Thaste

The Thaste are the the most populous race on Halus, and are the dominant power across the continent. Though they are found all through the land, most of their population is concentrated in Sellia, their native country. They are known for being overall an intellectual and magically adept race.

Appearance
Physically speaking, the Thaste are the race that most closely resemble the original homs. They tend on average to be taller than most other hommian races, and have slightly longer and pointier ears. Though they typically sport relatively slender frames, this does not majorly compromise their physical strength. They also feature faint, dark, curved line markings on their skin, unique to each Thaste, sort of like a full-body fingerprint. Scholars have theorized that this is a manifestation of the strong magical energy each Thaste is born with, as it has been noted to grow darker, more pronounced, and even take on same faint colour, in people with strong magical ability. It is also far more visible while the individual is in the middle of using magic.

History
As the original group of homs formed into distinct clans and started to migrate their separate ways, the clan that would become the Thaste remained put. Though the technology of the Old City was well and truly beyond their understanding, they refused to leave the place, sensing even with their relatively primitive minds that there was much to be discovered and used if they could ever unlock its mysteries. Unknown to them at the time, that area was also heavily laden in ambient mana, being the source of its initial dispersion throughout the continent following the mortalization of the proto-hommians. This increased exposure to mana is directly responsible for the entire Thaste race's notable affinity for magic as a whole, and though the large majority remains incomprehensible even in modern Halus, the technology and practices the proto-thaste did manage to extract from the Old City contributed to their intellectual advantage.