Human

Humans in Toril were widespread, could be found in most regions and, in general, were fierce and disagreeable, which could sometimes lead certain other races to view them with contempt. They were renowned for their diversity and ambition, and although they lacked specialization, they could excel in many areas.

History
The origin of humanity was unknown. Although the Tel-quessir could claim the primal war between Corellon and Gruumsh for their heritage and the dwarves claimed to have been forged from the rocks of Abeir-Toril itself, humans had no unifying creation myth. However, they were certainly an ancient race, having originated since before written records existed and were frequently considered one of the creator races, though they weren't known to have actually created any species. More confusing yet was that, while humans indeed were native to Toril, they had been found on other worlds as well, with the Mulani standing out as an example of human immigrants to Toril.

Regardless of their precise origins, humans were undeniably successful. While hardly the only dominant race of Toril, humans were one of them and the most recent to obtain dominance. In spite of this strength, or perhaps because of it, humanity was an eternally fractured and divided race, broken up into over a dozen ethnic offshoots. It was believed that this was in part because humanity, unlike most other races, did not emerge as a whole but rather in several places at once, thereby resulting in its diversity.

Society


While there were no natural human subraces, planetouched subspecies of humans were found in the Realms. These included the aasimars, genasi, and tieflings. There was also great ethnic diversity between humans in different regions.

Faerûn
The following were the most prevalent and largest ethnic groups to be found in Faerûn during the last two millennia of the Age of Humanity continuing into the Era of Upheaval. They were by far the most common ethnicities found within the Heartlands of Faerûn.


 * Calishites: These dark-skinned folk were plentiful in the Lands of Intrigue and were descended from the human slaves of the genie lordss of Calimshan.
 * Chondathans: Although these humans spread across the Western Heartlands, their lineage could be traced back to the natives of the Vilhon Reach.
 * Damarans: The prideful and headstrong people that settled around the Sea of Fallen Stars were living remnants of ancient Narfell.
 * Illuskans: A proud, fair-skinned sea-faring people who hailed from the Sword Coast North.
 * Mulan: The humans of east Faerûn predominantly belonged to this ethnic group, a fact they held with much pride and arrogance.
 * Rashemi: A hardy and easily-adaptable people, descended from the nomadic Raumathar who eventually settled in Aglarond, Rashemen and Thay.
 * Tethyrians: Perhaps the most tolerant and independent groups of humans in Faerûn, these people were a melting pot of other ethnicities and greatly varied in appearance.

Kara-Tur

 * Issacortae,
 * Koryoan, these proud and exuberant descendants of the Han lived in the Koryo Peninsula
 * Kozakuran,
 * Kuong,
 * Nubari,
 * Ulutiuns, an ethnic group of Kara-Tur who traveled across the pole of Toril to the Sea of Moving Ice
 * Shou, one of the more influential ethnic groups that were found in the continent of Kara-Tur
 * Wanese,
 * Wu-haltai,

Maztica
The native MAzticans lived on a continent east of the Trackless Sea.
 * Azuposi, the matrilineal tribes of the Pasocada Basin
 * Dog People,
 * Green Folk,
 * Metahel, a tribe of sea-faring humans from central Maztica
 * Nahopaca,
 * Nexalans, a warring people from the Valley of Nexal in central Maztica
 * Payit, the proud and industrious tribe from Far Payit

Minor ethnic groups
The following are ethnic groups which were either small in number, or who were most commonly found in lands far from Faerûn’s heartlands. In their own distinct regions, they might very well be the major local ethnic people.


 * Arkaiun,
 * Bavanese and Bertanese,
 * Bawani,
 * Bedine, nomadic tribes of the Sword
 * Chultans, tribal folk that lived in the eponymous jungle
 * Durpari, the swarthy followers of the Adama along the coasts of the Golden Water
 * Ffolk, the darker-skinned seafarers of the southern Moonshae Isles
 * Gurs, the nomadic descendants of the Rashemi that lived in the Western Heartlands
 * Halruaans, decedents of Netheril that settled in the Shining South
 * Imaskari, a people whose ancestors hailed from the fabled Old Imaskar
 * Itzas, an offshoot of the Payit people who lived in relative peace and serenity
 * Lantanna, the copper-skinned worshippers of Gond
 * Nars, nomadic tribes of the grasslands east of the Giantspire Mountains
 * Netherese, the pure-blood remnants of the ancient civilization were scattered across Faerûn
 * Northlanders,
 * Nubari,
 * Raumvirans, the descendants of the Raumviran Empire settled along the coast of the Lake of Mists
 * Pazruki
 * Purang,
 * Shaarans, the nomads of the Shaar
 * Sossrim, a silver-haired people who lived in the frozen lands near the Great Glacier
 * Tashalans, people that escaped the bondage of the Sarrukh
 * Tuigan, the 15 nomadic tribes that wandered the vast Hordelands between Faerûn and Kara-Tur
 * Turami, the displaced population that settled in the land of Turmish
 * Vaasans, descendants of Netheril that settled around the Moonsea region

Some ethnic groups were no longer present on Toril:
 * Han,
 * Talfir, a long-past group of people who lived alongside the elves in the Western Heartlands during the times of the Crown Wars
 * Tayanulchi,

Other ethnic groups of humans were referred to by the continent on which they lived:


 * Zakharans: A shorter, dark-skinned people who rarely left their homelands on the continent of Zakhara.

Related races
Humans were kin to many races, such as githyanki, githzerai, and Deep Imaskari. Additionally, humans bred outside their race many times, resulting in the various half-human races like half-elves and half-orcs as well as planetouched such as tieflings.

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