Tenebrian

The first recorded sighting of the Tenebri was in the mountains west of Lokatar over a thousand years ago. A Merendi scouting patrol, on a routine lookout for orc marauders, came upon a dozen or so of the blanched race who, upon seeing the armed squad of soldiers, fled and hid among the rocks and foothills of the region. Not more than twenty years later were the Tenebri to build a city in those same mountains, and have since plagued the world with their dark magics and their secret plots.

Tenebri, or the Tenebrians, are a rare breed on the surface of Ayreon, much prefering the eternal night of the Underdark and the hollows of keeps and towers where light has little chance of reaching them. They are a remarkably bright people, as much so as highmen, and are cunning to a fault. Not a few sages believe the Tenebri are the descendants of highmen, so intelligent are they, but have so far been unable to establish a positive connection between the two human races, nor can they say with certainty how the Tenebri came into their remarkable magical abilities.

Their pale skin is a different matter. Having lived for centuries beneath the surface of Ayreon (some believe it was for millenia), the Tenebri lost all need for melanin, and except for the rare individual all members of this human subrace are pale as ghosts. Their hair, too, is white to straw-blond, and their eyes seem to come in three shades only, white, black and ruby red. A tenebrian generally is tall, though not so much as a highman, with long, spindly fingers and a slender, or oftentimes a gaunt, build. Only with care and precaution can a tenebrian pass herself off as a common human.

Because of their builds, intelligence and cultural dispositions, tenebrians almost exclusively become men of letters, mages, priests, researchers and the like. Necromancers are common among their kind, and because of that affiliation, combined with an ugly history of empire building and slavery by more famous Tenebri, they are distrusted by all other humans.

+ Tenebrians have the ability to see in the dark. + Tenebrians have no special resistances or vulnerabilities. + Raceweapon: sword

Racial Stat Mod STR   QUI   DEX   INT   WIS   CON   CHA   APP -5        0       0     +15   +10     -5        0      +5