Humans

Humans are the oldest of the common races, pioneering the genetic blueprint for the modern sapient. Perhaps it is because of their shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove making up for the years of tampering done by the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds.   With their penchant for migration and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common races. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. Human skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from black to blond (curly, kinky, or straight males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. A lot of humans have a dash of nonhuman blood, revealing hints of Elf, Orc, or other lineages. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.   Humans are the most adaptable and ambitious people among the common races. They have widely varying tastes, morals, and customs in the many different lands where they have settled. When they settle, though, they stay: they build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves traditions with origins far beyond the reach of any single human’s memory. They live fully in the present—making them well suited to the adventuring life—but also plan for the future, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.   The humans of Na'Endreth are not natives of the land. In the most ancient of times Gith herded the humans from a distant world to populate this one. These humans were subjugated and experimented upon by the Gith and encoded with the intense desire to worship, and be ruled. For the most part this mold was broken over time with the fall of their Gods, yet they still hold on to fragments of their masters with zeal.