Azuran

Azurans are the human natives of Azura. 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 ocean, eager to do business with anyone who visits their perilous land. The lines of kings and queens that once held political sway throughout Azura have been mostly wiped out by time, war, calamity, and misfortune. They've been replaced by Azuran merchant princes who learned the art and craft of trading from Greschan profiteers, and who now use their wealth to forge profitable alliances and to steer the fate of their frontier realm. Azurans dress in light, colourful clothing appropriate for the tropical climate. They trade in gold, gemstones, jewellery, textiles, spices, rare herbs, ivory, wood, unrefined metal ore, and other commodities plucked and plundered from the jungles, valleys, and mountains of Azura. Among themselves, all Azurans still speak their own languages (a mix of exhaled and inhaled vowels, consonants, and tongue clicks), but any who deal regularly with foreigners also speak Common fluently, often with a heavy, characteristic accent. Azurans in Port Nyanzaru seldom don armour because of the climate, but large, colourful shields made from toughened dinosaur hide are ubiquitous. These shields are called hlang and function as ordinary shields. In melee, they favour the traditional yklwa (pronounced YICK-ul-wah), a short, broad-bladed, one-handed, spearlike weapon.

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