Additional Human Ethnic Cultures of Skârn from RMU Write-ups
Feb 9, 2018 1:36:45 GMT -5
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Šarvanii (pr. Shar-van-ē):
[They replace the Sharva from the 5e D&D version of the setting.]
The Šarvanii are a tall & athletic people with tawny complexions, hair that ranges from straw blonde to auburn, with eyes from sky blue to pine green in coloration. The Šarvanii are nomadic warrior peoples, as such they wear rough spun woolens, leathers & basic jewelry. Their men wear their hair mostly shaven with only a long forelock & long mustaches. Their women wear their hair long unless they are warrior shield maidens, then they shave the sides & back of their heads; typing their hair into a top knot. Armor is often made of hide or leather for the common warrior with champions & tribal leaders wearing chain or scale shirts. They also use helmets & shields, for weapons they prefer axes, sabers, lances & compound short bows.
The Šarvanii tribes are divided into clans; there are three clans per tribe, each with its own totem creature. They worship the Fury gods, but their matron is Šarva, the huntress. They like their Gojiranii kin; they worship in a primal animistic fashion, unlike their more ‘civilized’ kin the Anthorii & Hundarii. They are a warlike people who prize their honor, they will take umbrage at any slight to their personal, clan oe tribe’s honor, and as such they will seek vengeance until death until the dishonor has been cleansed. The elders in society once they are nearing death or infirmity they head into the wilderness to meat their end in an honorable fashion. As such they spend much of their leisure time telling stories of their clan & tribe, so the younger members of their people can gain their wisdom.
The Šarvanii are horse based nomads who prize their horses nearly as much as they prize their horses. They breed some of the best horses in Khaladon, as such they will fetch huge sums in the southern markets. They are also highly sought by their chief rivals, the Ard-Graal nomads of the Steppes of Kisvord. The Ard’Graal tribes occasionally raid the Plains of Rathgor for horses. As such Ard’Graal is seen with strong suspicion, though the occasional Og’Graal will earn acceptance. Like their Anthorii kin, they do not trust non divine magic; though they do grudgingly accept elemental magicians as tribal viziers; but all sorcerers are hunted & killed.
NOTE: These Human Ethnic groups were initial part of the Jadigaran setting I fused with my World of Skârn setting before I shifted to RMU from 5e D&D; thus i am not sure if they'll make the cut.
Bal-Šamadi (pr. Bal-Sha-mady; Bal=Low):
The Bal-Šamadi are of middling height but strong builds, with chestnut to olive colored skin, green to dark brown eyes & dark brown to black hair. They are the diluted remnants of the ancient Šamadi people mixed with small amounts of Kembiši, Gaššu & Dyshimi heritage. The Bal-Šamadi wear light & loose clothing, with women wearing revealing dresses if in the upper classes or open tops if sailors, pirates or commoners. Both genders wear loose knee length pants or kilts, as well as sandals & head scarves. The Bal-Šamadi rarely wears armor except for helmets & prefers short swords, daggers & compound short bows. The Bal-Šamadi are great sailors & fierce warriors, many become pirates or merchants. The Bal-Šamadi of both Azzolem & Mel-Šiva can be a grim people; where as those living in Marjaan, Kaš-Tuul, the isles of Dyš & Ţarkeš, as well as the Republic of Dhakōs, are fairly gregarious, who enjoy life & freedom. The Bal-Šamadi are more often found as fighters, rogues & thieves, they rarely take up non-divine magical traditions. The Bal-Šamadi is also native to Dhakōs but is now a minority there & dominates the corrupt southern City-State of Mel-Šiva, under their Ard-Šamadi “kin”.
Ard-Šamadi (pr. Ard-Sha-mady):
The Ard-Šamadi are the last of the “pure” Šamadi peoples in Khaladon, they make up the aristocrat class of Azzolem. They are a decadent & grim people who delight in exploring their perverse desires & dark magical traditions. They are descended from the Old Šamadi people who conquered much of northern Jandigar before they became corrupted & gave rise to the Witch Kings a millennium ago. The Ard-Šamadi are of middling height & builds, with dusky skin, dark curly hair & brown eyes. The men-folk shave their faces & heads, while women wear their hair in elaborate styles. They wear light clothing of Old Šamadi style of kilts, fine tunics or dresses & sandals. The Ard-Šamadi use daggers, maces, axes, bows, short swords & khopesh swords, plus use greaves, helmets & shields for armor. The Ard-Šamadi make able warriors, but excel at magic in all its forms, but prefer darker magic & studying secret lore lost with the fall of the Old Šamad Empire.
