Human Races

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Race: Westman: A loosely related collection of races that inhabit a temperate western region of the world, the climate is a mixture of meadow, forest, plain, mountains, hill, and marsh, the races of this group are typically of average size and progressive feature, due to the lack of very dangerous beasts and races.

Meadow Folk: Average Height: 5'7" Average Weight: 160 lbs 
The most common race of westmen, ranging far throughout the western region and occupying most of the lower classes in the walled cities.
The meadow folk are a hardy race of farmers and warriors. Stocky and broad of feature, the meadow folk are well suited to work the soil, and excel as shield warriors.
Although the meadow is their home, they are not native to the regions they inhabit, being descendant from the once nomadic barbarian hill tribes, the meadow folk are far removed from their savage past.  Preferring to grow their own crops and live peaceably.
As a group they are known for their hospitality, warm personalities, and trusting nature, conversely they are sometimes seen as dull, gullible, and simple.
In feature, the meadow folk have a broad and somewhat flat face, with rounded, short bushy eyebrows, and a strong solid jawline. In complexion their tones are warm, with orange, peach and beige undertones, Warm light brown eye colours, and thick straight hair that ranges from medium to dark brown.        


Tower Folk: (Placeholder name) Average Height: 5'10" Average Weight: 160 lbs
The City folk consider themselves to be the natives of the western grasslands, meadows, marshes, and forests, having been there long before their neighbours in the meadows.  
Their history is shaped by their conflict with the invading hill tribes of old, whose long ancient war led to their construction of a great and imposing singular wall that encompassed all of their capital towns and settlements.   
Tall and long of limb, the men of the city are light on their feet and far more graceful than the hardy meadow folk. Favouring combat at long range, the City folk are known for their prized archers, who line their great walls, towers, and strongholds.  
Their Great Wall is the Westman's most enduring wonder, ever expanding, in later centuries the wall spans over most of the territory settled by men in the west, reaching heights of almost 100 feet at it's tallest points. (Or over 100 feet according to the Westmen.) 
They have a greater affinity for magic than their meadowfolk counterparts, specializing in barriers and healing. Their city is the central hub of the order of the light, whose efforts tend to the sick and wounded, and rally the weak to divine purpose.   
In feature, the City folk have a long narrow face with a straight profile, their noses are high and vertically long, their skin is light with cool undertones, most of their features are sharp and narrow, their hair grows long and fine, with ranges from jet black to dark brown, their eyes are similarly dark and angular, small with narrow edges and colours ranging from black to brown. 
       

Wild Folk : Average height: 5'6" Average Weight: 145 lbs (But with higher range than other groups, with individual clans and tribes having drastically different morphology)
The Wild Folk are strange by Westmen standards, living a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, with plenty of time to war with each other in between. They live beyond the divide of the wildwood, and seldom come into contact with the other westmen outside times of war. Their communities are divided into many different scattered clans, some of which work together, most of which don't. Their lack of unity keeps them from establishing any permanent cities.
Despite their small frames, the Wildfolk are considered to be fierce warriors, many of them being naturally ambidextrous, they are one of the few races that can effectively dual wield melee weapons naturally, their hunting bows, although not as deadly as the longbows of the City folk, are able to be fired fast and quickly, they are mobile and effective ambush archers.   
They have a higher magical affinity than the other Western Human groups, specializing in elemental magic, and witchcraft(Dark magic), this affinity for witchcraft causes a greater rift between the racial groups of the west, with the light persecuting any practitioners of dark magic, who they believe to be corrupt and descendant from Warlock and Witch blood. 
In character, the Wildfolk are known to be brash, brave to the point of foolhardiness, and faster to act than to think. 
Free of spirit, the wildlings roam and live as they please, taking risks and rarely staying put. From the perspective of those who live beyond the Wall, the wildfolk are dirty, savage, lacking in intelligence, grace, and civility. 
In features, they are even stranger by human standards:
Striking wild orange or red hair, mostly untamable and seemingly gravity defying, arching feathery owl like eyebrows that seem to hang off their face, ruddy of complexion, heavy of brow with flared nostrils, bright green eyes with an almond shape, often with single eyelid and epicanthic fold, and characteristic spotted patterns that are hereditary as opposed to blemishes like normal freckles.         
Their extremely unique appearance is attribute(mockingly) to their rumored promiscuity, with other westmen claiming them to be descendants of Leprechauns, halflings, harpies, Fauns, and other manner of beasts.  
The Wild Folk's behaviour does little to disprove the rumors about them...     




