Humans

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Humans are the most populous race on the mainland. They are the dominant population in the nations of [[Flannery]], [[Fresia]], [[Celstia]], [[Ulan]], [[Petara]], [[Odessa]], [[Ubrekt]] and [[Alexia]]. They exist in significant minorities in other nations, though few if any exist in [[Sidhe-Praxen]].

Humans are a short-lived and lively race, and easily the most diverse and mercurial. You've probably met one or two, so you know what they're like. Other races admire human ingenuity and resourcefulness, but are often disenchanted by what they see as a prevalence for self-absorption, ruthlessness, and naked ambition. [[Gnomes]] and [[Elves]], especially, dislike humans, while [[halflings]] have found a way to exist wholly within, but mostly independent of, human political structures. [[Gnomes]] harbor a strong cultural mistrust for humans for historical reasons: they still hold them responsible for the destruction of [[Old Hakan]] and the [[Gnomish Vassalage]]. [[Elves]], on the other hand, are literally taught that humans are a lesser order of creature, going so far as to outlaw reproduction with them on penalty of sterilization and exile. While the [[Gnomes|Gnomish]] disdain for humankind stretches back thousands of years, to the days of the [[First Empire]], the [[Elves|Elves']] hostility is relatively recent, likely finding its origin in successive series of [[civil wars]] instigated by [[half-elves|half-elven]] [[pluralists]] which forced the [[Elves]] off the mainland and exacted a staggering toll on the [[Elves|Elven]] population.

They are easily the most political of the races, and likewise the most politically influential. In addition to controlling most of the world's nation-states, the majority of [[Arch-Wardens|Arch-Warden]] and [[Wardens]] have been human.

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