Aurlûnoren Human

Aurlûnoren Humans also known as simply Aurlûnoren Men are the human inhabitants of the Aurlûnor Velande. They originally were the most dominant people group in Southern Syltör 74,000 years ago prior to Elven arrival. Some are descendants of old Kings that once ruled the region, as well as local tribal chieftens. Modern paleoanthropologists place these people under a supergroup known as the Ghûren (Ancient Men), with the modern descendents being known as Dawou Aurlûnoren.

Prehistory
The original groups of the Dawou, Yi'yen, Nû and Fai cultures were among the largest groups in the region, before the arrival and conquest of the Ardolians over 11,000 years ago. Minor tribes of these people lived not just around the Gulf of Heaven, but also in the former Ashuran Jungle and in modern day Hampo Province. There is however, lack of information about these smaller groups, but some such as the Piken and the Yamu were recorded. These people would said to have dark skin and spoke a language completely different from the ones near the Gulf of Heaven. Presently, they are recorded to be extinct after 6,100BCA.

Elven Migrations and the End of the Guren States
At the same time as the guren agricultural revolution, elves began to migrate from the west of Syltör, settling in modern day Tacua province. The Elven Migration Period, as it is known, lasted for over two millennia and saw the introduction of rice agriculture to Syltör, and the further migration of elves into the deserts. The desert dwellers would become the Dune Elves of Ashura, and the Tacuan elves would found the city and later kingdom of Ardol on the shores of the Lothranis Sea. Areas left mostly uninhabited by elves and humans alike became home to the various tribes of Kumiho who would settle in the Hampo region, on the Lothranis' eastern shore. The strip of subtropical forest between the sea and desert would prove valuable to both the indigenous Kumiho civilization and later the imperial interests of Almador and Aurlûnor alike.

Under Almadorian Rule
Humans were considered second-class citizens, and many of them migrated away from the region. Much of the cultures, mostly Dawou Culture was integrated into Almadorian culture, creating a more hybridized culture. Although resistances propped up, they weren't powerful enough to overthrow the descendants of Maxion, up until the Warlord Era. They would form minor warlord states, some going to as far as killing the elves in their region.

Velande Reformation and Equality with Celestial Elves
The formation of the Velande had seen a change, and they were given equal citizenship. Since that time, Aurlûnoren Humans were given the title of "Imperial Humans", and were allowed to have government positions, as well as miltiary positions, with even some becoming prominent members of the Imperial Court. Humans had since been one of the more acceptable aspects of the culture of the Velande, although Celestial Elves still have a superiority complex toward them, though this has got more rare as time went on. Many of the humans of the region also adopted a similar attitude toward foreigners as their overlords have.

Appearance
Aurlûnoren Men are no different from regular humans, with the exceptions of those who might of bred with either Kumihos or Celestial Elves. Their average heights can fluxuate, but an average Aurlûnoren Human male can grow up to be 5'9, while females grow to be around 5'5. Their hair and eye colors tend to fit their environments of either the warm jungles of Tacua Province or the cool mountains of Alvada.

Aurlûnoren Men copy the Celestial Elven style of clothes, by adopting either a hanfu if they are in the core territories, or a hanbok if they live in the Hampo Province. They also seem to care a lot about how they appear, and usually, males have a tradition of keeping their beards nice and fresh looking, grooming it and keeping it nice looking. More ragged and gruff appearing males are seen as warriors, soldiers, or that sort. Females on the other hand, tend to try and keep up with their beauty, by applying lots of make up on their faces and wearing the finest garments. Clothing culture is rather important, as Aurlûnoren Men are extremely picky when it comes to wearing appropriate attires to certain events, formal, not formal, and other sorts. For example, it is considered rude to wear a military uniform when walking into a house, or a woman wears very little clothes when walking into a palace or holy site.

Dawou
The Dawou are known by paleoanthropologists as the "hill people", and are by far, the most numerous and influential people group. According to The Accounts of the Ancient Men of Southern Syltör, the greater Dawou peoples were divided into fifteen tribes, each with their different distinctive cultures. The most major of these tribes was known as the Yu'shen culture, which was described as a kingdom with shiheyuans that would dot the landscape, in which the rich lords who owned the vast wheat and millet fields lived in, while the settlements were protected by wooden palisades. The Dawou were known as master craftsmen and may of been the origin of summoning magic, as there are familiars discovered in a cave north of modern day Lhûmar that dates back to 63,000 years ago. They were the first to eventually reach the Bronze Age in 11,100BCA.

There was in total fifteen distinct city-states. Each of these city-states would trade and fight for dominion over their neighbors. Often, they would come into contact with the other groups, and would do the same. The largest of them, of course, being the Yu'shen Culture, dominated the western highlands, which is located west of modern Lhûmar. Multiple other cities such as the Pangnin and Wenkaden were possibly used as fortifications for multiple farming communities, and centers of the tribes of the Tien and Yen'shi.

Yi'yen
The Yi'yen would settle along the rivers and swamps of the region, in which they would become accustomed to fishing, and farming rice patties and relying on the swamplands for their protection and productions. The Yi'yen peoples were always known to be territorial of their lands, taking great aggression to anyone who dare tries to settle on their beloved swamp. They would be known for their taming of both the Short-Nosed Alligator (Alligator brevirostris) and the Guojiang Cormorant (Nannopterum littorum), though information regarding their relationship with the alligator remains unknown and unclear.

The oldest settlement recorded by the Yi'yen people is known as Unu'ne Shen, which is located near modern day Hloamar on the grassy parts located to the east. Evidence of a settlement was a tomb that was discovered there 4,500 years ago.

Nû
The Nû were also known to be people of the swamps, and it was said they were offshoots of the Yi'yen peoples who preferred to be more militarist, and often attacked their surrounding neighbors. They have strong cultural connections to them, but they would eventually loose their land to the Kumihos when they arrived in the region 18,000 years ago. They have since been attempting to take their land, only to be beaten back every time.

Fai
The Fai peoples were known as the Sea-fairing people, who always sought to explore far away places, and were quite ambitious. They didn't really care much about the current territory they were settling in, and often built large ships that would traverse the strange mysterious Lothranis Sea. They would be the first to discover the Great Sea Monster of the west, which hindered exploration even further. Eventually, the Fai would become more accustomed to smaller ships for maintaining their trade cargo and often traded with their neighbors, being the more mercantile of the four.