Northmen(Northmen are a larger collection of human races found in the northern continent, this is the most common northern race.) 
Average Height: 6'4"  Average Weight: 250 lbs
Considered to be huge and hulking brutes by the westmen, and thought to be of only semi human or sub-human status due to their morphology, the Northmen are a strong and hardy race that populates (Primarily)the southern and central regions of the Northern continent.   
For the most part, the Northmen are even greater in mass than they look, possessing a massive and heavy bone structure, along with thick hardened skin, many times denser than a common human. 
Despite their outward appearance, many of the Northern communities can be considered to be the home of "gentle giants". Being one of the only races that has domesticated livestock, and swaths of farmland(Because of their more temperament expansions) the Northmen have a much more leisurely existence than the other races in the North. They are highly communal, and their conflicts are primarily defensive and protective of livestock.   
In a sense, one could look at the Northmen as the most common prey of the Frozen North, sharing their home with both the voracious ogres and the ghostly Pale Orcs, the Northmen are superstitious, and rarely venture out into the northern wastes, alone or otherwise.
Considered simple by other human races, the Northmen are nonetheless strong and sturdy, able to travel long distances without tiring, and having a natural resistance to the cold weather due to their great size and padded skin. In strength they are formidable, able to overpower most westmen with sheer brute force.   
They are magically inclined, having the basic affinity for elemental magic, with an ease and familiarity with the frost and wind elements.(For obvious reasons.) 
In form they are massive, with a barrel chest and thick tree trunk arms and legs. Their heads are large and broad with a short thick neck that's mostly covered in muscle, high set heavy cheekbones, deep set eyes that are hooded to protect them from the elements, a massive sloping brow ridge, wide jaw, a blunt square chin, and large teeth with prominent canines.
Their hair is dense, and grows long, in coarse and heavy strands that keep their head, neck, and back warm. Few Northmen have their hair cut short, as their long hair is considered a point of great pride.  
In complexion they have bright warm tone skin, with their hair ranging from blonde- to dirty blonde, with iris ranging the lighter spectrum of blue hues.    
Despite their cold climate, they have little facial or body hair, whose purpose in humans is generally thought to be to protect against parasites, few of which can even survive in the frozen north, instead their skin is thick and their body fat is distributed evenly throughout their body.(Despite higher fat content, they are less likely to have a protruding gut, due to their even fat distribution.)

Southmen(There are many races of Southmen, like the Northmen, this is the most common)
Average Height: 6'8"
Average Weight: 260 lbs
The giant plainstriders of the Southern grasslands and jungle regions are powerful and effective hunters, warriors, and raiders. Their speed, strength, and ferocity lead them to dominate the Southern Continent, even in competition with races like the Black Orcs.     
The regions of the South are a wide expense, with a huge variety in living standards and civilization. There are great cities to the coast, and tribes of troll worshipping cultists to the west, in between are the raiders. Southern huntsmen and warriors that capture and enslave orcs, cyclops, and trogs(Orc-like species), the Southern raiders ride spotted Wargs into the chase,(Maned spotted Canid like creature similar to Hyena) and powerful warlords ride atop the towers and structures tied to the backs of great Megadons:  
Bands of traders travel north of the southern continent to trade with Goblins, westmen, and sometimes orcs, trading all manner of produce, trinket, and sometimes slaves.    
The southman's affinity for trolls is not uncommon amongst various tribes, with some of their warlords having "Royal Blood" or being "God-born" the result of a live birth from Troll parentage(Most times the mother dies before this can occur). These towering tusked southern lords strike fear into travelers and anyone who dares oppose the warrior bands.    
The Southmen practice a wide variety of powerful magics, elemental, pestilence, summoning, and more. They also practice powerful alchemy and shamanism.   
In appearance, the Southmen tower above other races, with long limbs and a tall neck, their bodies are lean and dense of bone and muscle. In face, they have a sharp furled brow, and flared nostrils, their mouths are large and house powerful canines(They are highly carnivorous), their faces are angular and sharp, with rough edges and a powerful structure. Their hair hangs in thick massive black strands(Similar to Protoss in Starcraft) and their skin ranges from dark brown to almost black, to medium reddish brown in the more temperate forest regions, their eye colour rangers from maroon to red-orange, with bizarre colours such as white or purple showing up as a result of troll's blood.