Chultans

Chultans are the human natives of Chult. They have dark skin, black hair, and rich culture. Driven out of the jungle by monsters and undead, they took refuge behind the stout walls of Port Nyanzaru, gave up their dynasties, and united to become a mercantile power in the southern edges of The Thunder Ocean, eager to do business with anyone who visits their perilous land. A few Chultans migrated to other regions and established outposts in distant cities such as Athkatla, Calimport, Port Dimali, and Sharn.
The lines of kings and queens that once held political sway throughout Chult have been mostly wiped out by time, war, calamity, and misfortune. They've been replaced by Chultan merchant princes who learned the art and craft of trading by Calishite profiteers, and who now use their wealth to forge profitable alliances and to steer the fate of their frontier realm.
Chultans dress in light, colorful clothing appropriate for the tropical climate. They trade in gold, gemstones, jewelry, textiles, spices, rare herbs, ivory, wood, unrefined metal ore, and other commodities plucked and plundered from the jungles, valleys, and mountains of Chult. Among themselves, all Chultans still speak their own tribal languages (a mix of exhaled and inhaled vowels, consonants, and tongue clicks), but any who deal regularly with foreigners also speak Common fluently.
Chultans in Port Nyanzaru seldom don armor because of the climate, but large, colorful shields made from toughened dinosaur hide are ubiquitous. These shields are called hlang and function as ordinary shields. In melee, they favor the traditional yklwa, a short, broad-bladed, one-handed, spearlike weapon.