Humans

"Late into the night they hid in the underbrush of the old elven roads. Resolutely they lie there for hours, waiting for the perfect time to strike. A flying column, led by an elven general head towards the last hope of their freedom. Itaford, the last great kingdom of the human colonies, was destined to fall should it be besieged by such great numbers of elves.

Then, steadfastly, as the middle of the column came into sight, General Gylaw took up his sword and spoke softly to his men thusly: "Now is our time, my brothers, to take up arms in the name of that sweet maiden liberty. The elves underestimate us for the shortness of our lives, but they know not of our unrivaled power! We are men! When we pull ourselves together there is naught we cannot accomplish! Forward now brothers, let us show these elves what the men of Eukoram can do!"

- The Battle for the Eukoran Coast Humans are the youngest and shortest lived of the species of Agutar. By all Elven reckoning, these creatures were birthed through some trick of nature; created by the maturing of lesser species - apes. However, the elves cold and scientific view of human creation are challenged by Men, who believe they were formed through the destiny of the Endless Cycle. Perhaps it is because of their shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elves, and that's why they built their United Providences on the foundation of warfare and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the world.

A Broad Spectrum
With their penchant for migration and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common species. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. Human skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from blonde to black (curly, kinky, or straight); males might sport facial hair that is sparse or very thick. A lot of humans have a dash of nonhuman blood, revealing hints of elf, orc, or other lineages. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.

Variety in All Things
Humans are the most adaptable and ambitious people among the common races. They have widely varying tastes, morals, and customs in the many different lands where they have settled. When they settle, though, they stay: they build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves traditions traditions with origins far beyond the reach of any single human's memory. They live fully in the present - making them well suited to the adventuring life - but also plan for the future, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.

Lasting Institutions
Where a single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. While dwarven clans or halfling elders pass on ancient traditions to new generations; human temples, governments, libraries, and codes of laws to fix their traditions into the bedrock of history. Humans dream of immortality, but (except for those few who seek undeath or divine ascension to escape death's clutches) they achieve it by ensuring they will be remembered when they are gone.

Although some humans can be xenophobic, in general their societies are inclusive. Human lands welcome large numbers of nonhumans compared to the proportions of humans in nonhuman land.

Human Names and Ethnicities
Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents give their children name from foreign languages, such as dwarvish or elven (pronounced more or less correctly), but most parents give names that are tied to their region's culture or to the naming traditions of their ancestors.

The material culture and physical characteristics of humans can change wildly region to region. Men of Agutar differ wildly primarily between the humans inhabiting Agutar and those who many years ago traveled to the continent of Mandalka through hunting and fishing migration. Human physical characteristics of humans vary wildly according to these ancient migrations, creating humans that come in a wide variety of coloration and with many different features.

On Agutar, eight human ethnic groups are widely recognized, though over a dozen others can be found in more localized areas.

Salavegan
Salavegan humans are a tall and tanned group of people, the darkest in The Eukoram Provinces. They have dark hair and eyes and live in the Northen most province of the Eukoran Coast. They mostly hail from the Kingdom of Salavega.

Salavegan Names = (Male) Alonsico, Fadrique, Alvaro, Ferrnando, Garcia, Vernaldino, Sabastian (Female) Floriana, Francisca, Sicilia, Lucrecia, Angelina, Viana, Alfonsa (Surnames) de Rojas, de Flores, de la Puenta, Vaca, Catala, Corchavo, de Riero

Vierlimaran
Vierlimaran humans are a lean people, with a variety of natural hair and eye colors, and a skin color that is tanner than others further south in the Eukoram Provinces (but still pale compared to Mandalkan or Salavegan humans). They mostly hail from the Vierlimaran Kingdom, one of the four United Provinces of the Eukoran Coast.

