Human

Humans originated on the continent of Dar Shaw as tribal people. They were a primitive race who had not bothered to travel beyond their own shores. At least that was the case prior to the elves arrival. The elves came many hundreds of years ago with promises of land with nutrient-rich soil and a better climate for growing crops. Many humans left with the elves while only a few tribes stayed.

Rather than give the humans land as they had promised, the elves enslaved the humans and eventually began breading them for various tasks. Once the human population had swelled beyond the elves' needs, they began to sell them as slaves to the dwarves and Harns. It wasn't long before the elves caught wind that the dwarves were freeing the slaves and paying them wages to work in their mines. There was also talk of a full-scale attack on Handa'ksh to liberate the humans.

Diplomacy was used to avoid an all-out war. The elves agreed to fair treatment of their slaves and to adhere to a ban on all slave-trade in Na 'Dor. As long as the elves upheld the agreement, the dwarves would not invade Handa'ksh.

And so, humans made up the working and slave classes of Vanya prior to the flood. Apart from the remaining Barbarians on Dar Shaw, every human had another race to answer to. During the flood, many slaves fled on ships and took to the seas for safety and freedom. After the flood, the rise in pirates was due to the large numbers of freed slaves stealing and looting to survive. Humans, under pirate Marcum, established The Boneyard as a floating refuge for slaves-turned-pirates.

''Humans are still focused on surviving. Their personalities and alignments vary depending on age, vocation, and location.''