Humans

Humans live throughout the world of Thelos. They have carved out large nations like Draico, on the continent of Carabet, but humans are adventurous and have made small settlements all over. For example there is one human village in the Dwarven Empire of Tull in the valley below Tower Nactallisum. Most other humans tend to stay out of Tull except for trading purposes. The mountains are rough and humans do not adapt well to the extreme weather.

Most human governments are based on feudalism and monarchy. Initially humans spread like wild fire, but the flames of conquest soon died. More land was taken than was needed, or could defend, and the other races were beginning to fight back. So the early human clans united under kings and emperors and formed their own nations..

Within human societies different cultures have remained much intact over the centuries. The Castor desert is a fine example. The people of the great desert are nomads by nature. They have built one city for trade purposes, and other than that the Castorian nomads roam the desert freely. The nomads will defend the kingdom of Draico if there is a possible threat to their land as well, but if the threat does not concern them they usually stay out of it. One of the first kings of Draico tried to change that. He sent his army to the Castor Desert to defeat the people and make them swear allegiance to the throne. That was a bad idea. Most of the army was killed from exposure in the first week and the rest driven out of the sands by the savage desert people. Needless to say that was never tried again. Now visitors to the Eternal Sands are unwelcome and sometimes force out. Some trade is tentative at best but rare.