Payit (ethnicity)

The Payits were one of the seven major ethnicities of Maztica, inhabiting the lands of Payit and Far Payit in the east.

Description
A Payit individual tended to be short but muscular. Payits had deep, black eyes. They were wise, intelligent, and agile.

Personality
The average Payit had a great sense of humor and was slow to anger. They had open minds and were quick learners. They were very proud of their cultural heritage.

Society
The Payits were an agricultural people who had a strong grasp of science and medicine. Men and women of knowledge and learning were highly respected. Women were granted all the same rights as men in Payit society.

Payit society at the individual level depended on whether one was a citizen of a city or of a village. Cities offered many choices in education, where one could study the ways of the priesthood, astronomy, or arts of healing.

Language
The Payits spoke their own language.

Religion
Most Payits worshiped the god Qotal. After 1362 DR, they no longer practiced human sacrifice.

Combat
The Payits, being a peaceful people, were not overly skilled at war.

History
During the Golden Age of Maztica, the Payits held one of the richest civilizations on all of Toril.