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Affelaune
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Affelaunes (AFF-el-lohns) are small but voracious humanoids that are aggressive
in numbers but generally ineffective singly that live in hill land areas arranged
in small extended family groups.
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Small concentrations can live semi peacefully with more powerful neighbors,
but if they grow too numerous they start spreading like gophers. They have voracious
appetites and this drives them to steal food and over-hunt. When they run out of
food their appetites can eventually drive them to start attacking other sentient
races just for their food.
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ORIGIN
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During the Age of Expansion many Varholds in the Gersaan range were destroyed by
the four armed humanoid monstrosities created by the Zhaiirian Union (which are
called the Gersaani in the modern age after their adopted homeland). Some of the
Var survivors found their way to other Varholds, particularly Vures and Vibas, but
not all of them were so lucky and were essentially left a broken remnant of themselves
and without homes.
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Forced to wander semi-nomadically and eke out a substinence existance as best they
could, these Var interbred and generally degenerated both culturally and hereditarily
over the course of a several millenia. In the modern age pockets of them exist in
the highlands of the southeast of Danorshorvas and the north of Ullushorvas.
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WORSHIP
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Affelaunes lost their faith in Pryddyn a long time ago and appear to have no new
spiritual beliefs in its stead.
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Of course, few bother to familiarize themselves with the Affelaunes to any degree,
so this is hardly a well established fact; it's quite possible that they have some
bizarre form of worship that simply isn't revealed to outsiders.
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MODERN LIFE
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The modern Affelaune live semi-nomadic existances in the south eastern and eastern
mountain ranges of Danorshorvas, and some have spread down into the northern ranges
of Ullushorvas as well. There is no known Affelaune homeland or seat of power, and
only a few semi-permanent settlements. Most tribes of Affelaune are small and very
migratory.
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