Maan
The most numerous people of Elshore and the baseline cultural reference of the age. Engineered as generalists meant to serve every role, the Maan instead built nations; the empire that rules Northland Place Northland The northern continent of Elshore, called Northland in common speech, on which every chapter of the story so far unfolds. today is theirs. Versatile, adaptable, and outwardly assured, they are the world's common measure.
Key traits
- Upright, balanced, moderately built; a body made for versatility rather than specialization, around 175 to 185 cm.
- The greatest physical diversity of any people: skin from pale flax to deep copper, hair from blond to black, eyes green, hazel, brown, or blue.
- Highly mobile, expressive faces and dexterous hands suited to fine work and sustained labour.
- A natural lifespan of roughly 80 years.
- Maturing at the baseline pace of the world: grown by the late teens, adult at around eighteen, with the middle years near forty.
- A clear, even-toned voice that serves as the acoustic baseline across the peoples; their speech is the root of New-Arram Language New Arram New Arram is the living lingua franca of Elshore, spoken by every sapient people on the planet..
- Charming, assertive, and culturally dominant; founders of the empire that rules Northland in the present age.