Thalsic People

The Thalsic People are the dominant ethnicity of northern Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias

Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable HartheraOrorr. The majority of the diverse peoples of Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridviridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr, Otekahré and Ororr are all thought to descend from a common Thalsic ancestry, as well as the Manthi peoples of western Munatan.

According to mythology, the Thalsic people originated in the land of Thalse, a drowned land somewhere in what is now the Natorn Archipelago. Some further believe that the Thalse descended from a rebel group who chose exile from the Realm of the Godmen.

Historically they were divided by the Dun Jaen mountains into East Thalsic and West Thalsic. Of the East Thalsic, most notable are the Iskean peoples of northern Harthera and island peoples like the Junda and Asokway. The West Thalsic are more numerous and diverse, including all the peoples of northern and central Ororr, of which the Issid are predominant.