There are four main "races" of humanity: the Arkaans, Jimhi, Ollaks, and Venkes. As the sage and scholar Morlund Estrelle points out in his "Chronicles of Morlund Estrelle", these divisions of man are for the most part extinct. Nearly every human in the modern age is of mixed blood and can claim descent from at least two, if not all four, of the original races of man.
A fifth "subrace" of man, the Dasidia, or Wanderers, is also discussed below.
The humas of Samoth are competitve, aggressive, and generally intolerant people. Most have a close-mind when it comes to ideas, cultures, religions, and races with which they are not familiar. This trait is very common among all of humanity, although obviously is less common in larger metropolitan areas where many cultures intersect.
The great majority of the modern day political and religious structure was created by humans for humans, and the other races, being much less populous than humanity, have for the most part acquiesced to this control. Very few races have sought to maintain their own religious customs, or even their own languages. Humanity is generally acknoledged as masters of the modern world.
Physical Description: The Arkaans have bronze-coloured skin, which ranges from a light copper to a deep, dark brown. Their hair is brown, brown-black, or black, and is sometimes curly or wavy.
Arkaan Lands: The Arkaans are thought to have originated in Verundhi and then
spread west into the Buchlayne and south into Atkira. They are very intermixed with the other human races, with only a few of pure Arkaan blood to be found in the southern portions of Atkira.
The Jimhi
Physical Description: Jimhi have a gold-coloured complexion, with gray, green, or gray-green eyes. Their hair colour ranged from dark brown to dark black, and is generally thick and straight.
Jimhi Lands: Jimhi were once common thorughout the desert regions of East and the northern parts of Verundhi before they were intermixed with the other races. A solitary people, there can still be found small pockets of nomads of pure Jimhi stock. Pure Jimhi-blood women are highly sought after as brides by people in the West. Many people in the Far East are descended from Jimhi blood.
The Ollaks
Physical Description: The Ollaks were originally a desert race with darker skin. After many migrations, the Ollaks settled into two groups. One group settled near the coast and had warm, olive skin, brown or blonde hair, and brown, green, or gray eyes. The other group stayed in the desert and had a duskier, gray-brown skin and lighter hair, with eyes the same color as the coastal group. The inhabitants of parts of the Throecian Empire, Ryn, and Akkatomia are descended from Ollak peoples.
Ollak Lands: As mentioned, the Ollaks settled mainly in two areas, near present-day Akkatomia and also in the warm coastal waters of Buchlayne Minor.
The Venkes
Physical Description: A fair-skinned warrior race from the Northwest, the Venkes typically had blonde or red hair, and blue (either light or dark) eyes, with gray and green eyes rare. The Venkes had no problems intermixing their blood with the peoples whom they conquered, so there are fewer pure-blood Venkes left, compared to the other races of man.
Venkish Lands: Most of the countries in the western part of the World Continent have inhabitants with some Venkish blood, although the Venkes were a conquering people and most regions of the world at one time or another were at war with the Venkes.
Human Racial Abilities
Humans of every subrace or of mixed blood have the same racial statistics as listed in the Player's Handbook except for the Starting Languages, which are determined by the Starting Region of the character.
