Human

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Humans are native to Lathlenn and were the last of the Ord-Blessed Races to be set down upon Werlyth. Humans were created with no express ideal in mind, Ord wanting to see if one of their creations could find purpose on their own. The vast majority of humans will be from some region of Lathlenn but with The Cataclysm, some small settlements have been made in the Corind Archipelago and Kahlens. The destroyed human settlement in Perl has dissuaded them from making a new settlement in Sulawei.

General Appearance

With their penchant for migration and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common⁠ races. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. Human skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colours from black to blond (curly, kinky, or straight); males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick.

With the recent dropping of the Cleansing Mist and the discovery of other races, some humans might have a dash of nonhuman blood, revealing hints of elf, orc, or other lineages. Humans reach adulthood⁠ in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.

Racial Attributes

Ability Score Increase. Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age. Humans reach adulthood⁠ in their late teens and live less than a century.

Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Trade Basic and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech⁠ with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.

Lathlenn Ethnic Groups

As humans are more prone to mixing in between themselves, these ethnicities are less hard rules and more general guidelines as the appearances in the various regions of Lathlenn

Central

Human from the central nations of Camborn and Grasmere are the most diverse group on all of Lathlenn, with mixtures of every other nation in their bloodlines, with Mount Camborn being the origination point of the species, the area was a melting pot of culture and ethnicity. There are scarce few Cambornian people left in the world following The Cataclysm and the lack of more distinguishing characteristics has let them easily assimilate into other areas.

Northern

Dour and dark people generally, Northern Lathlenners from Ferghellin, Braedon and Anghor are typically of a tawny-skin and slight build with the most common hair types being blonde or redheaded, an eye colour of brown being the most common.

Western

The fairest skinned humans tended to be from the more Western nations of Lunaris and Nyrae, blue eyed and fair of hair (lighter browns to blondes), their appearance matched their generally more carefree and generous nature.

Eastern

Eastern regions of Lathlenn such as Esslemont and Lanercoast are mostly slender, tawny-skinned folk with brown hair that ranges from almost blonde to almost black. Most are taller than average and have green or grey eyes though, the occasional brown eyed baby is seen as a fortuitous event.

Southern

The humans of Auchen and Kinge are the largest of all humans, their amber skin and brown eyes, generally tall and muscular frames easily make them stand out in a group. A particular appearance of golden eyes has started to occur since The Cataclysm and this has caused quite a stir with Kinge praising these new inhabitants but Auchen treating them with suspicion.

South Eastern

In the South Eastern reaches of Lathlenn, live the medium build dusky humans of the first empires. Dark hair, dark eyes and dusky skin have long been the hallmark of these humans and in some societies, the more pronounced these features, the greater the expected future of them.

Fullerene Peoples

The Fullerene are a bronze skinned people living in the mountains and forests, between the Iron Mountains and the Mountains of Hirythian. Typically having darker hues of hair, the most common feature of these people is their pale eyes, usually a very pale blue or gray.

Perl

The people of Perl were mostly from Braedon and Lunaris but following The Cataclysm, survivors of the fall of Perl are a gaunt, pale people with bright blue eyes. Any children born of even a single Perlish parent inherit these features and as such they are treated distantly by their peers.