the largest ethnicity of humans on GE. They have dark, caramel to ochre skin, white hair, almond-shaped eyes and are very tall. Their hair is almost always a shade of white, light grey or silver blond, however, that pale hair is a recessive gene and disappears whenever a Suoxi has children with someone from a different ethnicity. Since Celestia culture is the dominant Suoxi culture, and Celestia is very xenophobic, white has acquired a connotation of purity and white hair is seen as a mark of Suoxi racial superiority to foreigners. The Celestia royal family hair is always pure white, as most of the nobility does too. Suoxi often have yellow, hazel, golden or light green eyes.

White, along with gold, are the colors associate with the faith in Celestia culture.

### **Tnz'qran Human**

The Tnz'qran humans are short and stout. Growing between 1,6 - 1,7 for men and 1,5 - 1,6 for women. In spite of their short stature they have unusually long Arms likely due to Hobgoblin admixture. Depending on region the skin colour ranges from light yellow (Suoxi Admixture), Green (Treant Admixture) or Orange (Treat Vassal Admixture). All of them have almond eyes which are even more slit-like than those of the Suoxi people.

### **Yugr Human**

The people of Yugr are ancient and heavily altered by magic. Frost magic having flowed trough their bodies for millennia their skin has turned light blue and their body temperature is usually around 0 C. Their eyes are the color of bronze, the metal they still use for tool production.

### **Ruskata Human**

The people of Ruskata are a rare breed, similar to Amazons in the fact that the women are taller and often stronger. Though in the Ruskata women that strength is magical not physical. The people of Ruskata are descendant from Grendarrym Humans, but possess less Elven admixture and are characterized with an unusually high Troll admixture. The Matriarchal lineages of many noble families are also descended of "Crones" which are a type of Fey.

### **Grendarrym Human**

The Grendarrym nation is made up of the Jorden people, who have blonde hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and broad, strong bodies.

The Grendarrym people have usually black hair and green or blue eyes. They are slender and tall and some are born with pointy ears suggesting large Elven admixture.

### **Modern Uruzataar Human**

The Uzataar look similar to their close cousins, the Tnz'qran people. Their eyes are less almond shaped and they are taller on average, but likely due to goblin admixture tend to have a crooked posture.

### **Qoktengal Human**

The Qoktengal are an ancient race that first domesticated the horse, propagated tarrow-weed and colonized most of the Great Plains, Eastralia and Northedge.

Originally a small culture on the Qok River that hunted Oozestadons, horse domestication led to many tribes scattered across the ancient world.

When southern Qoktengal discovered Tarrow-Weed in the Sevalut river valley, the tribes quickly propagated its flying seeds. This led to stronger horses, fatter livestock, and a huge population increase.

With the numbers swelling the various Qoktengal cultures began to differentiate into various subgroups. The Modern Uruzatarr are the closest to the original group but Qoktengal ancestry is strong in the Tnz Ordes, Qifu and Ruskata as well as their descendant groups. The last of the "Qok Purebreds" are found in the Temegal Tribes, which are currently under the domain of the Uruzataar Khanate under Teme Khan.

### **Highlander Human**

The term "Highlander Human" refers to the indigenous inhabitants of the Rams Head Highlands. Although they were once the dominant ethnic group in the area, they have been pushed away from the coastal areas by waves of later migrations by other ethnic groups and are now largely confined to an area known as the Confederacy of Highland Bean Farmer Cantons. The inhabitants of this region refer to themselves as the Apurimac, which means bean growers in their own tongue. They are close relatives of some of the Treant Vassal tribes, but also with heavy mixture from subsequent waves of migration. They share the black hair and wiry build of many of the Treant Vassal Tribes, but many also have the height and distinct aquiline nose of the Suoxi. Westrasi traits are also present in some tribes. Skin color is generally light brown, but varies by region.

### **Qi-Fu Human**

The Qi-Fu inhabit several regions along the eastern edge of the continent. Their main population center is Qi-Fu itself, but are also common in their former territories of Ta-Li and Mai-Xi, as well as in some regions now conquered by the Khanate. According to Qi-Fu historians, the Qi-Fu descend primarily from Suoxi and Qoktengel nomads. Although it is true that Qi-Fu culture is heavily based on Suoxi culture, Qi-Fu tend to visually resemble the Qoktengel far more than the Suoxi, perhaps because Suoxi physical traits like height, facial structure, and hair/eye color are less dominant than the equivalent Qoktengel traits. Some note that Qi-Fu tend to be paler and more slender than either of the people they have descended from, perhaps pointing to a third, forgotten, ancestry.

### **Basal Vishga Imuuga Human**

All three of these groups, and several other minor groups like them, descend from a mixture of Suoxi migrations coming in contact with what are now the Treant Vassal Tribes as they headed east.

