NETHERESE

Pre Era Race

Forgotten Realms

The Netherese, also known as the Neth, were an ethnic group of dark-haired, fair-skinned humans that resided in the ancient magocratic nation of Netheril. Many cultures and ethnic groups were either descendants or absorbed into the Netherese people, such as the Shadovar, the Halruaans, the Bedine, and the Illuskans, among others. Only a few select groups of pure-blood Netherese still existed closer to the First Era, over a thousand years after the fall of the great Empire of Magic. The Netherese had always lived in a hierarchical magocracy, that was seperated into the flying enclaves of High Netheril and the cities of Low Netheril located around the Narrow Sea. While the people shared a common script of draconic alphabet, the people of Low Netheril spoke Netherese while the nobles of High Netheril spoke Loross. The reason for two languages was due to separation of the classes.