Non-Humans in Perrenland

Perrenland is, like much of the Flanaess, a human nation. Four-fifths of the population are humans; Perrenese society and culture derives from the traditions of the Flan and Oeridian humans who lived in the Quaglands a thousand years ago; the nation's leaders, heroes, and villains are humans.

That is not to say that there aren't substantial numbers of non-humans living in Perrenland - after all, the remaining one-fifth of the population exceeds 90,000 in number. Many of Perrenland's non-human residents have adopted the ways, mannerisms, and habits of the majority human population.

It is, however, prudent to recognise that, in general, the non-human races are comparatively long-lived, and that it can take generations to adapt to a "new" culture. After all, there are elves alive today whose grandparents were adults before the Oeridians came to the Quaglands a thousand years ago. Time will tell if the re-emergence of dwarven and elvish kingdoms within Perrenland's borders will produce tensions between the Perrenese way of life and more traditional Khund and Kershane ways of living.

Groups of the following non-humans live within the territory covered by Perrenland.

• Dwarves are the most common non-human population within Perrenland (8% of the overall population, over a third of all non-humans), and live throughout Perrenland. Most are descendants of the Khund nation, and many have returned to Khundholm following the re-establishment of the Kingdom in 593 CY.
• As they are in most parts of the Flanaess, the ever-travelling Halflings (6% of the overall population) are relatively common in Perrenland.
• Elves are relatively uncommon (3% of the overall population), but are found in substantial numbers in the northern Clatspurs. The grey elves of the Clatspurs are from the Principality of Kershane, which has been reformed following the emergence of the city of Kershane from magically-imposed isolation in 593 CY.
• Gnomes are also relatively uncommon (2% of the overall population), but the annexation of the Sepia Uplands as the new Canton of Vesbergen has increased their numbers within Perrenland.
• The Quagaloogal Lizardfolk, who live in the marshes and swamps around the shores of the northern half of Lake Quag, have been long-standing allies of the civilised peoples of Perrenland. In particular, the Quagaloogal are strongly associated with the Grove of the Old Kerk: there are small but significant numbers of Quagaloogal druids in the Grove, and the homelands of the Quagaloogal are all Old Seed territory.
• The southern Yatils have significant numbers of Orcs, who do not recognise Perrenese authority and sometimes raid trade caravans and stadts in Krestible Canton. Many of the half-orcs of Perrenland are descended from these communities.
• The Clatspurs are home to a goblinoid confederation led by the Guurhok nation of Hobgoblins, who are in the process of being incorporated into Perrenland as a third semi-autonomous non-human kingdom, following the examples of Khundholm and Kershane.