Vierlimaran Names = (Male) Raoul, Alexandre, Victor, Clement, Alain, Jean, Sebastien (Female) Nicole, Renee, Valentine, Sylviane, Justine, Lise, Marie-Claire (Surnames) Dupont, Fresnel, Aliker, Blanc, Dubois, Jaubert

Larasalan
Larasalan humans are a bit short, even compared to most of the Eukoram Provinces' people, whose peasantry's diets consists mainly of bread and therefore are generally shorter than foreign humans. They have darker hair than others in the Provinces and darker eyes, but still bear the pale skin of the provinces. They come from the Kingdom of Larasal.

Larasalan Names = (Male) Kenelm, Riley, Graham, Brock, Holden, Arthur, Osmond (Female) Brooke, Haralda, Elfreda, Hayley, Carlyle, Briar, Lilyana (Surnames) Darwine, Leighe, Farnhame, Bradforde, Washingtone, Hayden, Hawkinge

Nispodaran
Nispodaran humans, haling from the Kingdom of Nispodar, are the palest humans in the Eukoram provinces. With their very pale skin, light blue eyes, and usually very fair blonde hair, they live the absolute furthest south in the cold taiga and grasslands of the Eukoran Coast.

Nispodaran Names= (Male) Otto, Didrich, Henneck, Rudolph, Johan, Hilmar, Dirik (Female) Syele, Magdalene, Katherineken, Greteke, Mergelin, Birgitta, Cristyne (Surnames) Keller, Ludwig, Von Spachingen, Strom, Von Costentz, Von Ortenberg, Lutzin

Khemkan
Khemka humans hail from the continent of Mandalka, and reside on the eastern coast, primarily in Western Maruxx. They constantly vie for control of the Eastern Mandalkan coast and the many provinces and territories held therein. Khemkans have dark dusty skin, long thin dark hair, and dark eyes. Khemkans do not have surnames.

Khemkan Names= (Male) Mahu, Hik-ten-res, Khair, Pa-ash, Nofre-mat, Ani, Neb-tef-au (Female) Nebit, Sitra, Anat, Hosit-em-bent, Ma-ka-ra, Ptath-se, Rahema

Yatreeni
Yatreeni humans occupy lands on the Western Coast of Mandalka, primarily coinhabiting Lodran lands. The Yatreeni humans have a very dark skin color, with matching hair and eyes.

Yatreeni Names= (Male) Suyana, Benegal, Madhava, Bhima, Ragunath, Ruldu, Vikas (Female) Krishna, Ananya, Versha, Damayanti, Ruhi, Sarama, Padmini (Surnames) Pande, Gazdar, Kapudia, Bhate, Malhotra, Patvardhan, Sirasikar

Iniquidian
Iniqui humans have amber-skin and dark long hair, generally inhabiting lands with Haudese Moni tribes. They have a similar worldview and architecture as Haudese and oftentimes simply live alongside them as a part of the same nation. Iniquidians do not take surnames.

Iniquidian Names= (Male) Dekanawida, Atena:ti, Kaientaronkwen, Otetiani, So:se,Tanacharison, Wishe (Female) Iakonie:ien, Kahentorehtha, Kahwihta, Nikawenna:a, Ojistah, Onwa:ri, Wathahi:ne

Taiyangese
the Taiyangese are the group of humans who live predominantly in Agutaran cities and lands, and as a result have seen the most interbreeding with elves. They are yellowish-bronze in hue, with a faint elvish glow to their skin. They also have dark hair and dark eyes, and notably, place their surnames before their given names (elves tend to remember families better than they remember individual members of those families.)

Taiyangese Names = (Male) Tian, Su, Chao, Feng, Jingyi, Zhelan, Xiang (Female) Xia, Bi, Jiao, Xuegang, Ming, Shu, Chun (Surnames) Fan, Ren, Meng, Wang, Yin, Mo, Yan

Human Traits
It's hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human characters has these traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Alignment. Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and worst are found among them.

Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet tall to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other people they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words from other tongues: Orc curses, Elven musical expressions, and so on.

Variant Human Traits
The optional feat rules are allowed in the Agutar setting! If you like you can forgo the Ability Scor Increase listed above and instead take the following traits:

Ability Score Improvement. Two different ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Skills. You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Feat. You gain one feat of your choice.