Suathadh

The Suathadh race is a collection of intelligent magical anthropomorphic plants and animals consisting of many sub-groups. They are known for rapidly mutating to fit their environment and variations between the many strains of the race. The race is mostly located in the Ardena region.

Etymology
The meaning of the term "Suathadh" is "the Changed ones", however, the more direct translation is "The ones who have changed". Implying that at an earlier period in time, they were not infused with magical properties. Scholars collectively agree that this may be a possibility and it is growing in popularity however due to the lack of evidence for this claim many still oppose it.

Biology
Little is understood about Suathadh biology, even by the members of its own species. Most scholars have concluded that due to the nature of being magically infused beings, quantifying research is harder than regular observation.

Codex Suathadh
With the release of the Codex Suathadh, by Canto, a Polaris philosopher, detailing the biology of the Suathadh. Many questions have been asked about the origins and existence of the Suathadh by the learned men of Ardena. One main questions asked is if the Suathadh were made through magical phenomena or Divine intervention. This was attempted to be answered by studying the progenitor strain of the species, dubbed, "Suathadhi Originalis". Over the course of hundreds if not thousands of years the species began to spread, in doing so adapting and evolving into each new environment with abnormal speed, emerging as an entirely new strain in a matter of years. These strains adapted and took many forms, the case of the Suathadh in the forest showed us that they take upon aspects of their surroundings, such as becoming plant like, whereas with coastal cases of Suathadhi development it showed us that they also adapt to their surroundings becoming more amphibian in appearance.

Subgroups
While these many sub-groups might appear as totally different species they are most certainly related and in the right conditions can mutate into existing strains of Suathadh who share a similar environment yet have never encountered each other.

In studying the Suathadh the explorer Canto spent time with several groups each who had differing cultures and customs in addition to their physical differences. Here is an example of a group of Suathadh.

The Taters- Taters are anthropomorphic living potato people. Though sapient they are noted as being extremely stupid bordering on imbecilic. Although some individuals completely defy this standard and display extreme intelligence and problem solving abilities. They live in the wilds far from civilization in small family clans on the sides of hills and large trees.

History
Suathadh entered Rathnir during the "Great Migration Period" of Arden history at around the same time as the other three races of Ardena. They came like the other races to Rathnir from across the western sea and spread out into the forests and other wilds of Ardena. Some groups like the Taters keep to themselves in the wilderness while other groups such as those who live in the town of Acuaria have integrated themselves into Arden culture the united mixing pot culture formed out of the many refugee and migrant peoples who came to Ardena in the Great Migration Period.