Thelasi
The blue-skinned, tall, thin thelasi are a peculiar race of nomads and explorers, a stationary thelasi being an extraordinary find. All at once, thelasi heritage is rich and empty, a total lack of remembered history having to be compensated for by the thelasi values of family, art, and music.
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Social Structure
Due to their nomadic, very exploratory lifestyle, there is little to no defined thelasi social structure. When many thelasi come together, they'll typically appoint a leader, and elders are held in high regard by younger thelasi. Outside of that, thelasi remain independent or in a familial traveling setting.
Facial characteristics
Thelasi faces, like their bodies, are tall and thin, and angular features and high cheekbones define the majority of thelasi.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
A race of wanderers and explorers, thelasi are spread across all of Syrel and beyond, their homeland and origin mysteries.
Average Intelligence
Thelasi are of similar intelligence to humans, elves, or dwarves.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Thelasi often choose names based on the society that they are traveling through, or perhaps their favorite society. Many thelasi find a close kinship with the elves, and as such, there are many elven-named thelasi.
Major Organizations
The only thelasi organization in the modern age is the Church of Shelyvar, which is small and scattered. Most thelasi venerate their patron god in a much more personal, quiet way than the intense devotion and evangelization of the Church of Shelyvar.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Nearly all thelasi speak Thelasi, or Shylelvia as most thelasi call it. Numerous dialects have emerged due to the widespread, far-apart nature of thelasi society, but these dialects and accents haven't diverged enough from Thelasi enough to require any translation or effort between two thelasi to communicate effectively.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
Thelasi revel in the arts, particularly music, and many become well-known artists and musicians in even non-thelasi circles. This love of the artistic is likely why there is a concentration (for lack of a better term) of thelasi in Noraspelan lands, where the humans therein share this affinity. Thelasi also possess a minute amount of innate magical ability, and this seed of magic inherent in the race has resulted in a much wider array of art and music in the thelasi heritage. Illusions and similar magics are often used to enhance any thelasi art. The combination of magic and art in thelasi culture has also resulted in a fair amount of thelasi bards, magical or mundane.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
Many thelasi travel as a family unit and carry with them a unique heirloom (in similar practice to the plane-traveling efelas elves of eastern Syrel) that carries immense value. Thelasi graves are also scattered all across Syrel, and it is custom for thelasi families to make a pilgrimage to as many of these family graves as possible, honoring their ancestors and the heritage of nomads that makes up each thelasi's family history.
History
The history of the thelasi is one near-totally unknown to even the eldest elves and dragons. Many thelasi consider themselves to be products of Si's fusing with the world, their origin thus perhaps being similar to humans, but they do not have any concrete mythology or widely accepted theory. It is also unknown if thelasi ever congregated in towns, cities, or nations of any sort; there are no discovered records of such a time, and if there was ever a thelasi nation, memory of it has passed out of the oral tradition. The only known groups of thelasi have arisen from the leadership of a Chosen of Shelyvar, yellow-and-red-eyed thelasi.
All that thelasi as a whole have known as been their wandering ways, and their insatiable desire to see the world and all its peoples. This led them, sometime in their history, to adhere to the adoration of Shelyvar, god of wandering and nomads, who has become widely known as the "thelasi god" despite Shelyvar's lack of such as connection with the thelasi.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Thelasi are incredibly welcoming and open to other species and cultures, for the most part ignoring the human prejudices against tieflings, half-orcs, and the like. This likely arises out of an intense curiosity to learn of other cultures and societies.
Lifespan
100+ years
Average Height
6–7 feet
Average Weight
130–170 pounds
Average Physique
Taller than the average human and slimmer than the typical elf, thelasi appear as slender, graceful humanoids that can sometimes tower over the other humanoids of Sidelliar.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Thelasi skin tones range from a pale, almost white blue to deep, navy hues. Their hair tends to be grayscale, but the occasional brown or blonde thelasi emerges every now and again, usually due to some human or dwarvish blood in their family lineage. Eyes are generally either greyscale, matching hair tone, or blue that contrasts with their skin. Yellow or red-eyed thelasi aren't unheard of, however, and are believed to be the "Chosen" of Shelyvar, the thelasi patron god.
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