Chapter One: The Continent of Oerik
coast of Oerik settling between the Tyurzi
The Beastfolk
Returning for a moment to the original
human diaspora from Zarum, while the
Su super-tribe moved north and west,
a copper-skinned people known as the
Zin travelled east along the southern
Mountains to the north, the Zahind
Mountains to the west and the Eryp range
in the east.
The Zin tribe fractured at this point
with many clans electing to settle the
Zahind lands while others continued
their migrations east, eventually settling
the Sunelan Coast while others took to
the seas, eventually settling the many
offshore islands along the southern coast
of Oerik.
Over time the people of Zahind built a
caste-based society in the region and here
they lived in relative prosperity, trading
with other Zin descendants along the
Sunelan Coast to the east and with the
highland Suhfeng peoples in places like
Behow.
As the Suel Imperium expanded,
their mages had made a major arcane
discovery: the transmutation of sentient
creatures. They began experimenting on
their slaves. In this way, many new races
eventually came into being including the
So-karan (Skulks), Derro, Jermlaine and
others. Perhaps the most lasting effect
these arcane transformation have had on
the world are the “Beastfolk” races.
The brainchild of a mad Suel mage
of power who came to Zahind with the
invading Suel armies around -2,400 CY,
through dark arcane rituals he merged men
with beasts creating the Tabaxi, Nezumi,
Loxodon, Vanara and other races. As the
Suel conquered more and more of Zahind,
they used these newly created slave races
to help them dominate the region. Taking
advantage of the Zahind proclivity for an
ordered, hierarchical society, the beast
races were placed above the local humans
(except the Suel obviously).
Later, freed from their Suel overlords
after the Twin Cataclysms, many of these
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