Pharan (pr. Far-an):
The Pharan are of middling height & builds, with dusky skin, dark hair & eyes. They wear loose clothing that helps keep the heat at bay. Their men-folk grow long curly beards & both genders love to wear fine jewelry. The Pharan use daggers, scimitars & compound short bows as weapons, plus leather, scale armor, helmets & shields. The Pharan are a proud race, who is known to be able warriors, sailors, merchants & magi; while magic is embraced in the Pharan Empire but it is simply tolerated in Kaš-tuul unless divine in nature or used in healing or divination. Their kin dwell in the desert, steppes & wastelands west of the Ilruhn Mountains, in the fading Pharan Empire and the desert of Rakhaz. The Pharan are often Fighters, rogues, thief, bards, clerics, magicians, dabblers, mentalists, lay healers, healers, paladins, Scholars & sorcerers. The Pharan are descendants of the Tanjaran people, but derive their current culture from the Old Šamadi Empire that rose from its ashes; this was before they the rising of the Witch Kings corrupted the Old Šamadi Empire centuries before its fall.
Kembiši (pr. Kem-bishy):
The Kembiši are a tall & slender people, with reddish-brown skin, dark brown eyes & fuzzy black hair. The typical Kembiši wears very little clothing outside those who dwell in Marjaan. Scarification, piercings and skin painting are common among the plains tribes. The Kembiši prefer to use spears, short bows, daggers, short swords, chakram plus shields & helmets (especially among those who dwell in Marjaan).They are mainly a pastoral tribal people who dwell in small villages scattered across the plains, or semi-nomadic clans or the rare non-slave city dweller. They are known to be proud & skillful warriors, as well as skilled hunters. Magic unless divine in nature is seen as suspicious if not unnatural. The Kembiši are often fighters, rangers, rogues, lay healers, healers, druids & Clerics. The Kembiši are descendants of the Tanjaran people’s native to the Plains of Kember.
Gaššu (pr. Gash-shū):
The Gaššu is a short & slender people, with strong builds. They have olive-brown skin, hazel to dark brown eyes & black hair. They like scarification, piercings & skin paint much like the Kembiši. The jungle Gaššu wears little more than loin cloths & simple jewelry. Where as the eastern & southern city dweller kin wear simple clothing & more elaborate jewelry. The Gaššu use spears, daggers, war clubs, blow darts & short bows, they also use shields. They are able & stealthy warriors, as well as great hunters. Those who live in the cities are capable craftsmen & merchants. Magic outside the divine is unknown among the jungle tribes & is taboo in the cities; non-divine magic users are considered witches & often sacrificed to their gods. Most Gaššu live in small jungle tribal villages, while others live in small cities in the foothills of both the Peaks of Ozur & Ilruhn Mountains. The Gaššu are often fighters, rogues, healers, druids, clerics & rangers. The Gaššu are descendants of the native Tanjaran people’s native to the Jungles of Yrgaš.
Ţarkeši (pr. Thar-keshy):
The Ţarkeši are of middling height & have slender but toned builds, they have mocha colored skin, with curly to fuzzy auburn to black hair. They wear kilts; knee pants, loose tops & short vests, plus they wear sandals & wide sashes. The Ţarkeši also love to wear simple but fine jewelry, especially piercings & they are fond of intricate tattoos. They rarely wear armors beyond helmets & prefer to use short swords, scimitars, daggers & compound bows. The Ţarkeši are descended from former slaves of the old Azzolemite Empire, those of Gaššu, Kembiši, Anthorii, Quentarii, Bal-Šamadi, Hundarii slaves & the native Arkhonian people of the island before the rise of the Old Šamadi Empire, who were kin of the neighboring Dyshimi peoples. The Ţarkeši are a gregarious & proud people, who are master sailors, pirates, rogueish warriors, cagey merchants & magi. The professions that the Ţarkeši most commonly follow are Warrior, Rogue, Thief, Magician, Dabbler, Magent, Bards & Lay Healers. The bulk of the human population of the Pirate Isles of Tanûr are of Ţarkeši heritage, as such they have strong ties with them.
D’Jola (pr. D-yō-la): [This race will be rewritten & made a Elfin-like race called the D’Jôlî.]
