Common Ethnic Traits:

• Suggested Naming Conventions: Celtic and Anglo languages (English, Anglo, Frisian, Saxon, Breton) and the following romantic languages (French and Norman)

• Hair Color: With pure blooded Tamians, it's almost exclusively Brown Hair, ranging from Dark to Light. Though Scarlic, Eugencian, and Ramacci traits may also surface, causing some variation. Sun exposure tends to cause a honeyed skin tone, though rosy tints are more common among Tamians with Eugencian, or Scarlic genetics.

• Eye Colors: Any

• Complexion: Fair. Tamian skin burns easily, then tans.

• Height Average: Tamian men and woman are very close in height, and tend to average around 176.4 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) with men, and 164.5 cm (5 ft 5 in) with women.

• The Earthen Folk: They may not be wood elves, but Tamians have a profound respect for nature, especially where plants and soil are concerned. Rural Tamians are practically legendary for their ability to turn a crop in just about any kind of soil, or save a wilting plant which has already been written off as dead by others. While it's a gross exaggeration to say that all Tamians were born with green thumbs, it cannot be denied that Tamian Rangers are in a league of their own, as they share a connection to the earth on a nearly magical level.

• Tamian Education: As Tamians pride themselves on logic and practicality, they tend to foster most of the wizards and alchemists in the land. Education is very important to Tamians, and it shows, given that nearly 80% of their commoners can read. It is ultimately Tamians who standardized the common trade language by synchronizing linguistic familiarities in all the Estellonian and Northern Nomerian languages.

• Potential Sorcerer Bloodlines: Arcane, Destined, Draconic, Elemental (Earth), Fey, Imperious, Martyred, Pestilence, Shapechanger, Undead, Verdant.

 

Synopsis:

Patient. Reserved. Practical. These traits have long been at the core of what it means to be Tamian. It is perhaps of no coincidence that many cultural heroes of the Tamian peoples are great thinkers as well as fighters. Cleverly navigating their way through challenges and situations, adapting to unfair obstacles and rigged trials. But that's all natural, given that they were among the first human groups to settle the lands and tame them as their own. Where once they inhabited all of central, southern, and western Estellon, they now concentrate in the western parts of the continent, where they have hunkered down and made their own. And yet, Tamian blood seems to be in the blood of many races that came later. From the Scarlics in the foothills, to the Eugencians who share mixed blood with the native Vanards of the north. Even the newly emergent races, the Asmians and the Agarthians, have descended from lost Tamian peoples. And as such, their racial legacy has endured since the days before kings and empires. They were the first race of man to... Peacefully encounter the elves. And are attributed to many of the current standing relationships that human races now have with the strange pointy eared race. The ancient elves taught the Tamians how to live with the earth, rather than against it. And many of those same teachings survived just as the race had. Passed down through the generations as general cultural customs. Although their importance behind these traditions have been lost, you can still see the depiction of an ancient effigy to an old nature deity affixed over the door of a Tamian church as a good luck charm. Or hear traces of ancient spells, murmured unintentionally by old farmers as they recite old songs to dull the repetitiveness of task. Sure they may not know the reason why the dolmens and circular stone arrangements that dominate their landscape have. Or even what the true meaning of a the nursery rhymes they tell their kids. But It’s because of this ancient infrastructure that they continue to reap a peaceful life, where once they struggled. Only the Druids know the past. And good luck asking about it. For Tamian Druids are extremely protective of their secrets. And you don't go into their lands, nor do you play around with the ancient sites. They have ways of figuring out who vandals are after all.

 

While they have a profound respect for old things, modern Tamians tend to be quick to embrace new ways of thinking. They are a clever lot. Curious about the nature of the world. But given their history of suffering invasions, first by the ancient Eugencian empire, then again by the Shiori empire from the south, they tend to come off as more guarded than most races around them. There is nothing more frustrating to a Tamian than when a stranger comes into their space and wants to make changes to it. The Tamian instinct is to find a rock, fortify the hell out of it, and wait for something to go wrong. Sure, there are ambitious individuals who seek to take that which belongs to their neighbors. After all, Tamian history is just as bloody with civil infighting and wars waged by nobles baring false claims to the throne than any other civilization surrounding them. But one look at their Scarlic brothers, and the Tamians realize they have lost something in their racial identity. Now, they pledge themselves to kings, where once they did ancient clans. Now they worship the trinity faiths, where once they revered the spirits of nature. Every time a conquerer has swept through, they become more and more like the lands around them. And this has garnered a bit of racial resentment towards Eugencian and Ramacci peoples (More so in the rural villages than in cities). But few could argue. They have made it all their own. And with Tamian nations like Edren now boasting a stronger rule of kingship than the current Holy Eugencian Empire, which has succeeded too much power to the barons? Who could argue? And towards the southern Ramacci, it's no surprise to see why several Tamians have started taking back to the Golden Faith resurgence. Its a faith that belongs to the world, not the god who only chose to appeal before the Ramacci. So while Fosterism still is the dominant faith, they find themselves starting to loose their flock.

 

Not all Tamians however, think this way. Most in fact can recognize the opportunities being offered to them. As a peoples with a strong love of knowledge, it is not the least bit uncommon to see Tamian nobles, or more wealthy yeomen in the Treviventian Universities, learning whatever they can, and bringing it home with them. They have also taken to the Scholastic movement faster than most other races have, and as such, tend to produce more wizards in their nations, where as in other societies, aristocratic families with ancient bloodlines may dominate the magical field. This has allowed a rather flexible upward mobility in Tamian lands, and rather than try to squash this, the monarchs have instead begun to capitalize on it. After all, Tamians have always held a bias towards Merit as opposed to blood ties. This however does not mean that the Edren or Lavontian nobility is going anywhere anytime soon. Merely that they need to be more proactive rescuing any lost power in order to retain the luxury they have grown complacent in. As far as adventurers, few could argue that Tamians produce the best rangers in the land. Tamians have long seen both the militaristic and practical value of having rangers in their communities, armies, and wilderness areas. A thing they adapted quickly from many of the wood elf natives who inhabit their lands. And since Ranger training is available to commoners as well as nobles, and arguably just as thorough as knightly squireship, few could argue with the proficiency and talent shown in Tamian Rangers. It should come of no surprise that they occasionally turn to adventuring to supplement their income. Or even seek out adventurers when they are in over their head on a job of their own.