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 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.
- 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.