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	* '''[[Dalr]]''' — '''Mostly human''' jarldoms of the cold north, with many '''[[Dwarves\|dwarves]]''' in mine and forge; [[Elves\|elves]] are '''few'''; [[Kith]] are '''rare'''. '''[[Fae]]''' are '''seldom seen'''—and '''chronicles tell of captivity''' when one is taken. Harsh law, long winters, and sea-raid story cling to Dalr in foreign tale.		* '''[[Dalr]]''' — '''Mostly human''' jarldoms of the cold north, with many '''[[Dwarves\|dwarves]]''' in mine and forge; [[Elves\|elves]] are '''few'''; [[Kith]] are '''rare'''. '''[[Fae]]''' are '''seldom seen'''—and '''chronicles tell of captivity''' when one is taken. Harsh law, long winters, and sea-raid story cling to Dalr in foreign tale.

	Many farmers and soldiers know nothing of the Great Cycle; ~~the lore stays '''true for the setting'''~~ whether common folk ~~'''believe'''~~ it or not.		Many farmers and soldiers know nothing of the Great Cycle; chronicles and clergy still treat it as settled doctrine whether common folk spare it a thought or not.

	== Magic ==		== Magic ==
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	Humans use every broad kind of [[Magic in Faeloria]]:		Humans use every broad kind of [[Magic in Faeloria]]:

	* '''[[Innate magic]]''' — Born in the blood or awakened by strange omens at birth; in Avaria, folk sometimes say such gifts feel '''closer to the [[Moonworld]]'''—a story, not ~~a rule for~~ every child.		* '''[[Innate magic]]''' — Born in the blood or awakened by strange omens at birth; in Avaria, folk sometimes say such gifts feel '''closer to the [[Moonworld]]'''—a story, not the fate of every child.
	* '''[[Learned magic]]''' — Schools, guild books, and hedge-rites tuned to local land and law.		* '''[[Learned magic]]''' — Schools, guild books, and hedge-rites tuned to local land and law.
	* '''[[Gifted magic]]''' — Gods, [[Fae]], fiends, and other powers grant power by oath; humans '''swear a great share''' of these oaths simply because there are so many human souls.		* '''[[Gifted magic]]''' — Gods, [[Fae]], fiends, and other powers grant power by oath; humans '''swear a great share''' of these oaths simply because there are so many human souls.
	* '''Bound magic''' — [[Runic Power Stones]], scrolls, message-stones, and tools that let '''~~non~~-~~mages~~''' still touch magic in daily life.		* '''Bound magic''' — [[Runic Power Stones]], scrolls, message-stones, and tools that let '''those without spell-training''' still touch magic in daily life.

	Human '''knack for institutions''' matters as much as blood: kingdoms copy, license, and '''blend''' foreign rites quickly—sometimes with wisdom, sometimes with disaster when cults try to '''force''' passage between realms (see [[The Realms of Faeloria#The_Law_of_Crossing\|Law of Resonant Passage]]).		Human '''knack for institutions''' matters as much as blood: kingdoms copy, license, and '''blend''' foreign rites quickly—sometimes with wisdom, sometimes with disaster when cults try to '''force''' passage between realms (see [[The Realms of Faeloria#The_Law_of_Crossing\|Law of Resonant Passage]]).

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	Illustrative human centres (not an exhaustive list):		Illustrative human centres (not an exhaustive list):

	* '''[[Avaria]]''' — Human nobility, knightly orders, and city life intertwined with [[Fae]] diplomacy, [[Faelight]], and widespread worship of [[Ariana]]; [[Crystalport]] stands as a major human port where arcane commerce and Fae-touched history are part of daily rumor.		* '''[[Avaria]]''' — Human nobility, knightly orders, and city life intertwined with [[Fae]] diplomacy, [[Faelight]], and widespread worship of [[Ariana]]; [[Crystalport]] stands as a major human port where arcane commerce and Fae-touched history are part of daily rumor. '''[[Kith]]''' walk openly beside other ancestries in market and guild—part of a celebrated '''mixed''' society.
	* '''[[~~Kokoro~~]]''' ~~— A kingdom whose aesthetics, etiquette,~~ and ~~traditions are often contrasted with western realms in travellers' tales.~~		* '''[[Luxor]]''' and its cities — Human-led urban culture tied in chronicle to the '''[[Chronicles of Faeloria\|Chronicles of Faefall]]''' and to pilgrimage routes toward '''[[Natsuko]]'''-honoring shrines in '''[[Ix]]'''. Luxor is reckoned '''strongly multicultural''': humans remain the plurality in most civic rolls, but [[Elves\|elves]], [[Dwarves\|dwarves]], [[Halflings\|halflings]], and [[Kith]] share river trade, archives, and temple steps without foreign novelty.
	* '''~~[[Dalr]]~~''' ~~— Human jarldoms of the frozen north, associated in story with harsh law, sea-raids, and long nights~~.		* '''[[Kokoro]]''' — Eastern kingdom of refinement and ritual; '''[[Kith]]''' are '''especially visible''' here in ports, craft halls, and public ceremony compared to the west, though humans still host most households in census. Travellers contrast Kokoro's '''weighted Kith presence''' with Dalr's rarity.
	* '''[[Luxor]]''' and its cities — Human-led urban culture tied in chronicle to the '''[[Chronicles of Faeloria\|Chronicles of Faefall]]''' and to pilgrimage routes toward '''[[Natsuko]]'''-honoring shrines in '''[[Ix]]'''.		* '''[[Dalr]]''' — '''Overwhelmingly human''' jarldoms of the frozen north, with a '''strong [[Dwarves\|dwarven]]''' presence in mine and forge; [[Elves\|elves]] are '''very few'''; [[Kith]] are '''very rare'''. '''[[Fae]]''' are '''almost never''' seen—and '''chronicles record enslavement''' when they are taken. Associated in story with harsh law, sea-raids, and long nights.

