Alon

## Alka Alon City

Castabriel, before the Warring States Period

## **Overview**

The Alon were invited to *Callidore* by the *Vundel,* in the ten to twelve millennia since arriving, the Alka Alon (the higher Alon) have cultivated many lesser Alon species, as Dara learned at Carneduin,

> “*My father is an authority on the lesser Alon,” Lady Varen replied, informatively. “The Karshak, the Dradrien, the Tal Alon, the Hulka Alon, the gurvani . . .” “Our client species,” Ingvarion said, with a touch of pride. “In this region, they’ve been allowed to go all but fallow. A marvelous opportunity to study their unguided development,”*
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### *Alka Alon*

Colloquially known as the Tree Folk, they are masters of magic. The Alka are the longest lived Alon species, their life span measured in centuries. They are also most human like.

### *Nara Alon*

They broke away from all the other Alon's and rejected their history. They took the name *Gurvani* after a famous leader, Gurvos. They are the shortest lived of the Alon, living around 40 years, but they mature much faster too.

### *Alon Dradrien*

Often called the Iron Folk by humani. They are miners and smiths, working all kinds of metals.
Clans associated with the Dradrien.

### *Karshak Alon*

Often called Stone Folk or Stonesingers by humani. They work with stone and build great cities.
Clans associated with the Karshak's

## Malkas

### Malkas Alon

also known as Wood Dwarves or Petty Dwarves. Work with wood as carvers or buildings of wood.

### Kilnusk Alon

The seventh clan of dwarves were meant to rule over and protect the Dradrien and Karshak clans. Supposedly extinct or in exile.

### *Tal Alon*

Often referred to as River Folk or Hill Folk or derogatorily as Puds. The Tal's common name comes from the fact that they tend to construct waddle and dob burrows or warrens near rivers and in hilly county. Known to be exceptional horticulturists, the Tal have a passion for gardening, growing vegetables, and the art of brewing. They generally live to be around 80 years. The Tal are shorter than even the Gurvani. Their small bodies are covered in fur and said to have rodent-like faces, and boast a prodigious sense of smell.

> “*Then there are those Alon who survived the cataclysms by abandoning the old ways entirely, and instead hugged the riverbanks, the Tal Alon. The Hoylbimi, in Old Perwynese. You call them the River Folk or the Hill Folk, and they are small, simple creatures who farm and are eager to adopt the ways of Man. They have all but forgotten that they were once part of a great people, and their lives grew even shorter than yours."*
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## Hulka

### Hulka Alon

Trolls, look very similar to the Gurvani, but are 9 to 15 feet tall. Live in the Great Valley of the North.

### *Tera Alon*

When the Alka Alon transgenically transform themselves into Humanish forms, they become the Tera Alon, the Alka retain the ability to switch between their native and new forms, which becomes easier the more they sing the spell.

## Misc. Info

Ameras talking to Minalan in *Spellmonger*.

> "*And there are still others, races yet unknown to your people, shards and splinters of our ancient race that have blown across the lands of Callidore like seeds in the wind, and taken root of their own accord. But they were all Alon, once."*
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## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Sky Rider: Book Three Of The Spellmonger Cadet Series.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Spellmonger: Book One Of The Spellmonger Series. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Spellmonger: Book One Of The Spellmonger Series. Kindle Edition.