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<blockquote data-quote="Rhialto" data-source="post: 2970181" data-attributes="member: 630"><p>Seeing as it's been many days since my last post, I'm going to post an idea, just to make sure this thread isn't just collecting bumps.</p><p></p><p>They are an ancient race, most common in the West, though they can be found throughout all of Aleasana. The Dvergar call them "Svarts", for their swarthy complexion. The Northeners call them "Picts", for their habit of painting their bodies before they go into battle. The Aleasani call them Goblins, after their supposed resemblance to creatures in old Asani myth. The Urukh call them "Tengu", and claim they are the children of mountain spirits. The Bodai call them the Kassa'kell--the High Cave Folk. The Elves call them the Firbolg, and say they fought in league with the Formori. The Isslen call them "Ss'sk'll'sk", because they are not friendly with them, and that term means "People of Dung" in their hissing tongue. And they call themselves simply the Fir, which means in their language (a variant of Fae) "The True People". The Fir hold themselves to be the children of their goddess Morrigu, the Badb, who they sometimes call Mother Night.</p><p></p><p>The Fir are a short race, dark of skin and hair, with low foreheads, slanted eyes, and pointed ears. They clad themselves in fur and hides, and live in caves on the mountain peaksa folk famed for their savage rage, great stealth, and cunning knowledge of their home. Reclusive and primative, they live by hunting and banditry these days, supplemented by mercenary work and trading. Many a wandering merchant has seen his life ended when he took the wrong turn in the mountains, only to have a savage party of Goblins cut him off. They know no king, and keep aloof from other races, for the Fir see all other folks as enemies, or at the very least, as opponents. Perhaps that is why they slowly fade from the land, pushed aside by their more advanced, less isolationist rivals. Or perhaps it is the fact that they are fading that gives them their grim view.</p><p></p><p>Presently, few of the Picts have even deigned to notice the war, for it has had little effect on their almost unchanging lives. But as merchants grow scarcer, the war grows fiercer, and more Fir warbands join the fighting as raiders and sellswords, it begins to attract more and more notice among them. While many view it as a nuisance, some see it as an opportunity. The others are weak and divided, and if the Fir can put aside their own feuds and differences--unite and stand strong, then they may stop their decline, and become a power in the land once more...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhialto, post: 2970181, member: 630"] Seeing as it's been many days since my last post, I'm going to post an idea, just to make sure this thread isn't just collecting bumps. They are an ancient race, most common in the West, though they can be found throughout all of Aleasana. The Dvergar call them "Svarts", for their swarthy complexion. The Northeners call them "Picts", for their habit of painting their bodies before they go into battle. The Aleasani call them Goblins, after their supposed resemblance to creatures in old Asani myth. The Urukh call them "Tengu", and claim they are the children of mountain spirits. The Bodai call them the Kassa'kell--the High Cave Folk. The Elves call them the Firbolg, and say they fought in league with the Formori. The Isslen call them "Ss'sk'll'sk", because they are not friendly with them, and that term means "People of Dung" in their hissing tongue. And they call themselves simply the Fir, which means in their language (a variant of Fae) "The True People". The Fir hold themselves to be the children of their goddess Morrigu, the Badb, who they sometimes call Mother Night. The Fir are a short race, dark of skin and hair, with low foreheads, slanted eyes, and pointed ears. They clad themselves in fur and hides, and live in caves on the mountain peaksa folk famed for their savage rage, great stealth, and cunning knowledge of their home. Reclusive and primative, they live by hunting and banditry these days, supplemented by mercenary work and trading. Many a wandering merchant has seen his life ended when he took the wrong turn in the mountains, only to have a savage party of Goblins cut him off. They know no king, and keep aloof from other races, for the Fir see all other folks as enemies, or at the very least, as opponents. Perhaps that is why they slowly fade from the land, pushed aside by their more advanced, less isolationist rivals. Or perhaps it is the fact that they are fading that gives them their grim view. Presently, few of the Picts have even deigned to notice the war, for it has had little effect on their almost unchanging lives. But as merchants grow scarcer, the war grows fiercer, and more Fir warbands join the fighting as raiders and sellswords, it begins to attract more and more notice among them. While many view it as a nuisance, some see it as an opportunity. The others are weak and divided, and if the Fir can put aside their own feuds and differences--unite and stand strong, then they may stop their decline, and become a power in the land once more... [/QUOTE]
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