Gilter
Known widely as the Dentar after the Pantheran occupation of Gurav, the Gilter have the sloped noses and wide gap between the eyes of a herbivore, but the senses and drive of a hunter, leading them to be an omnivorous people. (Though culturally most groups refuse to eat any meat with bones, only consuming insects and plants.) The Gilter are well suited to the varied landscapes of Firnus' central continent, being comfortable in most climates and seasons. They sport unique characteristics like long whiskers, furless ears, hands, and tail. That tail is a particular point of pride for the Gilter. Making up for half of their total body length alone, the tail is almost always curved to rise upwards like a lightning rod, primed to sense vibrations in the air. To touch a Gilter's tail without permission is a taboo that can land a person in deep trouble, to step upon a tail could even be an offence punishable by death.
Other groups often see the Gilter as inightful, secretive, and suspicious. For much of history they have been a people without a land to call their own and often retreat into their own communities within greater cities across the lands, cities that these Gilter often treat with contempt. There is much distrust among them for the law and those outside of Gilter circles, but when trust is formed it is a powerful bond that can see a good beast protected by entire towns worth of Gilter that may have never met them.
When the Gilter did have a land to call their own their were clans that saw themselves as rightful leaders of all Gilter-kind. Some historians attribute this confidence to 'The Chatterung,' a god-like force that is felt in the movement of magic through the air, guiding the devout in their actions and pointing them to the best possible outcomes, or even revealing hidden truths. This 'truth' that was unveiled was the divine right to rule of three seperate monarchies... Nodekoph: the dragon slayers, Waizentrum: the archanists, and Oztenkig: the horde. They were at war for generations until the death of all three monarchs at the very same moment scattered all great loyalists in a panic. Then, years after when the Panthera arrived on their land, the remaining Gilter had not recovered their numbers or gathered under a unified banner from the war. So there was nothing to do but retreat into the shadows to fight another day.
There is no land without Gilter upon it, or a city without a particularly insightful advisor or buisness owner. But some new Gilter countries form in later eras. The Buckan government allow in the 6th era for the city of Lievin to become and independent state under Gilter rule, and a distant decendent of Waizentrum's last king Eydis White-Tail would go on to form a new country for all in the rubble of King Bernard's claim after his death.
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