Humans

Humans are one of the most adaptive races in this world, at least from a cultural perspective. Although their physiology is not remarkable in any pervievable way, humans have evolved a wide array of cultures and spread over both mega continents. They have no particular grudge with most species and so they have the best trading opportunities with most races, though due to the complicated nature of most humans, and to be honest any sentient being, they are mistrusted, as humans have many wars in their existance and do not seem afraid to start a new one.

Basic Information

Anatomy

A human, normally, has control over four limbs, two arms and two legs. Thei have a quite unremarkable skeleton with many mages and scholars referring to the human as a blank slate in these regards. Each foot and hand houses five smaller extremirties (toes an fingers).

Genetics and Reproduction

The female human will, upon successful insemination through a male, deliver a life child in nine months time. The newborn will be dependant on its parents and therefore exploits a reaction the brains of the parents, wich lets them think of it as adorable. It is a reflex in parents and even non-parents, wich lead to them protecting children, or childlike entities more viciously tham others.

Growth Rate & Stages

A human child will start out as a newborn. In a few months, or a year a human child will learn the ability to walk, crawl and over the course of time, to speak and eat normal food. Upon reaching its thirteens birthday, most children will hit puberty and their hole beahavior will switch in a calamity of emotions, thoughts and views of the world. In this time humans experience the full development of their reproductive organs. The end of puberty arrives at around the age of twenty and after this the human entity is officially an adult. From here the human will live until about the age of fourty, where it normally experiences an existencial crisis of some sort, after wich they live their lifes normally again and die at about the age of 90.

Ecology and Habitats

Humans often prefer plains and hills to create their towns and willages. A close proximity to water and a foodsource are amandatory. Humans will change the landscape around them to their liking in various ways and enforce their settlememts apropriatly. The climate is quite uninteresting, since humans are advanced enough to create items, wich let them endure extrem heat or cold, but about 22°C are optimal.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Humans will need a varied supply of food, be it meat, fruit or vegetables. Humans will need a mixture of all to ensure optimal health.

Additional Information

Facial characteristics

Humans posess two eyes with also two eyelids. They posess a nose with two holes and a mouth filled with 32 teeth. The front rows are designated to ripping, while the back teeth are used fpr grinding.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Humans are most prominent on the two megacontinents Telek and Mil, but there are small colonies on various other islands as well. The heart of human kind is considered to be Mil, currently residence of the biggest population of humans.

Average Intelligence

Most humans will have basic intelligence and will be able to perfectly speak their native tounge. They will have concrete knowledge of their social structure and esseential details, but extensive knowledge and studies are only gained through special means. The only bit of common knowledge seems to be writing, but even there seem to exist exceptions.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

First come the name of the Individual, after that there is the name of the family and/or house they come from.
Due to the wide spread of human civilizaiton it is very hard to give common names, but there is a wide array and there is almost no limitations as humans almost live everywheere.

Major Organizations

The most noticable organizations of human culture is the The Commonwealth The biggest merchant empire Telek'Mil has ever seen. After having supplied the last great war for both parties they took over and established an astonishingly calm reign, as war is bad for business. The only kind of warfare the Commonwealth is responsible for involves buying out hole countries ore settling treaties.

History

After humans stepped from the primordeal chaos Mataria and Judex stepped down and granted them ther patronage and since then they are the ,ain deities of the human culture.

Scientific Name

Bipes Normalis Sapienta

Lifespan

80 - 100 yrs

Average Height

1.5 - 2.0 m

Average Weight

55 - 90 kg

Average Physique

A normal human is not really intimdating and sports an amount of muscle dependant on their current occupation, but most individuals will not be really threatening.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

There is a wide array of humans and dependand on their native environment their skin color can vary from pale, to yellw, or even a strong dark brown colour.