WOrlD Of ArOkA

Altyrs

The Misplaced

The people of Aroka are usually fit into broad yet defined groups: Anthropes, Dryn, and Scourge. There are some outliers, such as the Bryd and Var-Yn, but even these can be argued to be a derivation or mix of the core three. However, there is a collection of rare peoples that cannot fit cleanly into any of the others and for one rather mundane reason: the number of limbs.

Anthropes, Bryd, Dryn, Scourge, and most Var-Yn all have four limbs and sometimes a tail. However, the people grouped together as the Altyr usually have six. Such beings rarely interact with other Arokan populations and, in the few encounters that are recorded, they are often hostile with many maps marking areas where repeated attacks have occurred, often in tight groupings. Survivors or those with the sense to flee instead of fight described beings with an additional pair of arms, legs, wings, or one set of each.

Reports are not detailed or numerous enough to draw any real conclusions apart from that these beings exist and are not mere animals as they are regularly clothed, communicated verbally, and use tools and weapons. Some scholars draw parallels to depictions of similar beings in ruins believed to predate even the Age of Divinity, but the body of evidence is too small for this to be anything beyond speculation.