Elterbrin

**The Elterbrin**

*An almost light-hearted folk of the forest, they are the primary inhabitants of Miltourne, lovers of music, tamers of beasts and hunters of the forest, and most of all hunters of knowledge.*

**Origin:** Miltourne - The Forests

**Progenitor:** Vynthrol

**Capital/original settlement:** Syn-Shulumar

**Other settlements:** Thryn-Elti

Natural lifespan: 55-60 years

Traits:

Very Religious/Easy to belief; *The Elterbrin are a people in need of explanation for the world around them, constantly seeking a means to explain all of the wild phenomena of the lands around them, and thus are more willing than most to accept explanations ranging from the supernatural, all the way to nonsensical.*

Great Eyesight; *With naturally attuned eyes to both light and dark conditions, the only period of weakness in the sight of these beings is periods of dusk and dawn, as it is for all predators. The Elterbrin can see both fine detail at far distance and close-up, making them both natural crafters and foragers of the forest, with attentive focus on detail.*

Naturally intelligent and Inquisitive, seekers of knowledge; *The Elterbrin are naturally gifted in cerebral capacity, both in possessing naturally formidable comprehension and memories alike, allowing for their natural interest in seeking explanations of the world and their keen senses to form intelligent and coherent knowledges of the world around. This creates a vacuum and hunger for all things codifiable amongst the throes of starving scribes and students alike.*

**Society:**

So it is the Elterbrin society encourages the intellectual pursuits amongst the majority of their folk whom also participate in hunting and animal husbandry. This has resulted in the great majority of the populace occupying an ideal of the 'Umberjaine' or as is roughly translated, 'Equal Mastery'. The Umberjainism of the Elterbrin exercises the pursuits of the mind in equal measure to that of the body, so that just as a tribe may possess bodies of hunters to go on great seasonal harvests of the forest-life, so too does each family within a tribe contribute primitive poetries, stories and knowledges of the forest to the communal tribal 'store' of information. This scholarly preservation of knowledge has lead to studious keeping of knowledges between generations, a unique example of which is the great chieftain of the Elterbrin peoples, who possesses tattoos of his forebears and their forebears from the tendons of his heels to the base of his neck, along his spine, this great tattoo bears the inscribed names of every chieftain to date, and so will their name be added to the next leader in line.

As a people lacking in some great industry but beginning to expand rapidly in population, bartering and rudimentary currencies have begun to spring up throughout the forests of Miltourne. Indeed, the 'Gems of the Forest' take the place of gold or other precious minerals and gems in other cultures, that is to say that Amber is concurrently regarded as the most precious of tradeable currencies between Elterbrinnic merchants and peddlers, for its use in jewellery and ceremonial significance.

Advancements:

Beast Taming of Armmammik's; *The Elterbrin expand their knowledge over the world and therefore their control, using the beastly quadrapedal Armmamiks as hunting partners and beasts of burden.*

Discovery of the Redemption Pits; *Locales of great power throughout the forests of Miltourne, founts of raw and natural power flowing from within this place feared and revered by the 'brinnic folk for its connection to their lord, Vynthrol. Exuding the invisible fires of life, these pits show that which is not real to the hunters who come into contact with it; producing strange feelings and some rare instances of imbuing individuals with temporary power. The Elterbrin, equally fearing and curious of that which is not understood, build ritual spaces around these founts, attempting to draw upon the flows of the hidden world.*

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