Humans: Overview
There are ten different ancestries of human on Summer's Tale, depending mostly on the region of origin. Certainly humans of different origin have spread all over the world and can be found anywhere. Some ancestries more widely populate the world, suvh as the Tessinae (contrasted to the Bairen people, who usually stay in their own Nation). One thing to remember: There are always some exception among humans, whether it be land of birth, or mixed ancestries. (The latter are especially common in places of larger population.)
So here are the ancestries for player characters. Common backgrounds and classes are from the Pathfinder 2e system, but they can be readily translated if necessary. Talk to your DM for more geographical or cultural information.
BAIREN HUMAN
In the rugged land of Bair, the people are more stocky and heavy set, and often grim. Some have jokingly described them as giant dwarves, as they often grow their red-brown beards and/or long hair in braids. Bairen skin color is pale, and eyes are often green or blue. The Bairn people live in a Nation of tribes and clans, which despite their fierce inside loyalty have banded together for mutual cooperation and defense. Sometimes these alliances can be strained...(Bair)
BAIREN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Artisan, Warrior, Laborer
BAIREN COMMON CLASSES: Fighter, Rogue, Ranger
BAIRAN RELIGION: Bairen Religion
BELLOURIAN HUMAN
Pale skinned, and fair haired, the Bellourians occupy the greatly prosperous Kingdom Bountiful--a strict, monotheistic nation that treats you very well as long as you stay in line. (The Kingdom Bountiful) Bellourians sometimes have strange eye colors, which can put you off a bit if you ever meet one. They are ruled by a king, who takes on both a religious and political role.
BELLOURIAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS; Acolyte, Guard, Merchant
BELLOURIAN COMMON CLASSES: Cleric, Champion, Magus
DARVENLANDER HUMAN:
Darvenlanders are a rugged people of work (and sometimes toil) and wander. Darvenland is a sprawling, rocky expanse of land, most of it in a valley below the Dwarven Mountains of Gimli. (Darvenland) These people have good relations with the Dwarves, and the Darvenlanders to the north are notorious for their nomadic, tribal existence in the hills and plains there. Darvenlanders vary in appearance, but most have weathered light brown skin and dark hair, with eye color variable.
DARVENLANDER COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Gambler, Hunter, Nomad
DARVENLANDER COMMON CLASSES: Ranger, Rogue, Barbarian
MAXIMON HUMAN[br] The Maximons are a classical culture of people who recently immigrated to a rich land in northern Dreamsgate. (Maxima) Some call it the Miaximon Empire, although this may be a bit ambitious yet. They have been successful in all things, in their isolated and relatively safe geographical and biological environment. They are a dark-skinned people, often wearing their black hair long and tightly braided. They are tall and strongly built, with piercing brown eyes. Their history is exceptional, as they came across rough seas in search their new home in Northern Dreamsgate. Some of their people still dwell as hunter-gatherers on the continent of Snowfell.
The Lands of Snowfell: Story of the Maximons
MAXIMON COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Artisan, Warrior, Merchant
MAXIMON COMMON CLASSES: Fighter, Magus, Inventor
NARRAN HUMAN
The Narrans are a noble people with an epic history. (Narra) They balance their survival with their human relationships, always balanced on their political situation with their Imperial neighbors, the Aligorians, a Tessinaen Empire of great strength. The Narrans are always seen with their heads up, their tone respectful, and their words carefully chosen. The Narrans have dark brown skin and hair in tight black curls, with deep, dark brown eyes.
NARRAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Acolyte, Emissary, Scholar
NARRAN COMMON CLASSES: Cleric, Wizard, Champion
ORIGGUNIAN HUMAN[br] Origgune is a wide continent, embracing many nations large and small. There is no feeling of ancestral unity here. The appearance of the Origgunians is widely ranging, from dark brown with deep brown eyes and black hair, to more pale with lighter hair and eyes of any color. Appearance may refer to region, but most often not. Truly, an Origgunian could be any human.
ORIGGUNIAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Any
BAIREN COMMON CLASSES: Any
SINDAR HUMAN
The Sindar have had a difficult history, once residing in uneasy peace in Bair, then for no good reason long forgotten, chased out with threat of oppression and even cruelty. The Sindar fled as they were able, most of them across the sea to Aligoria, to the city of Tellarus, but to many other places around the globe as well. The Sindar are of medium height, slightly lanky, with bright red hair and pale, freckled skin. Their eyes burn a bright blue. More information about the Sindar people, including their trials and tribulatios as an oppressed people: Humans, Sindar SINDAR COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Street Urchin, Laborer, Prisoner
SINDAR COMMON CLASSES: Rogue, Sorcerer, Bard
TESSINAE HUMAN
The Tessinae inhabit the great wide continent of Aligoria. Their varieties are many, and they are skilled at nearly any trade or profession. The sprawling Imperial city of Tellarus (Tellarus, General Document) on the west coast is their pride, even for those who have never been there. The Tessinaes’ skin is a deep olive tone, a “beautiful brown” as they say, and their hair is fine, straight, and usually deep black. (They are sometimes noted for their thick eyebrows.) Tessinaes’ eyes are brown. The "Older Ones are a human group that lives in the south of Aligoria, usually outside the bounds of the Empire. They live a tribal life, or go wandering by themselves. The Oldere Ones are brilliant make brilliant Oracles, as their divination system is highly developed and often quite
accurate. TESSINAE COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Any
TESSINAE COMMON CLASSES: Any
Tessinae Sub-Ancestry: The “Older Ones” of the Thitherland Forest: Thitherland
Older One Common Backgrounds: Artisan, Hunter, Herbalist
Older One Common Classes: Ranger, Cleric, Oracle
More information about the Older Ones: Older Ones of the Tessinae
YESHEN HUMAN:
The Yeshens are particular for the fact that their amazing, magical history has been forgotten over the past 500 years, in an almost willing cultural amnesia. The sub-ancestiry, the Yesh-Him, remember the Yeshen past and seek to propagate this knowledge throughout the Breaks, or the coastal Free Cities (the current Yeshen homeland: The Breaks) and (The Yeshens and the Breaks). The Yeshens are very close with the Halfling people, as they occupy the same lands in the Breaks. Yeshens have a very light brown to their skin, and their eyes are a brilliantly blue or green color. Their hair is usually sandy-blonde.
YESHEN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Entertainer, Sailor, Farmhand
YESHEN COMMON CLASSES: Bard, Rogue, Fighter
Yeshen Sub-Ancestry: The Yesh-Him of the Silver Coast
Yesh-Him Ancestral Ability: The Yesh-Him have the power to turn into mer-folk at will.
Yesh-him Common Backgrounds: Sailor, Scholar, Acolyte
Yesh-him Common Classes: Bard, Wizard, Cleric
ZEPHYRAN HUMAN[br] In the small Federation of Zephyra, the people are serious and a bit gruff with outsiders, but within their own they can by merry and kind. They are a tall people, and sometimes lanky, and are known for their strength. They generally have blonde hair and blue eyes. Zephyrans often identify strongly with a particular and traditional tribal or clannish ancestry, dating to before the Federation.
ZEPHYRAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Warrior, Sailor, Laborer
ZEPHYRAN COMMON CLASSES: Fighter, Magus, Barbarian
ZEPHYRAN RELIGION: Zephyran Religion
Humans: Regions and Differences
BAIREN HUMAN
In the rugged land of Bair, the people are more stocky and heavy set, and often grim. Some have jokingly described them as giant dwarves, as they often grow their red-brown beards and/or long hair in braids. Bairen skin color is pale, and eyes are often green or blue. The Bairn people live in a Nation of tribes and clans, which despite their fierce inside loyalty have banded together for mutual cooperation and defense. Sometimes these alliances can be strained...(Bair)
BAIREN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Artisan, Warrior, Laborer
BAIREN COMMON CLASSES: Fighter, Rogue, Ranger
BAIRAN RELIGION: Bairen Religion
BELLOURIAN HUMAN
Pale skinned, and fair haired, the Bellourians occupy the greatly prosperous Kingdom Bountiful--a strict, monotheistic nation that treats you very well as long as you stay in line. (The Kingdom Bountiful) Bellourians sometimes have strange eye colors, which can put you off a bit if you ever meet one. They are ruled by a king, who takes on both a religious and political role.
BELLOURIAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS; Acolyte, Guard, Merchant
BELLOURIAN COMMON CLASSES: Cleric, Champion, Magus
DARVENLANDER HUMAN:
Darvenlanders are a rugged people of work (and sometimes toil) and wander. Darvenland is a sprawling, rocky expanse of land, most of it in a valley below the Dwarven Mountains of Gimli. (Darvenland) These people have good relations with the Dwarves, and the Darvenlanders to the north are notorious for their nomadic, tribal existence in the hills and plains there. Darvenlanders vary in appearance, but most have weathered light brown skin and dark hair, with eye color variable.
DARVENLANDER COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Gambler, Hunter, Nomad
DARVENLANDER COMMON CLASSES: Ranger, Rogue, Barbarian
MAXIMON HUMAN[br] The Maximons are a classical culture of people who recently immigrated to a rich land in northern Dreamsgate. (Maxima) Some call it the Miaximon Empire, although this may be a bit ambitious yet. They have been successful in all things, in their isolated and relatively safe geographical and biological environment. They are a dark-skinned people, often wearing their black hair long and tightly braided. They are tall and strongly built, with piercing brown eyes. Their history is exceptional, as they came across rough seas in search their new home in Northern Dreamsgate. Some of their people still dwell as hunter-gatherers on the continent of Snowfell.
