Human

The most numerous and yet most divided of the peoples of the Known World, humans have long held dominance over Irulia. Dwarf and orc histories both chronicle times where humans did not walk the world. At least, not to their knowledge. Scholars believe that the first humans came from the tropical archipelago now known as Baresaan by the daarak'han. While the daarak'han do not allow many foreigners in their lands, the few times they have allowed archaeologists and scholars they have reported findings of ancient civilization remnants and large stone towers. Some have even posited them as candidates for manmade wonders, though with the difficulty of getting to see them, they have yet to be officialized as any such wonder. Humans predominantly exist in the Kheravazan Empire, Ardoren, Lhynoon, and Veilderan. These four nations, while by no means exclusively human, have long held human peoples in positions of power. All of these nations agree upon a single ancestor tribe hailing from Baresaan, which they dub the Manussar Tribe. The Manussar Tribe is believed to have originally settled the land that would become the Khyrric Kingdom, and split off into separate tribes that would become other kingdoms: Kavaarth, Caldun, and Barrexoan. All but one of these tribes would not remain the same, having evolved immensely. The Khyrric people became Kheravaz, Kavaarth would be conquered by Caldun which later became Ardoren, and Barrexoan became Veilderan. The only one who kept their name was the tribe of the Crenaux, who occupy the land now known as Lhynoon after the founding of the Weavers in Crenaux culture.

Humanity's dominance over Irulia has not always been as seemingly indomitable as it is in the modern era. The dwarves existed underground for much of ancient history, the elves lived far away in their ancient homeland, and the daarak'han were unknown to the rest of the world. The only other people on Irulia during the ancient history of humans were the orcs, who clashed with the humans on a regular basis. Even in the modern day, this constant headbutting still persits, with the orcish nation of Karel and the Kheravazan Empire engaged in a cold war. Before Karel's independance, however, it was a province of the human Khyrric Kingdom. By the time dwarfs came onto the surface, humans had already expanded across the breadth of Irulian lands and laid their stake across it all. By the time elves fled their home and came upon refugee ships, human nations had firm and impenetrable roots in the ground. By the time the daarak'han flotilla, it seemed nothing could uproot the human world from Irulia. In Temenere, this dominance is far less sure-footed, with much of the continent under the rule of other peoples, including a vast nation of orcs.