Blemmyes
Of the two races of headless men who inhabit Occidentia the Blemmyes are by far the more adept at living within settled societies. They are enormous humanoids, standing at twelve feet tall at the shoulders on average, but lacking a head and walking on their knuckles like an ape. Their eyes and mouths are set in their chest, and they possess no nose. They are slow of body and mind, but strong and possessing the ability to consume even the most putrid garbage. As a result they have served in the role of baggage carrier and general labor in all organized states since even the most ancient times. It is unknown if they ever possessed an independent nation or history, because they do not have their own written language and have been in the service of smaller races since the dawn of recorded history.
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Like their steppe dwelling headless cousins Blemmyes are capable of eating the flesh of other humans with no ill effects, and have no taboo against eating the deceased. Though it is considered very rude to do so before the corpse receives proper funeral rites.
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