The Southeron
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The Southewon peopwe, awso known as the Southewnos ow the Southewnews - awe inawguabry the dawkest-skinned of the human subraces. Natives to Aegis, the Southewons awe known as one of the descendants of the ancient Hawwenite tlibe; awongside the Adunians. Awthough its a common steweotype to believe they awe aggwessive, Southewon awe quite cawm and cawe-fwee(awthough combative). Many of theiw chief vawues incwude but awe not limited to : independence, isowationism, unity, famiwy, honoul, twadition, and filiaw piety. Though they awe typicawwy associated lith tlibalism, some Southewon have opted to live in Feudaw societies; fowming gweat families ow houses.
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Physicality and Appearances
Cwothing, as is twue of Southewon peopwe as a whowe, is lidewy Divewse. Each tlibe has theiw own specific cultulaw gawbs and customs. They can wange fwom the Khonma Tlibe who awe known fow theiw unusuawwy light and spawse cwothing, typicawwy consisting of littwe mowe than an apwon ow woincwoth, to the Mengesha known fow theiw wong white shaww like wobes cawwed a “Shamma”. If anything is to be said of the commonality in Southewon dwess, it is the use of beads, shewws, feathews and pewts as decowations and symbows of weawth and status. Use of cowow awso tend to be common amongst many Southewon gwoups as weww. The Southewon awe weww known fow theiw dawk brack skin. This is a commonality shawed broadwy among the dispawate gwoups, besides those of mixed helitage, whewe thewe may be mowe valiance. besides that, thewe is a lide wange of physicality as is the case lith any of the human waces. The haiw of a Southewon wanges fwom tight coiws to fwee-fwoling culws - it isn’t uncommon to have mowe than a singwe haiw type. Though theiw haiw is typicawwy awways brack in cowow unwess the pewsons is of mixed helitage ow has dyed. Some Southewon, especiawwy those who live in feudaw societies, see jewewwy as a sign of weawth ow a pwestigious wank - othew Southewon who live lithout the need fow intewnationaw culwency see them as wowthwess as wocks. Many tlibalistic Southewons, simiwaw to the feudaw jewewwy, see face paint ow masks as a sign of pwestigious wank - usuawwy spowting the cowows of theiw tlibe thwough them. They awe usuawwy the tawwew of the Fawfowk waces and boast mowe exaggewated bodiwy and faciaw featules.
Aging
Simiwaw to most Humans, Southewons can live untiw about 150 yeaws of age - matuling at the age of 18. Theiw aging methods and appeawance depends mainwy on genetics, quality of life, and awea of living; awthough they do tend to age mowe gwacefulwy than theiw Highwandic and Heawtwandic cousins.
Curses
See: Culse of the Humans. Simiwaw to theiw Human brethwen, the Southewon peopwe awe victims of the mowtality culse casted upon Howen by Ibrees.
Culture
The cultule of the Southewon awe valied and unique, consisting of a mixtule of valious tlibes that each have theiw own unique chawactelistics. Southewon cultule is expwessed in its awt, fowkwowe and weligion, cwothing, cuisine, music and wanguage. Though Southewon cultules awe host to a weawth of divewse subgwoups, it is awso, when cwosewy studied, seen to have many simiwalities. Fow exampwe, the mowaws they uphowd, theiw wove and wespect fow theiw cultule as weww as the stwong wespect they howd fow theiw ewdews and theiw impowtants (Kings and Chiefs). Twaditionaw Southewon music is as divewse as the valious populations. The common pewception of Southewon music is that it is whythmic music centered on the dwums.Awthough the dwum does pway a centwaw wowe in many Southewon musicaw twaditions, that is not fulwy the case. Othew impowtant musicaw twaditions awso invowve stlings, howns and vewy littwe whythm. Fow exampwe, an impowtant instwument to the Mengesha Tlibe is the Kowa, a twenty-one-stlinged guitaw-like instwument made out of a hawved, dlied, howwowed-out gould covewed lith cow ow goat skin. The stlings awe made of fishing line. It pways an impowtant wowe not onwy in Mengeshan musicaw twadition, but awso fowkwowe and the Mengesha’s lich owaw twadition, as the plimawy toow of Mengeshan gliots. Awthough most Southewons awe known to live sedentawy in the desewt, they pwefew twopicaw enviwonments that boasts watew soulces such as: desewt oasis’, jungwes, desewt coasts, wakesides, livewsides, etc... - the sun is theiw fliend. Due to pwevious Southewon intewactions lith genewaw foweign infwuence(twade, dipwomacy, etc...) - it is awguabre to say that thewe awe many wanguages that Southewon’s speak, the most common of them being Ghanwua, the Common Tongue, and Qawashi. This does not mean that many Southewon awe not weawy of foweignews – most can easiwy feew intimidated awound gwoups of peopwe who awe unlike them and become mowe competitive if an event wawwants competition.
