Races in Arkon

There are many different races of Men.  Saen itself was settled by at least 5 tribes.  These were the Corynites, the Harusites, the Velanites, the Shoakites, and the Noarites.  The first also populated Jadus, the second the Southern Empires, and the third Daruk, while the fourth originated perhaps in Zheridus or beyond.  Noarites are a strange and insular group who tend to live in the hills and keep to themselves, being very suspicious of outsiders, while the other Saenish groups are a bit more familiar.  Rural areas still tend to be more superstitious and closed than urban ones, though.  Subtribes of these five groups are the common people of Saen, each with their own tongues.  Old Harusite is the tongue of the priesthood, while the aristocracies usually speak the tongue of their native tribe.  Similarily, Jadus is also populated by more than one group.  There are some groups of Men on Arkon that don't closely correspond with any known, RW groups.  But there are a few things to note.

Eberites are a wandering race who have come to Saen from another land, perhaps faraway Firanth, and they tend to be mistrusted where they go.

OstJadites: The original race of this land tended to be tall and often blond.  However during its Imperial days it incorporated other peoples.  The average male is probably 6' tall and the most common hair color is blond or brown, with red or black not unseen.  Eye color is often blue or gray, with green or brown not unseen.  Complexion can be from fair to tan.

Saenites:  A quite varied people but related to the OstJadites.  They have all colors of hair and eyes, with light and dark shades in roughly equal proportion.  The Northern Saenites are somewhat closer to OstJadites, while the Southern Saenites closer to the men from the Southern Empires.  The average male is about 5'10" and of medium build.  Complexions range from fair to tan or olive.

The Kingdom of Markor exists to the east of Saen across the mountains, past Ironforge, and this is a strange East-West overlapping land that has nevertheless been influenced by Saen's culture to a degree, being somewhere between Saen and Zheridus.

Zheridus is a land that is heavily identified with darkness, though it is not well understood in Saen.  It is thought to be run by evil magicians.

Demihuman races also have considerable internal diversity, as do the Humanoids.  Humanoid races are generally thought to be corrupted cousins of Men or Demihumans, and are included as such in racial genealogies.  Then there are some Archaic Men still found around.

There are other sentient, bipedal people as well on other parts of Arkon - chief among them are types of lizardfolk, catfolk, dog and wolffolk, and birdfolk.  These are generally not found in the vicinity of Saen except perhaps in small pockets.

Saen's population is first and foremost Men, with Halflings second most common, then Elves and Dwarves who are not as active as they once were, and Gnomes are very rare.  Humanoids are here too but tend to be pushed to the places that Men won't inhabit.  Some of the Dark aligned powers want this to change, including Arxam's Black Syndicate (Arxam is himself a Tiefling, or Demiplanar, and part of the Darklords Conspiracy).

Saen has occasional outbreaks of Lycanthropy and related diseases.  These usually lead to Church-led exterminations or quarantines but some communities have evaded notice for long periods.  As for Vampirism, it is also a disease, albeit rare, in Saen.  Vampires tend to form very secretive sects and brotherhoods. 

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It should be noted that in this history, Elves and Dwarves had epic histories that predate the rise of Men.  And Man's history itself moves in strange cycles, with the period of the Verial campaign marking a noted movement into a sinister paradigm.