The D’Jola are of middling height & have slender but toned builds, with mahogany skin, curly to fuzzy black hair with brown eyes. They use piercings & skin paints among the plain & jungle tribes, who wear little clothing; while the city dwellers wear clothing in Old Çordašii style of kilts, simple tunics or dresses & sandals. The tribal D’Jola use simple weaponry such as spears, war clubs, daggers, blow darts & bolos; where as the City dwellers use daggers, maces, axes, bows, short swords & khopesh swords, in the Old Çordašii Style. The D’Jola honor local spirits & their own pantheon of deities of which they share with their kin who dwell in the Rakhaz Desert. The D’Jola are descended from the ancient Jandigoran tribes that held dominion of much of Southern Khaladon.
Rakḥazii (pr. Rok-ḥaz-ē):
The Rakḥazii are of middling height & have slender but toned builds, with ebony skin, curly to fuzzy black hair with brown eyes. They are nomadic people living in clan groups descended from three tribes. The Rakḥazii wear clothing in Old Çordašii style of kilts, simple tunics or dresses with light robes overtop, head scarves, veils & sandals, while they prefer to use daggers, maces, axes, bows, short swords & khopesh swords, in the Old Çordašii Style. They honor local spirits & their own pantheon of deities of which they share with their kin who dwell in the D’Jolan Dominion. The Rakḥazii are descended from the ancient Jandigoran tribes that held dominion of much of Southern Khaladon.
Culturally the Rakḥazii are a proud & noble race, who is often prone to fatalism. They live in a harsh & unforgiving land, thus they mirror those traits. Homosexual relations are condoned as long as they are outside the marriage contract. If you are married to a person of the opposite gender & have produced a child for the tribe & clan, who have sex with does not matter. Marriage & childbirth are sacred to the Rakḥazii, those that refuse to get married or have children are pariahs and cast out of their tribe. Criminals and rapists are killed publically; the family of guilty is shamed & must make amends to the tribe before the shame can be lifted. Honor means everything to the Drakoi, be it personal, family or tribal honor. A Rakḥazii dishonored will do anything to cleanse the mark against his or her honor, even committing suicide or murder. To guard against that dueling is a common way to assuage slights of honor, ranging from first blood to contests to the death.
[They replace the Sharva from the 5e D&D version of the setting.]
The Šarvanii are a tall & athletic people with tawny complexions, hair that ranges from straw blonde to auburn, with eyes from sky blue to pine green in coloration. The Šarvanii are nomadic warrior peoples, as such they wear rough spun woolens, leathers & basic jewelry. Their men wear their hair mostly shaven with only a long forelock & long mustaches. Their women wear their hair long unless they are warrior shield maidens, then they shave the sides & back of their heads; typing their hair into a top knot. Armor is often made of hide or leather for the common warrior with champions & tribal leaders wearing chain or scale shirts. They also use helmets & shields, for weapons they prefer axes, sabers, lances & compound short bows.
The Šarvanii tribes are divided into clans; there are three clans per tribe, each with its own totem creature. They worship the Fury gods, but their matron is Šarva, the huntress. They like their Gojiranii kin; they worship in a primal animistic fashion, unlike their more ‘civilized’ kin the Anthorii & Hundarii. They are a warlike people who prize their honor, they will take umbrage at any slight to their personal, clan oe tribe’s honor, and as such they will seek vengeance until death until the dishonor has been cleansed. The elders in society once they are nearing death or infirmity they head into the wilderness to meat their end in an honorable fashion. As such they spend much of their leisure time telling stories of their clan & tribe, so the younger members of their people can gain their wisdom.
The Šarvanii are horse based nomads who prize their horses nearly as much as they prize their horses. They breed some of the best horses in Khaladon, as such they will fetch huge sums in the southern markets. They are also highly sought by their chief rivals, the Ard-Graal nomads of the Steppes of Kisvord. The Ard’Graal tribes occasionally raid the Plains of Rathgor for horses. As such Ard’Graal is seen with strong suspicion, though the occasional Og’Graal will earn acceptance. Like their Anthorii kin, they do not trust non divine magic; though they do grudgingly accept elemental magicians as tribal viziers; but all sorcerers are hunted & killed.
NOTE: These Human Ethnic groups were initial part of the Jadigaran setting I fused with my World of Skârn setting before I shifted to RMU from 5e D&D; thus i am not sure if they'll make the cut.
