Damaran

Damarans were an ethnic group of humans that were prominent in Damara, within the Bloodstone Lands, as well as several other regions in the Cold Lands and northeastern Faerûn as a whole. They were descendants from the integration of the Nars, Rashemi and Sossrim tribes that were scattered following the fall of Netheril, along with their migrating Chondathan cousins.

Description
Ethnic Damarans were of average height and build for humans, with skin tones that ranged from fair to tawny. Their hair was usually brown or black, and their eye color varied widely, though brown was most common. Those who lived south of the Earthfast Mountains tended to more closely resemble Chondathans, while those from Vaasa appeared more like the Sossrim people.

Culture
The church was central in the lives of the Damaran people, and as such they tended to live a disciplined lifestyle, with stark sense of morality. People were judged by their actions and adherence to personal virtue Self-sacrifice, in the service of a higher power, was regarded with high esteem. Many people eschewed personal gain in favor of dedication to one of the deities popular in the Northeast, such as Ilmater in Damara, or Chauntea. They were considered by many as a proud and stubborn folk.

Lawfulness was prominent in nations with large Damaran populations, with the exception of Aglarond, with its significant elven influence, the Vast, whose population leaned on the Chondathan side, and the city of Telflamm, home to its Shadowmasters. Save for these exceptions, those who were seen as having scrupulous morals were often shunned from Damaran-centric societies.

While many individual Damarans have taken up their culture's passion for adventure, hearkening to their generational struggle to reclaim the Easting Reach from the demons of Narfell, they have, as a whole largely stayed put in the same region of Faerûn. Those that stayed in their ancestral home often chose lives as farmers, lumberers or miners.

Magic
As a whole, Damarans had a strong affinity for divine magic and many chose the priestly life. Those that studied the arcane arts largely preferred spells from the abjuration and divination schools of magic. Few of their people were born with inherent sorcerous abilities, though those that did could likely trace their bloodline back to ancient Narfell.

Relationships
Damarans held close ties with their Chondathan cousins and the two ethnic groups were often well-integrated into each others' societies.

History
The Damaran people were descended from the Netherese of Low Netheril, whose empire collapsed in the 4 century before Dale Reckoning. Over time, the intermingling of the Nar, Rashemi, Chondathan and Sossrim peoples combined together, creating the Damaran ethnic group.