Nejhur

The Nejhur (IPA: /nɛʒ'u:r/) were a mortal people attested to in Ancient Temekanian documents from the Early Mithril Era. According to Old Temekanian sources, they came from a region of eastern Hakoa where the mountainous Mazabar Highlands met the lush and volcanic Ulukanda Rift Valley. During the Mithril Era, the Nejhur traded frequently with the peoples of the Nioan subcontinent using the then accessible land bridge now known as the Shattered Strait. The Nejhur exported gold, aromatic resins, blackwood and ebony lumber, ivory, and wild animals. They were known as being fierce warriors and were thought to be particularly skilled with ranged weapons such as bows, javelins, and slings. Groups of Nejhur warriors often found employment as mercenaries with the Temekanian State).
Little is known about their culture besides their reverence for the jaculi, a species of serpent found in the tropical forests of Hakoa. The Temekanians claim that the jaculi taught the Nejhur how to hunt with the bow as well as the virtue of truth, something which appears to have been central to Nejhur society. For this reason, the jaculi were sometimes referred to as “serpents of truth” by the Temekanians. The Nejhur appear to have died out or disappeared around the second millennia ME. No contemporary Hakoan cultures claim the Nejhur as their ancestors.

Last Recorded Location
Lower East Mazabar Highlands

Encompassed species

• Human