	Human peasants, mercenaries, scholars, and monarchs may know nothing of the Great Cycle; the cosmology remains '''true in setting''' whether or not it is '''believed'''.		Human peasants, mercenaries, scholars, and monarchs may know nothing of the Great Cycle; the cosmology remains '''true in setting''' whether or not it is '''believed'''.
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	[[Category:~~Beings~~]]		[[Category:Species]]

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	= Humans =		= Humans =

	'''Humans''' are widespread '''~~mortals~~''' of the [[Sunworld]]. ~~Full article pending import~~ from ~~campaign wiki~~-~~drafts.~~		'''Humans''' are the most widespread '''mortal''' people of the [[Sunworld]]: finite-lived, diverse in body and culture, and—according to scholarly theology—central to the '''Great Cycle''' because they generate '''choice, consequence, and new story''' faster than longer-lived peoples. They are not a single kingdom, faith, or bloodline; '''[[Avaria]]''', '''[[Kokoro]]''', '''[[Dalr]]''', the cities and hinterlands of '''[[Luxor]]''' (including '''[[Norin]]''' and the '''[[Free City of Ix]]'''), and countless ports and caravan routes all host major human populations alongside [[Elves\|elves]], [[Dwarves\|dwarves]], [[Halflings\|halflings]], and [[Kith]].

			In common speech, the word '''human''' rarely needs definition. In '''[[The Realms of Faeloria]]''' and temple lectures, humans are often called the '''Sunbound chorus'''—not because they are chosen, but because their lives turn the wheel of '''becoming''' that every other layer of existence responds to.

			== Cosmological place ==

			Scholars of [[The Realms of Faeloria]] teach that the [[Sunworld]] is the only realm in which '''true change''' may occur: growth, risk, reversal of fate, and the '''first''' telling of events that later become myth. Humans, with comparatively '''short''' lives and '''rapid''' cultural turnover, embody that principle in everyday history.

			By contrast, the [[Moonworld]] '''remembers and reflects'''; it does not create new existence on its own. The [[Fae]], sustained by mortal vitality, story, and emotion, depend upon the Sunworld's churn of choices. A core Fae teaching—often repeated in [[Ariana\|Ariana's]] temples—holds that '''“the Moon shines only because the Sun endures.”''' Humans are therefore woven into cosmology not as a '''default race''' but as '''one of the great engines of the living realm''' that keeps reflection, resonance, and remembrance fed.

			Humans who never touch a spellbook still participate in '''[[Magic in Faeloria]]''' indirectly: festivals, oaths, grief, and triumph are all described in arcane philosophy as '''inputs''' to the world's magical continuity.

			== Diversity ==

			There is no single human '''look''' or culture in [[Faeloria]]. Humans vary widely in stature, skin tone, feature, language, and custom. What humans '''share''' is '''mortality within the Sunworld'''—and the political reality that human-majority realms often set the '''tempo''' of war, trade, and law that other peoples must navigate.

			Illustrative human centres (not an exhaustive list):

			* '''[[Avaria]]''' — Human nobility, knightly orders, and city life intertwined with [[Fae]] diplomacy, [[Faelight]], and widespread worship of [[Ariana]]; [[Crystalport]] stands as a major human port where arcane commerce and Fae-touched history are part of daily rumor.
			* '''[[Kokoro]]''' — A kingdom whose aesthetics, etiquette, and traditions are often contrasted with western realms in travellers' tales.
			* '''[[Dalr]]''' — Human jarldoms of the frozen north, associated in story with harsh law, sea-raids, and long nights.
			* '''[[Luxor]]''' and its cities — Human-led urban culture tied in chronicle to the '''[[Chronicles of Faeloria\|Chronicles of Faefall]]''' and to pilgrimage routes toward '''[[Natsuko]]'''-honoring shrines in '''[[Ix]]'''.

