At the world's end: Humans of Helgren

The humans evolved on the continent of Helgren, a continent of mild summers and harsh winters.
Additionally, the continent was plagued by the fury of the Dragons, huge fire-breathing lizards that soared the skies as unchallenged masters of the land for millennia.

The humans evolved from fairly unassuming primates, and rapidly mastered the fire of the dragons, and used it as a weapon against the dragons themselves. Going from the smithing steel swords and axes to eventually creating firearms.

While in the early years of the Human society, only the mightiest of heroes dared battling dragons, and even then many cities and towns existed merely on the whim of the beasts. But once firearms were invented, it provided a sudden change. Where earlier, only great heroes could hope to slay a dragon, suddenly anyone who was able to aim a cannon or a rifle had the possibility of doing the same.

This eventually led to the nigh extinction of dragon kind, and cemented humanity as the rulers of Helgren.

The human civilization is divided into clans, that for as long as anyone can remember has worked together for the survival of the human people.
The government is arranged as a general democracy where the chieftains of each tribe vote on issues regarding things extending beyond the scope of their own clans.
Ruling over this gathering of chieftains is a high chieftain that has been elected by the rest of the chieftains to ensure the efficiency and relative peace of the gatherings.

Once a issue has arisen, the chieftains are asked to vote. If there is no clear majority, and no compromise can be found, each side chooses a champion. These champions are then to face off in a duel, as selected by the champions themselves.

The most common form of these duels is something that is called "Envig", a ritualistic duel, either armed or unarmed, in a sacred ring of combat. The first one to be rendered unconscious, dead or leaves the ring loses.

But the type of duel could be anything from a horse race to archery, to a poetry challenge, as long as both of the challengers agree.


Due to their constant conflicts with the dragons, humanity has gained a sort of respectful loathing of the scaly fiends, and weapons and other tools of destruction are commonly crafted in the image of their great enemy.

Over all, popular additions to clothing among the humans are fur, leather, and functionabe apparel. Often wearing armor is seen as a sort of fashion statement.

Humans as featured in this campaign are often fair of skin and complexion, but other varieties exist outside of Helgren on the continent of Algamor, and are decendants of humans that migrated south into less harsh lands.