[✗] Southron Lore

[Shuggie_ 252]

The Atlasian Adunians: Southrons

 

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A documentation of a racial assimilation

 

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‘When th’ goin’ be gettin’ tough, da tough be goin’- An old saying passed down by generation to generation through old Southron tradition.

 

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Since before the dawn of the descendant’s arrival on Atlas there has been the wall, and those who choose to thrive off the wall. These mutted Half-Breeds chose to do just that, survive.

 

Origins

 

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During the departure from Vailor towards the isles of Axios two groups of fleeing refugees had their boats swept away from the main convoy of ships. A small contingent of Snow Elves in a boat and a large group of highlanders in a separate boat landed on the southern icy fringes of a new land. The year was 1572  when both ships crashed into ice and rocks forcing them to leave their vessels.

  

The highlanders were most likely a group of Raevirs and the Snow Elves were a group of religious dissidents who were planning on finding a new homeland anyways. Upon landing both groups were aware of each others presence, but settled on opposite sides of the same snowy valley. The Snow Elves faired well in the cold, but as a group of religious dissidents they did not fair well in catching game. The Raevirs on the other hand had issues in the cold, but with their ample supply of mainly bronze spears they easily hunted boar and seals. Slowly the two groups began to settle closer in the next couple years after landing, both realizing that a mutual relationship would be the only way they could survive the tundra.

 

Around 1583 both groups were well integrated with each other, with the Snow Elves being the leaders of the group and the Raevirs being the workers. In the coming decades a mutt-race of half elves began to slowly be the main force in the population with the last pure snow elves slowly dying off. The Raevir population simply disappeared into the half-elven bloodline with their next of kin breeding into the half elves. By the year 1613 the population of the settlement was purely made of the half-elves with their leader being an aging and mad snow elf. The high elf went by the name Thrandir and made his loyal tribe take part in the religious ceremonies such as the blood duel where two willing participants take part in a deadly duel. However, as Thrandir lost his grip on reality the elders of the tribe staged a coup and threw him into an gorge.

 

The tribe became many different tribes after this moment as their unifying force caused a schism between the elders. Between 1615 and 1631 a period of tribal war began known as “The Time of Trials.”  Legends such as Kalvass the Unbroken who killed thirteen members of a rival tribe with a bronze shovel emerged in this period. Many Southrons to this day claim lineage from a hero or legend that performed a great deed in this period. This time period ended in 1631 when a major cold spell caused the tribes to work together to survive. At this time to present day the culture began to flourish with traditions such as the Woad and ceremonial bloodletting beginning in this time. The Southrons began to call themselves this name due to find an elven compass that told them they lived in the south. This land known as Baurgs in their tongue would later become known as Atlas to those that would come later.

 

Appearance

 

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Due to their elven blood those of southron descent hold high cheekbones and an all around chad appearance. Their Raever blood lends them stocky frames and a more masculine vissage than their elven kin. This peculiar mix gives the vast majority of Southrons golden hair and blue to green eyes with a stocky and masculine frame standing at 6’0-6’7. Though as an effect of mixed genetics, many abnormalities in the Southron phenotype may occur such as the appearance of darker hair, mellower features, or even a slim elven frame. These mutted men do not see their outbred ancestry as a curse, or as totem of inferiority, but instead it is viewed as a product of their environment. Survival of their people would not have came alone, and through perseverance they were born.

 

Inheritance Of Curses

 

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Because of their mix Elven and Human blood, intertwined through generations of inbreeding the curses of Iblees have seemed to become intertwined and express themselves in a way much like their adunian counterparts.

The seed of elven infertility is deep rooted in their people, slimming their already few numbers to just a few family groups across the southern desert. A Southron couple can only conceive a child every few years. Though not to the near infertile extent of their elven brethren, having children is harder for Southrons than for the average human.

While the human inherits the curse of a short life, elven blood lends itself as an aid to this ailment. Southron folk, though short lived by the standards of their elven kin can live a comfortable life to the age of 200. This age is rare however, and to see one so old as in the harsh desert conditions near the wall is very unlikely.

 

Language

 

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Dexas: Large amount of land.

Capital: Ustin

Cow: Longheffer

Guard: Sheriff

Friend: Partner

Greetings: Howdy

You all: Y’all

Hell/Oblivion: Tarnation

Isn’t: Ain’t

Invader: Drakkar

Dilrusti!: Cheers

Goodbye: Uthrec

Yes: Yup

 

OOC Reasoning for the Promotion from Culture to Race

 

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The original Southron post was many months ago, and since then the playerbase has grown and we even have our own active freebuild settlement called Nottingham. Many people have interacted with us during this time, and we hope this this post could provide incentive for players to try out our fun perspective on the server and cool epic type of roleplay.

 

Lore Holders

 

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Senor_Tortuga (LordOfTheCraft)- Though he is currently a banned player, he helped immensely in the writing of this lore and played a huge part in the fruition of these ideas.

Mithrad- He wrote the original culture post which this was based on, a good man with big plans.

 

Edited June 23, 2018 by Shuggie_

[Inferno_Ougi 1454]

nottingLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADS

[ocelot slayer 8]

+1 good job shuggie

[chaotikal 2236]

Southron already exist. They're african people.

 

https://wikia.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Southerons

 

change the name since these seem to be more like cowboy adunians and it's all fine.

[Shuggie_ 252]

2 hours ago, Reinam said:

Southron already exist. They're african people.

 

https://wikia.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Southerons

 

change the name since these seem to be more like cowboy adunians and it's all fine.

NO, SouthERons exist, Southrons do not. We got rid of the E

[Inferno_Ougi 1454]

learn your SOUTHRON lore

they are of the SOUTH not the SOUTHE

[FreeHongKong 934]

This lore has been Denied due to cultures not being races.