Alatharya
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| STR | 25 |
| INT | 16 |
| WIS | 17 |
| DEX | 18 |
| CON | 25 |
| CHR | 21 |
| Resists | Blunt |
| Vulnerable | Holy |
| Special | Giant, +1 Scan distance |
The oldest sapient species, the alatharya have dramatically declined after their millennia of empire and domination. In the wake of challenging the Overgods, the First People was cast down in its hubris by the heavens in a cataclysm known as the Sundering.
Biology
The alatharya are enormous humanoid mammals with silvery skin and white hair, averaging nine feet tall with a broad, muscular frame. In addition to their size, the bones of alatharya are unusually dense and resistant to sudden stresses. This in combination with their size gives them some resistance to blunt physical blows, but comes at the price of speed, leaving most alatharya slower and less graceful compared to smaller, quicker species. Their eyeballs are elongated rather than spherical, granting them extraordinarily keen eyesight and allowing them to see farther than most others. Alatharya may have any eye colour, though they tend to paler shades.
The alatharya are physically incapable of aligning with a resonance or using magic.
Culture
There are no alatharyan cities or states, though smaller alatharya-dominated communities do exist, such as the farming village of Yora Vale or the found family of Emmeline's Place. Their size and strength make them desirable labour in human cities, though stereotypes of the alatharya being slow or unintelligent bar them from many positions of power or prominence. In more extremely aligned cultures such as Kor Thrandir or the ch'taren Havens, alatharya tend to be mistrusted due to their lack of resonance and the perception of them as stupid or easily manipulated. They are common slaves for the shuddeni, whose priests have uses for the flesh and blood of the First People.
Religion
After the Sundering, the alatharya were largely abandoned by the gods, though modern deities do not shun them and may even sigil prominent followers. The sole exception was Enirra, who emerged to shelter the broken alatharya.
History
Little is known of the time before the Sundering, save that it was a time of marvels. The Sundering radically changed the face of the land and destroyed the legendary power and world-spanning empire of the alatharya. Afterward, the shattered race was stripped by the gods of their peerless mental capabilities, capacity to use magic, and ability to align themselves with resonance.
