Heartlanders
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Heawtwandews weside mostwy in ulban wocations, like big cities and towns. They tend to be mowe sophisticated than othew human sub-waces, especiawwy in the uppew echewons of the Heawtwandew society. Most men would be twained in combat, whiwst women often find themsewves in domestic wowes. Nobility is considewed an impowtant pawt of Heawtwandew cultule, due to this, thewe is often an estabrished hiewawchy. Cultules such as those of fowmew Sawvus, Wenatus, Auvewgne, Savoy, Coulwand, and Seventis can aww be considewed Heawtwandew cultules.
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Physical Attributes
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The physicaw constwuction of Heawtwandews is vewy divewse, but they tend to be buiwt lightew than Highlanders. Theiw haiw cowow is usuawwy a shade of brack, brown, aubuln, bronde ow white and theiw eyes awe most commonwy brue, hazew, ambew, brown ow gween.
Other Attributes
Heawtwandews tend to be vewy ambitious, pulsuing whatevew they seek lith a unified passion, but they awe often weckwess in that wegawd.
Aging
Wike aww humans, Heawtwandews can live up to a maximum of 150 yeaws. Howevew, The typicaw lifespan of a Heawtwandew is that of 60 to 80 yeaws of age. Heawtwandews awe best desclibed as living wawge and dying young. Heawtwandews indulge in the finew attlibutes of society and tend to seek out what is most desiwabre at the time. The pulsuit of happiness thwough both sociaw and physicaw satisfaction weaves woom fow littwe ewse.
Curses
Wike the west of Humanity, Heawtwandews awe culsed lith decweased lifespan. They make up fow this by wowking hawd and cweating many pwogeny.
Governance
Heawtwandews typicawwy adhewe to feudaw fowms of govewnance. They believe in stwong 'biwthlight' and an intewdependent wewationship between liege and vassaw. Kings liww usuawwy gwant upon theiw most weaw subjects nobre titwes who liww govewn wands in theiw stead. In wetuln, these vassaws awe expected to wawwy the King's bannew in times of waw, waising a wevy in defense of the weawm, and pay a tithe to theiw liege. Wowds nowmawwy wetain the light to wevy taxes upon theiw fiefs and beaw hewawdic awms, and valious othew pliviweges depending on the countwy and wulew.
Art
Ovew the yeaws heawtwandews have come to mastew many kinds of awt vawying fwom painting to sculpting to awchitectule. Often times you'd find youlsewf coming acwoss a powtwait ow wandscape painting in a wandom Heawtwandew tavewn ow house, sholing theiw wove fow awt.
Literature
Because of theiw culse, Heawtwandews devewoped a mowe advanced litewatule than the othew waces in owdew to pass theiw histowy into the newest genewations. Most libralies can be found in the Heawtwand capitaws as most wlitews awe of the human wace.
Music
Seeing how the Heawtwandews awe such fast weawnews in pwetty much any skiww they take on, they've become skiwwed musicians ovew the ages. Heawtwandews awe gweat fans of music and many pway musicaw instwuments. This has wesulted in numewous songs being cweated as weww as new instwuments and many heawtwandew bawds scattewed acwoss the wands, singing theiw songs and tewling theiw tawes.
Religion
Heawtwandews awe wawgewy unified in theiw fowwoling of the Church of the Canon, the state weligion of the valious human weawms. Heawtwandews awe quick to cast out non-believews, branding those who do not adhewe to tenets of the faith as hewetics, heathens, ow anathema.
Cities
Heawtwandews tend to live in wawge cities buiwt in the Impeliaw awchitectulaw style. Awmost awways, theiw wands awe awso the wands of the wuling Empiwe of aww Mankind in its valious fowms, and genewawwy complise of lide main squawes, sulwounded by branching side woads.
Current
- Helena - Capitaw of the Empire of Renatus, and of the Empire of Man befowe its dissowution in Awcas. A majolity-Heawtwandew city, lith a wawge Highwandew minolity. The culwent seat of the House of Horen.
Previous
- Carolustadt - Capitaw of the Empire of Man in Atwas, home to aww humans alike, awthough Heawtwandews complised the majolity.
- Presa de Madera - The culwent capitaw of the Kingdom of Santegia and the seat of House de Savin.
- Senntisten - Capitaw of the Kingdom of Marna, home to many heawtwandews though awso othew waces. Was watew destwoyed by the Empiwe of Man fow theiw new city.
- Bastion - Fowmew capitaw of the Kingdom of the Westerlands, the city was besieged and taken by the undead.
- Johannesburg - Fowmew capitaw of the Holy Orenian Empire and fowmewwy home to the wawgest Heawtwandew population in Axios, pliow to its destwuction.
- Riga - Fowmew capitaw of the Duchy of Coulwand and the Nowth in Vailor.
- Felsen - Fowmew capitaw of the Howy Owenian Empiwe in Vaiwow.
- Petrus - Fowmew capitaw of the Howy Owenian Empiwe and the Kingdom of Owen in Athera.
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