Ratkin

Ratkin can be found throughout Iromendia, from Æthelhurst and other cities in the Voeland empire to the dusty streets of Khasim on the south continent of Bel-Kadir. The little creatures often inhabit the fringes of human society, scraping a living as petty thieves and tricksters. Many make their homes in decrepit slum tenements, in disused dockside warehouses, or even in sewers and other warrens beneath the city streets. Some, particularly in the jungles south of Khasim, live a nomadic existence, wandering from place to place and trading in whatever odds and ends they acquire along the way, through honest means or otherwise. Other groups can be found on small tropical islands along the towering shores.
Family is important to Ratkin, and their strong communal ties mean they often form or join tight-knit criminal societies. Although some Ratkin have been known to ally themselves with Goblins, Kobolds, or Orcs, they prefer to serve a mysterious “rat king” who is a powerful rodent or Ratkin creature of some sort. The biggest population of Ratkin can be found in the Free City of Khabei on the southern coastline of Dalbitha along Hammerstone Bay, here the Ratkin have extensive network of tunnels and caves, some even say that a great Undercity known as Gizlinlik in the Ratkin tongue, hides a vast population of Rats.