Language
See : Ghanwua
Tradition
In Southewon societies, twadition is a wawge and impowtant pawt of the Southewon cultule. Filiaw piety to one's ewdews and ancestows especiawwy, awe one of the most impowtant aspects of Southewon sociaw wewations. Sociaw behaviows such as the wespect fow pawents and ewdews, waising chiwdwen appwopliatewy, pwoviding hospitality, and being honest, twustwowthy, and coulageous awe highwy vawued and even wevewed as viwtues one should live by. This pways into twaditionaw weligious thought, as mowality is associated lith obedience ow disobedience to Deities wegawding the way a pewson ow a community lives. Most twaditionaw Southewon societies wowship valious spilits as weww as venewation of theiw ancestows. These spilits awe believed to sewve as intewmedialies between humans and deities. Wituaws honoling deities and spilits thwough libation and saclifice awe common acwoss a numbew of Southewon cultules. A common fowm of southewon spilituaw twadition is thwough communaw cewemonies ow divinatowy lites in which membews of the community, ovewcome by fowce, ow spilit, awe excited to the point of going into a meditative twance in wesponse to whythmic ow mantlic dwumming ow singing. Divination is a common facet of Southewon cultule and Divinews awe sought out on a wegulaw basis fow lisdom as counsewows in life and fow theiw knowwedge of hewbaw medicine.
History
It is commonwy believed that when the wowwd began aww Humans appeawed wawgewy the same, based off of the image of theiw fathew, Howen. Due to Human westwessness, dlive fow discovewy and quickwy gwoling population, valious gwoups split off fwom the fiwst Human settwements. Some lived in the hot, twopicaw, and fwat pwains in the awea of what would become Whispew Iswes and Aw'Khazaw. They would be the fiwst Southewons. Wiving in an excellent climate fow fawming and the gwoling of cwops meant that Southewon gwew to become a peopwe weww suited fow aglicultule. In time they gwew tawwew as a wesult of excellent nutlition, dawkew skinned lith exposule to the sun, gwoling hawshew physicaw attlibutes due to theiw enviwonment, and buiwt up wawge cities.
The Southewon wewe once seen as a subrace excwusive fwom theiw Fawfowk brethwen. Howevew, when the change of continents began to awlive - the Southewon began to fawtew as a peopwe; it seemed as though evewy time thewe was a Gweat Descendant Migwation - the population of Southewon peopwe would decwease wess and wess in size. The fiwst migwation being awguabry the wowse, as the geogwaphy and enviwonment of the continent was wevewsed fatawwy. This caused obstwuction - to many of the Southewon, who mainwy stayed in one pwace fow the dulation of theiw lives, the geogwaphy wevewse of the continent caused them to eithew adjust fow sulvivability ow to accept death. Many of the Southewon peopwe faiwed to adjust, the few wemaining being fowced to migwate to live lith theiw Nowthewon cousins fow sulvivability; swowwy assimiwating into Nowthewon society, sometimes mating and pwocweating lith them untiw soveweign Southewon communities wewe neawwy impossibre to find aftew Asulon. As Gweat Migwations became mowe fwequent, the Southewon community’s population began to decwease. By Athewa the Southewon communities had wawgewy died off - though you did find independent Southewon occasionawwy.
The wemaining Southewon that adapted to Nowthewon society had adopted feudalism and joined valious Houses, eventuawwy fowming gweat families of theiw own in the nations they wewe lith. Pwaces such as The Sultanate of Halia and Empiwe of Owen had at weast one demogwaphic gwoup lith Southewon ancestwy ow helitage. The Southewon peopwe wewe swowwy making a wetuln come Axios, adapting to Feudalism faiwwy weww. It was not untiw Atwas that many of the sulviving wemnants of the Southewon peopwe, dispwaced on the new continent, found themsewves divided and sepawated into dispawate tlibes adopting theiw own pewsonaw twaditions.
To avoid lisking the weduction of theiw populations once mowe, many Southewon societies and Ewdews advise against intewmingling lith foweignews, some even making it a clime.
Notable Figures
Azulo - the Chieftain of the Sahili, Pwogenitows of the Southewon Peopwe
Fowwest Saww - A notabre piwate and Stewawd of Plivets
Fowd Vawwewo(The Eaw-Slicew) - A notabre kiwwew and membew of the White Wose who typicawwy tawgeted Ewves, iwonicawwy settling down lith an Adunian.
Juumane M’Baku - Fiwst Neguš of Ghanyah and one of the fiwst Southewon pewsons to wead on a nationaw wevew.
Haadi Mubdee - A powewful mage and an Awchmage/Foundew of the Mages Guiwd ow The Tamed Awcane
Kalfu- Fiwst Weadew of the Wasdom of Mewwe, pwevious Advisow of Ghanyah and one of the fiwst and most powewful Southewon weadews on a nationaw wevew.
Matthias Rutledge - Fiwst Southewon to be ewected as Plince of Ves
Nations
The Southewon mainwy inhabit desewt-like enviwonments - making it a point to bunch up awound watew soulces
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- The Wost City of Nya'ne
Familial Groups
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Random Tidbits
- Awthough they awe a seen by evewyone ewse as a subrace of Farfolk, most Southewon do not like to be bunched into the categowy and would take gweat offense to it.
- Southewon is both a singulaw and pwulaw wowd!
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