Uba

## Description

The Uba were a race of short, pale-skinned humanoids who lived in the cliffs and caves of Farull. Said to be a very beautiful people, they were known for their long, straight hair and delicate features. They were neither as physically powerful nor or sexually dimorphic as the other Farull races.

## Technology

Of the three hominid races coexisting before the Age of Fire began, the Uba were said to be the most cultured and technologically advanced. They had many holidays and rituals, languages both spoken and written, and made intricate cave paintings to record major events and the passage of time. Most of what's known of the time before the Age of Fire comes from the Uba.
Mechanically they were very sophisticated, having already devised simple mechanisms like rope and pulley elevators and ziplines. They built almost exclusively from wood, however, with rock seemingly being too valuable to them to be used in day to day construction. Stone had great cultural significance to them (perhaps because of their cave-dwelling lifestyle) and they were said to have prized colored stones and crystals above all other possessions.

## Lifestyle

The Uba were a peaceful people who kept mostly to themselves. Farmers and fishers, they did their best to live off the land without venturing far from their caves. Hunting and gathering was seen as an unnecessary risk to them, as their small, frail frames were ill-suited to encounters with the dangerous beasts native to their land. They lived in extremely tight-woven communities that viewed their peers as family regardless of blood relations yet were extremely skeptical of outsiders.

## Relationships

Because of their reclusive nature the Uba had difficulty forming strong bonds with other peoples. The Kecil especially were very foreign to them, as they lived in a region far from the comfort of their cliffs, and in much more hostile lands than they could ever brave. Cave art proves that the two races did know of one another, but how and to what extent is unclear.
The Ghaan on the other hand were a much more familiar presence. The two races lived side by side for several thousand years, distant at first, and not always peacefully. Their history together was tense and convoluted, with many separate Ghaan tribes having encountered them independently, with varying results. Some chose to ignore the Uba after failing to decipher their language and others attacked them, believing their antisocial behavior to be disrespectful or suspicious. Despite such setbacks the most common interactions came to be positive.

As the Uba and Ghaan became acclimatized to one another it became evident that both races had much to gain from establishing trade. The Uba were centuries ahead in many ways and so could teach the Ghaan extremely valuable new skills like making fire, preserving dried food, and mixing herbs to create medicine. The Ghaan on the other hand could go everywhere the Uba could not and thus were able to provide goods that were wholly novel to them: eggs and meat from animals they had never seen, seeds to grow new kinds of crops, and gems the likes of which they had never imagined.

Generation by generation by the two races exchanged goods, information, language, and traditions, until finally the old misgivings were nothing but a faint memory. The Uba and Ghaan became fast friends, always pleased to cross paths and eager to lend aid when it was needed. Some individuals even left their home-tribes to integrate with their allies, a gesture the importance of which can never be overstated, especially for the timid Uba. It would eventually come to light that the Uba and Ghaan were even genetically similar enough to interbreed, and thus the first Ubaan were born.

## Decline

After the establishment of Uba-Ghaan hybrids, pure blooded Uba became increasingly rare. The tactical advantages of joining with the Ghaan were too great to deny, and with time it simply became accepted by both parties that becoming one fused tribe was in the best interest of all.

When the Great Conjoining fused Farull to Kharnam, Ikthyss, and Majomorszag the adaptability of every race involved was put to the test, but when the dust settled and the Age of Fire dawned, only the Farullan hybrids seemed to remain. The Uba were already exceedingly few in numbers and most likely were unable to survive the casualties wrought by prolonged war with the Dryll, Makilek, and Rith.