The Vishga peoples have the least amount of Suoxi blood, leading them to have brown skin, black hair, and brown eyes, similar to many of the Treant Vassal Tribes. The Ranji, Punaji, Nanji, Pash, and Gold Coast Tribe peoples are generally said to belong to this group, as well as some of those living the Supprian Alliance. Once upon a time they were more widespread, but have been displaced by secondary waves of Suoxi and Tnz'qran people in the nations south of Tnz'qasi territory and in parts of Mun and Punaji, by Westrasi humans in the Ecinevian League and Maag Kingdom areas, and by Amazons in Maaga, though they still form large minorities in some of these nations.

The Imuuga peoples have much more Suoxi blood than the Vishga, leading to paler skin, though retaining the black hair of the earlier inhabitants of the area. For unknown reasons, their eye color is almost always green, despite being a relatively rare trait among other races. The Imuuga are centered around the nation of Boro, which is gradually shrinking thanks to losses to Maag and the Gold Coast Tribes. Large numbers have been sold as slaves to Belara.

The original Basal people are a largely extinct people that once inhabited parts of Janedi and Nulamore. They had the most amount of Suoxi blood, and generally resembled them except for hair color (black), shorter, and less distinguished facial features. They were reabsorbed into Suoxi culture during secondary migration waves, but those who have similar physical features in modern times (quite common in the southeast parts of the continent) are sometimes referred to as being from the Basal ethnic group, even though most consider themselves to be Suoxi.

### **Storm Island Native**

Storm Island Native are a rare, albino like ethnic group with pale white skin, silver eyes, and white hair. They are found only on Storm Island and are rare even there. However, other Storm Islanders acknowledge they are the first inhabitants of the island, and they hold a special place in Storm Island culture as druids. The children of other Storm Islanders who develop traits similar to the Natives are married into the druidic clan.

### **Modern Storm Islander**

The non-albino Storm Islanders are essentially just northern Westrasi Humans, though those with some albino blood tend to have lighter hair, even paler skin, and grey eyes. Like the northern Westrasi, most Islanders have hair ranging from Brunette to Dark Blonde, as well as many shades of Red, especially Reddish Blondes and Browns. Grey and Hazel, are the most predominant eye colors, and many tend toward a paleness. They tend to be anywhere between 5'4" and 6'2". Although Albino Islanders are mainly born within their own group, when this phenotype manifests among the other islanders, they are married into the druidic family.

### **Black Sand Islander Native**

A deep brown skin color. Black hair but is rarely red. Hair is usually cut really short, usually as an army cut on both the bows and girls. Green, hazel, blue, and brown eyes. Square faces, and cleft chins are extremly common.

### **Black Sand Islander Modern**

Skin color is a lot lighter due to interbreeding with westrasians. Black, brown, and blonde hair. Arburn hair is also rarly seen, usually along red hair. Female hair is usually grown longer, but only down to the shoulders. Men also grown out there hair to match the westrasi styles. Sea green eyes are the most common now, but green hazel, blue and brown can also be found. Faces are rounded out and celft chins are more common than not.

### **Komjátinan Human**

Skin color is pale white, which ranges from ghostly pale to deathly pale. Their skins burns with the slightest touch of sun, and any exposure to sunlight should leave them burned red. Hair is white, black, grey or blonde. It is often cut short or tied up away from the back and neck. Very little hair grows on the body. Because of this, facial hair is uncommon. The eyes are much bigger than a normal human, with expanded pupils to soak up the little light of their environment. This can be very off putting. Eye color is most commonly brown, grey, and hazel. Machinacally, Komjátinan Humans have a limited range of darkvision around 20ft. They also have sunlight sensitivity, and fare extremely poorly with any form of bright light. These machinacics are suggestions for running a Komjátinan, and can be modified to fit the system's needs. The spirit of the mechanics should be upheld however.

### **Marche Human**

Skin color is brown, with the skin tone lessening the further north you travel along the marshes. Marche Humans are extremely hairy, which benefits them in the marchlands. There are two main tattoo practices. The first is highlighting scars by outlining them as a tattoo. The second practice is placing words and pictograms onto the body. These usually spell out a message or phrase that the wearer holds to as a motto or indicative to their life. Their hair is usually long, and are partially dyed various colors from the extractable inks of the marches. Eye color is most commonly brown, gray, or hazel, but other colors rarely exist as well like radiation green. These unique eye colors come from genetic changes from the radiation of the nuclear reactor. Also because of the reactor meltdown, they also have several genetic complications that would hypothetically shorten their lifespan. However because of the deathly environment they live in Marche Humans rarely die from natural causes.