Description
The Kolbecs occupy the north-eastern parts of
Devania, especially the
Hiding Woods. They also have a significant presence in the , where they spend up to half of their lives. They are followers of
Volgrim, who they believe to guide their ships by night, and of
Jeth, who promises them calm waters and steady winds.
Kolbecs were always accomplished sailors and pirates, dating all the way back to the Age of Destruction. At times, they occupied the
Twin Isles and
Aerithelis Edhil, though they were driven out by the armies of
Delos'Nordan. Despite their penchant for robbery, the Kolbecs are largely a non-violent people, preferring to remain undisturbed in their forest- and sea-based homes while taking what they need to continue to survive. Kolbec homes on land, in fact, are typically convertible into longships and galleys, so that a Kolbec village may set to sea by the time they hear of an approaching threat or army. This also permits them to be quite adaptive settlers when they return to land once again, converting their ships back into homes. For the
Devanians, this is quite a headache, and makes the Kolbecs impossible to fully squash.
