The Moormen are an Alenic people native to the Westmoors of the northwestern Alenic Frontier.
Appearance[]
Moormen are typically pale of skin and short of stature. They have muscular builds, if often lean due to the scarcity of food in their lands, and their hair colors are mostly duller blacks and browns. Their clothing is typically simple, made of hides and furs.
History[]
The earliest predecessors of the Moormen were a people subject to the now-extinct Moor Harpies during the Age of Antiquity, when Gawed proper was but a smattering of Alenic tribes barely influenced by the Damerian Republic. During the Dragonwake in 470, the Alenics, frightened by the attacks of Nimrith the Red and Zaamalot, fled westward. Some migrated into the moors, joining with the natives to wipe out the harpies and claim them for humanity, forming the Moorman culture.
The Moormen and their lords would remain largely divided until the War of the Sorcerer-King, when the Gawedi people and the ruling House of Gawe fled into the moors from the invading Castanor. Afterward, Gawed would vassalize them, largely left autonomous due to their past loyalty to Gawed and their homeland's treacherous terrain.
Society[]
Moorman society is divided into clans of various Moorlords of a strong martial tradition, often waging petty wars against one another. Their subjects are almost entirely rural with villages distant from one another due to the scarcity of food. Though largely impoverished, both highborn and lowborn Moormen disdain the pomp and extravagance of southern society, valuing strength and resilience.
Moormen consider most other nations far away and mostly only meet the Gawedi, whom they consider cousins. Despite their isolation, they still speak Common and follow the Regent Court, revering Esmaryal and Falah in particular.