Khemitites Ethnicity in The Lost Lands | World Anvil

Khemitites

Khemitites are the people of the Triple Kingdom of Libynos, a land of living gods and ancient civilizations. They are quite rare outside their own kingdom and the lands they have conquered, though the benefits of trade have seen Khemitites sail to far ports, and sometimes settle small merchant enclaves. Even a city as far as Bard’s Gate in Akados has a permanent (if small) population of Khemitites, largely due to the presence of the Temple of Bast there and the special relationship it has enjoyed in the city since the time of the Shabbisian plagues.   Khemitites generally distance themselves from those they see as foreign barbarians — barbarians who were able to conquer their lands in centuries past, but barbarians nonetheless. Even when living in foreign lands, they are rarely seen in public, preferring to remain sequestered in their fortified compounds and manses surrounded by soldiers of their own land and priests of their own religions.   Though a distinct group, modern Khemitites can claim descent from many different peoples, including Hyperboreans and Nubarans, and accordingly they can exhibit a wide range of characteristics. Nevertheless, most Khemitites have darker skin that is often the color of nutmeg or teak wood. Most have brown eyes, but black, green, gray, and hazel are not uncommon. Their hair is usually black or dark brown, though lighter-skinned Khemitites may have medium-brown hair. They are usually short, though some families are known to be of average or greater height.   Many Khemitites, particularly those of the noble and merchant classes, prefer to wear diaphanous tunics and gowns, skillfully crafted adornments of gold and jewels, and have kohl-limned eyes.   Khemitites speak Khemitian, which is used in many ports throughout Libynos, and some of their scholars are even able to read the hieroglyphic language of Ancient Kemitian.

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