The Lands of Snowfell: Story of the Maximons
MAXIMON COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Artisan, Warrior, Merchant
MAXIMON COMMON CLASSES: Fighter, Magus, Inventor
NARRAN HUMAN
The Narrans are a noble people with an epic history. (Narra) They balance their survival with their human relationships, always balanced on their political situation with their Imperial neighbors, the Aligorians, a Tessinaen Empire of great strength. The Narrans are always seen with their heads up, their tone respectful, and their words carefully chosen. The Narrans have dark brown skin and hair in tight black curls, with deep, dark brown eyes.
NARRAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Acolyte, Emissary, Scholar
NARRAN COMMON CLASSES: Cleric, Wizard, Champion
ORIGGUNIAN HUMAN[br] Origgune is a wide continent, embracing many nations large and small. There is no feeling of ancestral unity here. The appearance of the Origgunians is widely ranging, from dark brown with deep brown eyes and black hair, to more pale with lighter hair and eyes of any color. Appearance may refer to region, but most often not. Truly, an Origgunian could be any human.
ORIGGUNIAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Any
BAIREN COMMON CLASSES: Any
SINDAR HUMAN
The Sindar have had a difficult history, once residing in uneasy peace in Bair, then for no good reason long forgotten, chased out with threat of oppression and even cruelty. The Sindar fled as they were able, most of them across the sea to Aligoria, to the city of Tellarus, but to many other places around the globe as well. The Sindar are of medium height, slightly lanky, with bright red hair and pale, freckled skin. Their eyes burn a bright blue. More information about the Sindar people, including their trials and tribulatios as an oppressed people: Humans, Sindar SINDAR COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Street Urchin, Laborer, Prisoner
SINDAR COMMON CLASSES: Rogue, Sorcerer, Bard
TESSINAE HUMAN
The Tessinae inhabit the great wide continent of Aligoria. Their varieties are many, and they are skilled at nearly any trade or profession. The sprawling Imperial city of Tellarus (Tellarus, General Document) on the west coast is their pride, even for those who have never been there. The Tessinaes’ skin is a deep olive tone, a “beautiful brown” as they say, and their hair is fine, straight, and usually deep black. (They are sometimes noted for their thick eyebrows.) Tessinaes’ eyes are brown. The "Older Ones are a human group that lives in the south of Aligoria, usually outside the bounds of the Empire. They live a tribal life, or go wandering by themselves. The Oldere Ones are brilliant make brilliant Oracles, as their divination system is highly developed and often quite
accurate. TESSINAE COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Any
TESSINAE COMMON CLASSES: Any
Tessinae Sub-Ancestry: The “Older Ones” of the Thitherland Forest: Thitherland
Older One Common Backgrounds: Artisan, Hunter, Herbalist
Older One Common Classes: Ranger, Cleric, Oracle
More information about the Older Ones: Older Ones of the Tessinae
YESHEN HUMAN:
The Yeshens are particular for the fact that their amazing, magical history has been forgotten over the past 500 years, in an almost willing cultural amnesia. The sub-ancestiry, the Yesh-Him, remember the Yeshen past and seek to propagate this knowledge throughout the Breaks, or the coastal Free Cities (the current Yeshen homeland: The Breaks) and (The Yeshens and the Breaks). The Yeshens are very close with the Halfling people, as they occupy the same lands in the Breaks. Yeshens have a very light brown to their skin, and their eyes are a brilliantly blue or green color. Their hair is usually sandy-blonde.
YESHEN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Entertainer, Sailor, Farmhand
YESHEN COMMON CLASSES: Bard, Rogue, Fighter
Yeshen Sub-Ancestry: The Yesh-Him of the Silver Coast
Yesh-Him Ancestral Ability: The Yesh-Him have the power to turn into mer-folk at will.
Yesh-him Common Backgrounds: Sailor, Scholar, Acolyte
Yesh-him Common Classes: Bard, Wizard, Cleric
ZEPHYRAN HUMAN[br] In the small Federation of Zephyra, the people are serious and a bit gruff with outsiders, but within their own they can by merry and kind. They are a tall people, and sometimes lanky, and are known for their strength. They generally have blonde hair and blue eyes. Zephyrans often identify strongly with a particular and traditional tribal or clannish ancestry, dating to before the Federation.
ZEPHYRAN COMMON BACKGROUNDS: Warrior, Sailor, Laborer
ZEPHYRAN COMMON CLASSES: Fighter, Magus, Barbarian
ZEPHYRAN RELIGION: Zephyran Religion
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