T'laxine

Among the Felkata, the T’laxine are by and large the most notorious in reputation and interculturally involved on Eyumel. They are a society of various breeds among Felkata but the more predominant breed tends to be a panther-like variety. T’laxine are a peculiar group of Felkata in that they choose to be more entwined with the native races of the realm and their societies. They opt to live in the villages and towns of others if and whenever able rather than form their own communities. If they aren’t allowed in for whatever reason, they live as hermits nearby. This practice of the T’laxine comes out of a survival tactic they adopted in order to get a quicker start in the new lands.

Social and easy going, the T’laxine are a strange but friendly enough lot to have around, if a little weird at first. However once accepted into a town, they quickly become a fellow citizen as if they had always lived there to begin with. *“What's the name of that catlady behind the bar?” “Not sure, couldn' remember the name even 'f I were sober, but she brews a damn good beer.”* It is also important to note that one who is allowed to live with other races often adopts their social traditions easily and sometimes even convert to the local faith entirely. This makes them one of the more adaptive of the Felkata.

They, like the Vanasa have come to understand the value of trade with the native peoples and here is where they excel. In contrast to the Vanasa who offer goods, T’laxine offer service. They are often employed as alchemists and medicine makers for their knowledge of herbs and minerals. Some run potion shops in hamlets and towns while others hire themselves out to private citizens as physicians and alchemy teachers. However this is a double edged sword for them, as their skill in alchemy has lead to the making of deadly poisons. This has led many to employ them for assassinations and thieves. Because of this not many societies allow them into their midst without thorough background checking and investigating any prior areas they have lived before. Though the general T’laxines aren’t bad people, they are opportunists trying to make the best of a strange new world to them.

More often than not though, they are a welcome lot in towns for their medicinal knowledge and inquisitive attitude toward teaching alchemy and healing. While they aren’t the largest group of Felkata, numbers from all over Eyumel show they are on the rise. It is not known whether or not T’laxine will seek an independent state in the future as they seem well content enough as is. The general prejudice however, is that the T'laxine are murderers and foreign witches. This isn’t far off from the truth as these people practice a form of witchcraft as their religion called Yalla. In this faith they invoke spirits of their ancestors and local spirits and conduct rites to bring about changes in their fortunes or hexes on their foes.

More often than not they work as local soothsayers, fortune tellers, natural healers, and are often seen as skillfull and good people by the locals, but for every good one it is said to be two elsewhere that aren’t, thus the aforementioned prejudices. It is rumored within the Felkata that the T’laxine or rather their ancestors were at the heart of many conspiracies and webs of intrigues that cast them more as chaotic agents and tricksters which is evident as even among other Felkata, they are given shifty glances. In warfare, they are the medicine makers and poison crafters in camps and forts. Not much of a warrior people, the T’laxine rely on their keen intellect and methodical reasoning abilities to think and plan calmly under immense stress. In this regard they are a wildcard that other races gamble on with trust or suspicion.