Iru
The progenitors, and the only naturally evolved people of Elshore. Tall, pale, and long-lived, they raised the Inarin civilization and the corporations that engineered the servant lines. In the present age living Iru are rare; most of their kind have withdrawn from the world.
Key traits
- Tall and slender, finely proportioned, with a naturally upright bearing; roughly 195 to 210 cm.
- Pearl-white, near-translucent skin and naturally white-to-silver hair, usually worn long.
- Deep vivid blue eyes and elongated, pointed ears tapering to refined tips.
- The longest-lived of the peoples, reaching some 300 to 350 years.
- A near-musical voice, layered and microtonal; their native Arram Language Old Arram Old Arram is the first naturally evolved language in the history of Elshore, arising from the continuous cultural development of the Iru. is often sung in ritual and kin-speech.
- Builders of the Inarin civilization: its cities, its Hall of Knowledge, its engineering and its industry.
- Now settled on the island of Iruel, politically displaced from the empire their kind once led.