First People
The earliest races created by the gods of Fabrica, roam the edges of the world as traders, entertainers, and pastoral nomads and hutners. Rarely seen, They are respected by the Beastfolk and the Touched.
Races considered to be First People are
Human (Mark of making)
Dwarf
Elf (Wood, High)
Gnome
Halfling
Goblin
Orc (Ebberon)
Dwarf
Elf (Wood, High)
Gnome
Halfling
Goblin
Orc (Ebberon)
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
The First People speak a collection of nearly forgotten languages Elvish, Dwarvish, Gnomish, Goblin, Halfling, and Orc. They also speak the ancient Human language, its original name has been lost to time, but it was once called Common.
They frequently do not have access to teachers or textbooks of any of the modern languages (Terran, Aquan, Ignan, Auran, Giant, Undercommon) except through missionaries or merchants. Usually at least one member of a community will be conversational in at least one of them to allow for trading with other people.
Sylvan and Draconic are used extensively in religious observances, along with some Celestial and Deep Speech
They frequently do not have access to teachers or textbooks of any of the modern languages (Terran, Aquan, Ignan, Auran, Giant, Undercommon) except through missionaries or merchants. Usually at least one member of a community will be conversational in at least one of them to allow for trading with other people.
Sylvan and Draconic are used extensively in religious observances, along with some Celestial and Deep Speech
Birth & Baptismal Rites
Occasionally a child is born to Human, Dwarven, Elven, Gnomish, Halfling, Goblin or Orcish parents as one of the Touched or Beastfolk .
This phenomenon is attributed to there not being enough souls left, to give a newborn a Human (or other First People) soul. This 'Soul Death' leads the parents to perform a variation on the Sky Burial, where the still living Beastfolk or Touched child is mourned, and then left out exposed to the elements (frequently on the doorsteps of Beastfolk or Touched homes)
Funerary and Memorial customs
The majority of migrant First People funerals are lead by a Hunters of the Faerie Dragon
Hunters historically practice a Sky Burial, where the deceased remains are placed on a mountaintop to decompose exposed to the elements and scavenged by birds. The cleaned bones are then taken by cleric or druid to the Bone Receiving Hall, most often a temporary leather tent, where the mourners may fashion tools and keepsakes from the long bones and skull of the deceased. Any remaining bone fragments are consecrated by an officiant and left for the Faerie Dragon in small cairns.
More urban worshipers often choose to keep the remains of their loved ones in elaborate Ossuaries.
Hunters historically practice a Sky Burial, where the deceased remains are placed on a mountaintop to decompose exposed to the elements and scavenged by birds. The cleaned bones are then taken by cleric or druid to the Bone Receiving Hall, most often a temporary leather tent, where the mourners may fashion tools and keepsakes from the long bones and skull of the deceased. Any remaining bone fragments are consecrated by an officiant and left for the Faerie Dragon in small cairns.
More urban worshipers often choose to keep the remains of their loved ones in elaborate Ossuaries.
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