Bal-Šamadi (pr. Bal-Sha-mady; Bal=Low):
The Bal-Šamadi are of middling height but strong builds, with chestnut to olive colored skin, green to dark brown eyes & dark brown to black hair. They are the diluted remnants of the ancient Šamadi people mixed with small amounts of Kembiši, Gaššu & Dyshimi heritage. The Bal-Šamadi wear light & loose clothing, with women wearing revealing dresses if in the upper classes or open tops if sailors, pirates or commoners. Both genders wear loose knee length pants or kilts, as well as sandals & head scarves. The Bal-Šamadi rarely wears armor except for helmets & prefers short swords, daggers & compound short bows. The Bal-Šamadi are great sailors & fierce warriors, many become pirates or merchants. The Bal-Šamadi of both Azzolem & Mel-Šiva can be a grim people; where as those living in Marjaan, Kaš-Tuul, the isles of Dyš & Ţarkeš, as well as the Republic of Dhakōs, are fairly gregarious, who enjoy life & freedom. The Bal-Šamadi are more often found as fighters, rogues & thieves, they rarely take up non-divine magical traditions. The Bal-Šamadi is also native to Dhakōs but is now a minority there & dominates the corrupt southern City-State of Mel-Šiva, under their Ard-Šamadi “kin”.
Ard-Šamadi (pr. Ard-Sha-mady):
The Ard-Šamadi are the last of the “pure” Šamadi peoples in Khaladon, they make up the aristocrat class of Azzolem. They are a decadent & grim people who delight in exploring their perverse desires & dark magical traditions. They are descended from the Old Šamadi people who conquered much of northern Jandigar before they became corrupted & gave rise to the Witch Kings a millennium ago. The Ard-Šamadi are of middling height & builds, with dusky skin, dark curly hair & brown eyes. The men-folk shave their faces & heads, while women wear their hair in elaborate styles. They wear light clothing of Old Šamadi style of kilts, fine tunics or dresses & sandals. The Ard-Šamadi use daggers, maces, axes, bows, short swords & khopesh swords, plus use greaves, helmets & shields for armor. The Ard-Šamadi make able warriors, but excel at magic in all its forms, but prefer darker magic & studying secret lore lost with the fall of the Old Šamad Empire.
Pharan (pr. Far-an):
The Pharan are of middling height & builds, with dusky skin, dark hair & eyes. They wear loose clothing that helps keep the heat at bay. Their men-folk grow long curly beards & both genders love to wear fine jewelry. The Pharan use daggers, scimitars & compound short bows as weapons, plus leather, scale armor, helmets & shields. The Pharan are a proud race, who is known to be able warriors, sailors, merchants & magi; while magic is embraced in the Pharan Empire but it is simply tolerated in Kaš-tuul unless divine in nature or used in healing or divination. Their kin dwell in the desert, steppes & wastelands west of the Ilruhn Mountains, in the fading Pharan Empire and the desert of Rakhaz. The Pharan are often Fighters, rogues, thief, bards, clerics, magicians, dabblers, mentalists, lay healers, healers, paladins, Scholars & sorcerers. The Pharan are descendants of the Tanjaran people, but derive their current culture from the Old Šamadi Empire that rose from its ashes; this was before they the rising of the Witch Kings corrupted the Old Šamadi Empire centuries before its fall.
Kembiši (pr. Kem-bishy):
The Kembiši are a tall & slender people, with reddish-brown skin, dark brown eyes & fuzzy black hair. The typical Kembiši wears very little clothing outside those who dwell in Marjaan. Scarification, piercings and skin painting are common among the plains tribes. The Kembiši prefer to use spears, short bows, daggers, short swords, chakram plus shields & helmets (especially among those who dwell in Marjaan).They are mainly a pastoral tribal people who dwell in small villages scattered across the plains, or semi-nomadic clans or the rare non-slave city dweller. They are known to be proud & skillful warriors, as well as skilled hunters. Magic unless divine in nature is seen as suspicious if not unnatural. The Kembiši are often fighters, rangers, rogues, lay healers, healers, druids & Clerics. The Kembiši are descendants of the Tanjaran people’s native to the Plains of Kember.
