Intro: Pharine's

The Pharine is a humanoid species originally discovered to live in what is now the Eseian Khanate. Before the rise of the Khan, its lands were fruitful and broken up into multiple nations. The Pharine's made their homes in many of these countries and principalities until the onslaught of the Eseian horde. For fifty three years the Eseian marauders rained death and destruction across the lands of former Valedonia and Sirenholm until all the tribes of Pharine society were forced to flee in unison. As they fled, they ventured through the nations of Thytosusia and were met with further hostility. The humans of that vast kingdom ostracized the Pharine's as they sought refuge, and as the years proceeded their hostility became cruelty. This forced the Pharine clans to venture south, then east until they crossed the borders of the much more friendly Harwickian Kingdoms.

A century following the rise of the Eseian Khanate, the Pharine's were favored by the late King Sethre Apice of Harwickia. His favor was strong enough to grant them the 'Gift of Peace'. This gift was an abundance of yet to be populated lands in the north-east, it was theirs to freely colonize and build upon. These lands were known as the 'Fjordlands' and the 'Whitelands' by most, for they were expansive yet harsh. Pirate gangs ventured through the straits often, and lawlessness was rife. Most of the lands were unexplored, and to make matters worse they were teeming with hostile wildlife.

The Pharine's knew this was less of a gift and more of an insult. The Harwickian society had demanded their ejection from their lands, and sending them to the north under the guise of a gift seemed politically viable.

Regardless of this, the Pharine's journeyed to their 'Promised Lands' and found the cold weather and harsh terrain to be palatable. Within a single generation the Pharine's had come to call their founding nation 'Fanfow', after their ancient birth lands of legend. While the nation of Fanfow is young, and struggling, its people have found themselves made stronger.

A typical Pharine looks very much human, externally there are only two significant differences. All Pharine's are known for their fox-like ears and tails. Their furs differ in tone and volume. Other than these physical discrepancies, Pharine's are surprisingly adaptable to their environments. Whether having to survive in harsh deserts or frozen wastelands, there bodies are known to adjust to the elements and continue to adapt with each generation. The Pharine's of Fanfow, after living in the far north for several decades, have started to show a tendency of being born with white fur, thick skin, and of taller stature then their westward ancestors.

- From the teachings of Syncerastus Aurelio of the great library of Rothetbia