Men of the Forest

If there were any men who could be said to resemble elves in grace and temperament, it would be the Men of the Forest. They live to the far west of the old lands of men, in the deep vales of the Forest of the Moon and even along the edges of the  Elder Grove . They are simple folk, who value peace and solitude, and who rarely have had autonomy of their own, having been conquered multiple times in the past few centuries. Their old religion, which venerated trees and wilderness, was destroyed hundreds of years ago when the  Men of the Sea  launched a crusade over their lands.

More than a hundred years ago, their lands were the site of the Empire’s disastrous first war for  Simmern , when the High Kingdom of  Idar-Morbach  repelled the pointed men when they came for their westernmost province. A few decades later, they were conquered by Altan the Terror, who then gave way for the conquests of the  Alvyrnian Empire .

Physical Characteristics
The forest-men are fair skinned and brown-haired, with round ears and generally dark eyes- though blue eyes do exist. Their hair texture ranges from straight to wavy, and they generally clad themselves in dark linen clothing and silvered jewelry. They stand generally between five-and-a-half and six feet, and are slight of build. They are frailer than the other Sunrise Men, and more graceful of manner, though of course you can find outliers, and warriors, in every culture.