Nimbian

People from the island of Nimb, or Nimbians as they are often known, are a rare sight off of their primary islands. Nimbian people, descendant from the Afregne peoples who settled both Nimb and the Splitstone Islands, have naturally tanned skin with dark complexions and white to grey hair. While they are not human, they are often mistaken for humans and they do not offer corrections unless pressed on their home nation.
For the last 70 years, the people of Nimb have lived under the control of Varenval and have therefore been unable to continue even the limited trade they participated in previously. This has caused the price and rarity of paintings by Nimbians to rise considerably, from their already high prices. Paintings completed by Nimbian painters are said to have entrancing properties, keeping viewers fixated on them for hours at a time as they explore depths in the works caused by properties of paints derived from plants grown on Nimb. While a particularly rich individual may have been able to purchase a small Nimbian painting for 20 gold previously, prices for even a hand-sized Nimbian painting now well surpass 50 platinum. The demand for Nimbian paintings is largely driven by merchant and noble families who view owning one such painting as a point of pride; they are also often used in entranceways and other halls of their owners to potentially force visitors to wait for hours at a time without incurring hostility from their guests.
Songs from Nimb are equally valuable, though they are much easier to acquire and spread, barring significant language barriers. Anyone who is able to sing the lyrics of a Nimbian song perfectly will find that their audience is fully entranced in their voice, or effected by some other mind-altering affect (depending on the song). However, this is largely considered to be a rumour: most bards and other performers who proclaim to sing Nimbian songs do not entrance their audience (beyond what they normally do) and no one can truly verify if a song is being sung correctly except for a Nimbian ex-pat. The songs, written in Nimbian, are said to often tell tales of love and loss, but very few scholars understand even a handful of Nimbian words.