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This '''Ethnographic Outline''' gives a brief overview of all major ethnicities and societies of Elondor designed as a point of entry to those not familiar with its landscape of nations. The article is organized by primary ethnolinguistic groups, giving general information before proceeding to a listing of subgroups. | This '''Ethnographic Outline''' gives a brief overview of all major ethnicities and societies of Elondor designed as a point of entry to those not familiar with its landscape of nations. The article is organized by primary ethnolinguistic groups, giving general information before proceeding to a listing of subgroups. Not that this is not an exhaustive list, but merely meant to introduce the reader to the most important ethnic groups and their characteristics. More detailed accounts can be found the respective main articles, which are linked throughout. | ||
==Ortûlékians== | ==Ortûlékians== | ||
The Ortûlékians have their origin in the cold and rainy plains of Belkondíl, but they do not easily remain in one place and can now be found in nearly every corner of Elondor; and that, upon their tendency towards conquests and massacres, mostly in powerful positions. Initially living in a clan-based and largely genderless society, their different ethnicities’ cultures and languages have diverted wide over the millennia, adopting many of the traditions of their host countries as well as conceiving of their own innovations. They are typically tall, light-skinned, and light-haired. | The Ortûlékians have their origin in the cold and rainy plains of Belkondíl, but they do not easily remain in one place and can now be found in nearly every corner of Elondor; and that, upon their tendency towards conquests and massacres, mostly in powerful positions. Initially living in a clan-based and largely genderless society, their different ethnicities’ cultures and languages have diverted wide over the millennia, adopting many of the traditions of their host countries as well as conceiving of their own innovations. They are typically tall, light-skinned, and light-haired. | ||
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The Kattasians are known for their metalworking, relentlessness, warfare, and curiosity, possibly an important influence in the development of early Aribelian culture. | The Kattasians are known for their metalworking, relentlessness, warfare, and curiosity, possibly an important influence in the development of early Aribelian culture. | ||
===Reknayans=== | ===Reknayans=== | ||
The Reknayans might be the most enigmatic of the Besokian peoples. They never travel very far from home, remaining in the Besokan Valley and its immediate surroundings. They are devoted to the soil that grows their rye, the sky that holds up their world, and their ancient mystic traditions. Their cult spans many monasteries in well-hidden mountain valleys, and they maintain an unbroken record of both secular and religious writings. One of the three | The Reknayans might be the most enigmatic of the Besokian peoples. They never travel very far from home, remaining in the Besokan Valley and its immediate surroundings. They are devoted to the soil that grows their rye, the sky that holds up their world, and their ancient mystic traditions. Their cult spans many monasteries in well-hidden mountain valleys, and they maintain an unbroken record of both secular and religious writings. One of the three major ethnicities of the free Reknaya, they rarely leave the safety of their home valleys, remaining reclusive and a mystery to most. | ||
==Andaro-Yenmic peoples== | ==Andaro-Yenmic peoples== | ||
The Andarians and Yenmians are often seen as close relatives to the Besokians. They also originate from the mountains, resemble them in looks, and have a similar disposition for far and wide migrations. But throughout their history they have shown less the yearning for greatness and accomplishment and more that for a simple and satisfied life. That said, the Andaro-Yenmic peoples are as diverse as they are widespread, including mountain farmers as much as merchants, foragers, and fierce mariners. | |||
===Andarians=== | ===Andarians=== | ||
The Andarian peoples originate around Mt. Andaron, whence they migrate west, anticipating a route that will much later be taken by the Kattasians. Some of them remain in the valleys of the western Reknaya alongside Kattasians and Olgs, others descend into Geran, settling in the Geranian Heath and later by the shores of the sea and in the fertile Kalpa Valley. These people will be known as the Hayans and, of course, the Kalparians, famous for their seafaring, their mountain goats, and their unwillingness to submit to anyone not of their own people (and most that would have been of their own people). The Hayans are mostly subdued by the Olgs, but the Kalparians fiercely stand their ground, rebelling against the Lécaronian Empire on multiple occasions and consistently refusing to give up their language. | |||
===Yenmians=== | ===Yenmians=== | ||
If the Reknayans are enigmatic, the Yenmians are outright mysterious. Once a dominant and powerful force in the eastern Reknaya, they have entirely removed themselves from the mountains. The only remaining Yenmian group lives far off, and largely out of contact with, the rest of Elondor. They are the Erenic tribes, foragers of the extreme north of Celsond, peaceful but reclusive, and fierce when threaten to the point where they even brought the aggressive expansion of the Celsondach to a halt. | |||
==Seligonians== | ==Seligonians== | ||
===Armundians=== | ===Armundians=== | ||