Human

Now amongst the most dominant of the mortal races, or at least plentiful, for within the heart of man burns a desire for more, to be worth more, what they have is never enough so long as there is more to be had. Wealth and power are the things that can satiate the heart of man, and nothing more. Thus it is said by many elves and a few other species, and while greed is an undeniable aspect of humanity, there are just as many who satiate their hearts with hearth and family. Though there may be truth to what dark rumors some would say about the soul of man, for each aspiring politician and warlord, willing to do whatever they must, there are also humble people, doing what they believe is just and right, or simply living their own lives.
But a more objective reason why might simply be that out of all the races, humans were the ones least affected by the great catastrophe. That they climbed the ruines faster simply because there were more of them. But such a matter can only remain speculation.

Nomads Eternal.

adaptable and malleable to the extreme, they heave out a place for themselves no matter the lands, from the frozen tundra’s, and howling glaciers, to the deepest forest and the most verdant valleys, in the scorching sun and dizzying heights humanity can be found everywhere in the known world. Humanity has no home in Andaras, they have made their own wherever they are, wandering the world in search of a place to call their own, and thus humanity can be found all across Andaras and beyond.

Children of Nothing.

All life is bound to the gods, all except that of human lives, ever since they sprung off the muck no god claimed possession or parentage over the hapless species. Instead mankind was left to wander the world, watching other species guided by their gods, instead, humanity scattered across the world in small tribes, aimlessly looking for purpose and meaning to their lives. For this reason, many races look down upon humanity as upstarts and thieves of their rightful destiny. As humanity spread across the world, growing in numbers and taking lands where they could. Left to find their purpose humanity is a strange and diverse group at times, as different from each other as they are to the elves and dwarfs, and even as hostile.

Legacy from the Ashes.

How far we have fallen, to view the works of ancestors with the same reverence and mystism as the miracles of the gods. That our Birth right is as foreign to us as the very magic we deem too dangerous

— Attributed to King Korvand of Korval League

. Like many of the old races, humanity did not leave unscared from the great sundering, for once they dwelt in great spires, cities that reached for heaven itself in great steel behemoths. In the smog-filled lands they carved out in mockery of the gods, these ancient and honorable ancestors made a nation to spite the other races, in a great and wicked war, against elven kind for survival and control over the continent of Andaras. Though neither nation survived the conflict, humanity still remembers fondly their unity of purpose, their majesty, and brilliance of their former realm, in old song and tome alike written as a paradise for the honorable, and of the benevolence of its magnificent rulers. The bygone reminds of a lost era dot the cities of mankind, ancient foundries capable of great wonders, and ancient steel towers still dot the land, revered as sacred remains of the great ancestors.

Related Organizations

• Province of Middenland