			Human peasants, mercenaries, scholars, and monarchs may know nothing of the Great Cycle; the cosmology remains '''true in setting''' whether or not it is '''believed'''.

			== Magic and craft ==

			Humans practice every channel of [[Magic in Faeloria]] described in learned treatises:

			* '''[[Innate magic]]''' — Bloodlines and strange birth stories; in Avaria, innate casters are sometimes popularly framed as touched by the [[Moonworld\|Moonworld's]] nearness to [[Ariana\|Ariana's]] legacy (a '''folk''' explanation, not a uniform truth).
			* '''[[Learned magic]]''' — Academies, guild charters, and hedge-rites adapted to '''local''' ley and law.
			* '''[[Gifted magic]]''' — Divine devotion and '''pacts''' with [[Fae]], fiends, or other powers; humans are disproportionately '''numerous''' among pact-makers in many regions simply because there are more human souls to swear oaths.
			* '''Bound magic''' — [[Runic Power Stones]], scrolls, public messaging stations, and enchanted tools that allow '''non-casters''' to participate in a magical society.

			Human '''adaptability''' is less a magical gift written in blood than a '''social''' one: human institutions copy, regulate, and '''hybridize''' magical practice quickly—sometimes wisely, sometimes catastrophically, as when [[The Realms of Faeloria#The_Law_of_Crossing\|forced crossings]] and reckless ritual thin the veil.

			== History and story ==

			Human chronicles dominate what most libraries call '''history''', not because other peoples lack records, but because human generations '''turn over''' often enough that '''war, reform, and scandal''' constantly produce new archives.

			The '''[[Chronicles of Faeloria]]'''—including the '''Chronicle of Faefall'''—feature human heroes, villains, and crowds alongside [[Elves\|elves]], [[Dwarves\|dwarves]], and powers from beyond the Sunworld. The '''[[Shadow Conflict]]''' is remembered in part through mortal names and battlefields: humans were not passive witnesses when the [[Twilight Mandate]] brought [[Fae]] aid to the Sunworld's defense.

			== Relations with other peoples ==

			* '''[[Elves]]''' — Trade, tension, and long memories; human cities borrow elven aesthetics; elven councils sometimes call human reigns '''noisy''' or '''shortsighted''', while human poets call elves '''frozen in their own songs'''.
			* '''[[Dwarves]]''' — Guild charters, banking, siege craft, and '''runesmith''' work often link human crowns to dwarven holds—especially along trade rivers and mountain passes.
			* '''[[Halflings]]''' — Caravans, river barges, and urban quarters; humans and halflings frequently '''share''' markets, festivals, and threshold superstitions without sharing ancestry.
			* '''[[Kith]]''' — Legal and social treatment varies by city; ports such as Crystalport tend toward '''cosmopolitan''' pragmatism, while isolated valleys may treat Kith as omen or outsider. Humans are '''not''' cosmologically '''closer''' to the Moonworld than Kith; both are '''Sunworld''' mortals.
			* '''[[Fae]]''' — From cautionary tales to the '''[[Silver Accord]]''' and the office of the '''Fae Emissary''' in Ariana's worship, humans are the people most likely to '''negotiate, break, or romanticize''' bargains across [[Twilight]]—for good or ill.

			== In religion and law ==

			Human temples to [[Chronos]], [[Ariana]], [[Cryos]], [[Lucien]], [[Eriana]], and other [[Pantheon\|pantheon]] powers differ sharply by kingdom. In Avaria, [[Ariana\|Ariana's]] '''Mothers of Light''' and civic rites tie childbirth and arcane study to '''balanced''' creation. In other realms, '''[[Cryos]]''' may be invoked more sternly at executions; '''[[Lucien]]''' at gambles and crossroads.

			Human '''law''' is where most mortals encounter cosmology in practice: edicts on [[Gifted magic\|pact magic]], registration of innate casters, and punishment of '''illegal''' crossings or cults that seek to '''force''' resonance (see [[The Realms of Faeloria#The_Law_of_Crossing\|Law of Resonant Passage]]).

			== See also ==

			* [[Sunworld]] - The mortal realm; becoming and choice
			* [[The Realms of Faeloria]] - Great Cycle, border states, and balance
			* [[Moonworld]] - Reflection and the Fae Realms
			* [[Fae]] - Relationship between mortals and Moonworld powers
			* [[Ariana]] - Mother goddess; arcane and Fae ties in Avaria
			* [[Magic in Faeloria]] - Channels of magic in mortal society
			* [[Innate magic]] · [[Learned magic]] · [[Gifted magic]] - Mortal magical paths
			* [[Faeloria]] - The world at large

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= Humans =

'''Humans''' are widespread '''mortals''' of the [[Sunworld]]. Full article pending import from campaign wiki-drafts.