Human

Humans on 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 they were frequently considered one of the creator races. More confusingly, while humans indeed were native to Toril, they were also found on other worlds, with the Mulan 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 on 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.

Human ethnic groups


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

The following were the most prevalent and largest ethnic groups found in the Heartlands of Faerûn:
 * Calishites
 * Chondathans
 * Damarans
 * Illuskans
 * Mulan
 * Rashemi
 * Tethyrians

Minor ethnic groups
The following ethnic groups were either small in number or most commonly found in lands far from Faerûn's heartlands. In their own distinct regions, they could very well be the major local ethnic people.
 * Arkaiun
 * Bedine
 * Chultans
 * Durpari
 * Ffolk
 * Gurs
 * Halruaans
 * Imaskari
 * Itzas
 * Lantanna
 * Mazticans
 * Nars
 * Netherese
 * Raumvirans
 * Shaarans
 * Shou
 * Sossrim
 * Talfir
 * Tashalans
 * Tuigan
 * Turami
 * Ulutiuns
 * Vaasans

Related races
Humans were kin to many races, such as githyanki and githzerai or 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 and aasimar.