Gaššu (pr. Gash-shū):
The Gaššu is a short & slender people, with strong builds. They have olive-brown skin, hazel to dark brown eyes & black hair. They like scarification, piercings & skin paint much like the Kembiši. The jungle Gaššu wears little more than loin cloths & simple jewelry. Where as the eastern & southern city dweller kin wear simple clothing & more elaborate jewelry. The Gaššu use spears, daggers, war clubs, blow darts & short bows, they also use shields. They are able & stealthy warriors, as well as great hunters. Those who live in the cities are capable craftsmen & merchants. Magic outside the divine is unknown among the jungle tribes & is taboo in the cities; non-divine magic users are considered witches & often sacrificed to their gods. Most Gaššu live in small jungle tribal villages, while others live in small cities in the foothills of both the Peaks of Ozur & Ilruhn Mountains. The Gaššu are often fighters, rogues, healers, druids, clerics & rangers. The Gaššu are descendants of the native Tanjaran people’s native to the Jungles of Yrgaš.
Ţarkeši (pr. Thar-keshy):
The Ţarkeši are of middling height & have slender but toned builds, they have mocha colored skin, with curly to fuzzy auburn to black hair. They wear kilts; knee pants, loose tops & short vests, plus they wear sandals & wide sashes. The Ţarkeši also love to wear simple but fine jewelry, especially piercings & they are fond of intricate tattoos. They rarely wear armors beyond helmets & prefer to use short swords, scimitars, daggers & compound bows. The Ţarkeši are descended from former slaves of the old Azzolemite Empire, those of Gaššu, Kembiši, Anthorii, Quentarii, Bal-Šamadi, Hundarii slaves & the native Arkhonian people of the island before the rise of the Old Šamadi Empire, who were kin of the neighboring Dyshimi peoples. The Ţarkeši are a gregarious & proud people, who are master sailors, pirates, rogueish warriors, cagey merchants & magi. The professions that the Ţarkeši most commonly follow are Warrior, Rogue, Thief, Magician, Dabbler, Magent, Bards & Lay Healers. The bulk of the human population of the Pirate Isles of Tanûr are of Ţarkeši heritage, as such they have strong ties with them.
D’Jola (pr. D-yō-la): [This race will be rewritten & made a Elfin-like race called the D’Jôlî.]
The D’Jola are of middling height & have slender but toned builds, with mahogany skin, curly to fuzzy black hair with brown eyes. They use piercings & skin paints among the plain & jungle tribes, who wear little clothing; while the city dwellers wear clothing in Old Çordašii style of kilts, simple tunics or dresses & sandals. The tribal D’Jola use simple weaponry such as spears, war clubs, daggers, blow darts & bolos; where as the City dwellers use daggers, maces, axes, bows, short swords & khopesh swords, in the Old Çordašii Style. The D’Jola honor local spirits & their own pantheon of deities of which they share with their kin who dwell in the Rakhaz Desert. The D’Jola are descended from the ancient Jandigoran tribes that held dominion of much of Southern Khaladon.
Rakḥazii (pr. Rok-ḥaz-ē):
The Rakḥazii are of middling height & have slender but toned builds, with ebony skin, curly to fuzzy black hair with brown eyes. They are nomadic people living in clan groups descended from three tribes. The Rakḥazii wear clothing in Old Çordašii style of kilts, simple tunics or dresses with light robes overtop, head scarves, veils & sandals, while they prefer to use daggers, maces, axes, bows, short swords & khopesh swords, in the Old Çordašii Style. They honor local spirits & their own pantheon of deities of which they share with their kin who dwell in the D’Jolan Dominion. The Rakḥazii are descended from the ancient Jandigoran tribes that held dominion of much of Southern Khaladon.
Culturally the Rakḥazii are a proud & noble race, who is often prone to fatalism. They live in a harsh & unforgiving land, thus they mirror those traits. Homosexual relations are condoned as long as they are outside the marriage contract. If you are married to a person of the opposite gender & have produced a child for the tribe & clan, who have sex with does not matter. Marriage & childbirth are sacred to the Rakḥazii, those that refuse to get married or have children are pariahs and cast out of their tribe. Criminals and rapists are killed publically; the family of guilty is shamed & must make amends to the tribe before the shame can be lifted. Honor means everything to the Drakoi, be it personal, family or tribal honor. A Rakḥazii dishonored will do anything to cleanse the mark against his or her honor, even committing suicide or murder. To guard against that dueling is a common way to assuage slights of honor, ranging from first blood to contests to the death.