Races

Humans of Imarel and Ishaela - by T.A. Saunders ©2009 v1.7

Racial Articles People of Sengaard (Shadow Folk, Sengaardians)

The Sengaardians are the first Humans and the first race to fall to the evil of Khavos. They were, till very recently a slave race, allowed to exist only as food for the vampires of Xos and bred for strength and intelligence, so the finest amongst them maybe turned into vampires themselves and made to serve Khavos.

Thanks to the efforts of heroes from the city of Sundown and the Sivanoshei Elves, the Sengaardians are now a free people. With Khavos destroyed and the vampire nation shattered and scattered, the Sengaardians as a people are beginning to realize their worth and their capability. For the moment, they remain under the provisional protection of the Sivanoshei Empire while they establish a government and begin to rebuild the damage from a war that has raged for nearly six years.

The typical Sengaardian has deathly pale skin, dark hair and dark eyes. Because of the shortened day caused by Ishaela's rotation, these Humans are mildly light-sensitive and tend to prefer the dark more than their brethren elsewhere. They are slightly taller than Hill People on the average and tend to be wiry and slight of build, almost to the point of seeming frail.

Sengaardians are also the most gifted Humans with magic and have shown considerable skill adopting the Shei and even the Asyndi methods of spell-casting. It was because of this natural inclination, some Sivanoshei felt the Humans could be taught magic safely.

Despite their overall intelligence and wit, the Sengaardians are a people that have lost much of their history thanks to propaganda and misinformation. Almost all records of old Sengaard have been lost, leaving the Sengaardians the task of recovering what they can and start anew. Relations between the Sengaardians and the Dwarves are also strained at best, giving the Sivanoshei the difficult task of acting as the go-between for the two peoples in an effort to smooth relations.