With lifespans that flash by in the blink of an elven eye, humans must make the most of their lives in the limited number of years given to them. Their energy and passion allows them to accomplish great things, yet their relative lack of historical perspective ensures that many of their greatest accomplishments will fall to dust, worn down by the sands of time.
      These pages detail the seven major human ethnic groups of northern and central Faerûn, whose cultural, linguistic, physical, and religious traits predominate in that region of Toril. Five of the major groups are descended from ancient tribes, including the Calishites, Chondathans, Illuskans, Mulan, and Rashemi. Two more groups, the Damarans and Tethyrians, have arisen in recent centuries from melting pot cultures. A number of other human ethnic groups are touched on briefly as well, giving a flavor of humanity's incredible diversity. Some have vanished or all but vanished from the face of Abeir-Toril and are mentioned only to give a historical context for modern societies, while others are numerous but rarely seen in the heartlands of Faerûn.

Overview

      Humanity is numbered as one of the five Creator Races, albeit the last and most primitive. However, like many other sentient races, not all hmnans originated on Abeir-Toril; many humans alive in Faerûn today are descended, at least in part, from immigrants from other worlds. Although they are the most recent race to achieve dominance here, humanity is found all across the surface lands of Faerûn, from the arctic wastes of the Great Glacier to the steaming jungles of Chult.
      Unlike the other humanoid races; humans are not segregated into easily identifiable subraces with distinct racial traits. However, humans do vary greatly in appearance and are divided into innumerable competing nations, states, sects, religions, bandit kingdoms, and tribes.
      The root of humanity's many divisions lies in the race's fragmented history. Whereas elves and dwarves are interloper races who arrived in a few major migrations with unifying cultural traits, humans coalesced into tribes and developed local cultures across Abeir-Toril wholly independent of one another. The earliest human cultures arose in the shadow of other, more powerful races, including the other Creator Races, the elves, and the dwarves. The dominance of these other races kept the various human cultures largely ignorant of one another and barred communications until relatively recently in Faerûn's history.
      As humanity can be segregated along historical, cultural, linguistic, and religious lines, there are many ways to subdivide the humans of Faerûn. Any distinctions are inevitably muddled, as centuries of settlement and conquest have ensured that no division is absolute. In fact, in some regions of Faerûn, melting pot cultures founded by two or more distinct ethnic groups, none of them dominant, are establishing distinct cultural and linguistic identities that mark the emergence of newly distinct ethnic identities different from their forebears.

Human Regions

Region	Common Subraces	Automatic Languages	Bonus Languages	Favored Deities
Aglarond	Chondathan, Damaran, Rashemi	Aglarondan	Chessentan, Damaran, Draconic, Elven, Mulhorandi, Orc, Sylvan, Untheric	Chauntea, Selûne, Valkur
Altumbel	Chondathan, Damaran, Mulan	Aglarondan	Aquan, Chondathan, Chessentan, Rashemi, Serusan, Untheric	Chauntea, Selûne, Valkur
Amn	Calishite, Tethyrian	Chondathan	Alzhedo, Elven, Giant, Goblin, Nexalan, Orc, Shaaran	Bane, Chauntea, Cyric, Selûne, Shar, Sune, Waukeen
Anauroch	Bedine	Midani	Chondathan, Damaran, Draconic, Gnoll, Netherese, Orc	Beshaba, Kelemvor, Selûne, Talos
Calimshan	Calishite, Tethyrian	Alzhedo	Auran, Chondathan, Chultan, Draconic, Ignan, Shaaran, Tashalan	Azuth, Ilmater, Shar, Sharess, Siamorphe, Talos, Tyr
Chessenta	Mulan, Turami	Chessentan	Aglarondan, Chondathan, Draconic, Mulhorandi, Turmic, Untheric	Anhur, Azuth, Hoar, Lathander, Red Knight, Tiamat, Waukeen
Chult	Chultan, Tashalan	Chultan	Alzhedo, Draconic, Dwarven, Goblin, Shaaran, Sylvan, Tashalan	Shar, Thard Harr, Ubtao
Cormyr	Chondathan, Tethyrian	Chondathan	Damaran, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Orc, Turmic	Chauntea, Deneir, Helm, Lathander, Lliira, Milil, Selûne, Silvanus, Tempus, Tymora, Tyr, Waukeen
The Dalelands	Chondathan, Vassan	Chondathan	Damaran, Elven, Giant, Gnome, Orc, Sylvan	Chauntea, Lathander, Mielikki, Oghma, Shaundakul, Silvanus, Tempus, Torm, Tyr
Damara	Damaran, Chondathan	Damaran	Chondathan, Dwarven, Giant, Goblin, Orc, Uluik	Ilmater, Silvanus, Tempus
Dambrath	Illuskan, Shaaran	Dambrathan	Dwarven, Elven, Halfling, Halruaan, Gnoll, Illuskan, Shaaran, Undercommon	Loviatar, Tempus
The Dragon Coast	Chondathan, Tethyrian	Chondathan	Aglarondan, Chessentan, Damaran, Goblin, Halfling, Orc, Turmic	Helm, Mask, Nobanion, Sune, Tempus, Tymora, Umberlee
The Golden Water	Durpari	Durpari	Draconic, Dwarven, Giant, Halruaan, Halfling, Mulhorandi, Shaaran	Gond, Selûne, Torm, Waukeen
The Great Dale	Chondathan, Damaran, Nar	Damaran	Giant, Goblin, Mulhorandi, Rashemi, Sylvan	Shaundakul, Silvanus, Talona
The Great Glacier	Ulutium, Sossrim	Uluik	Auran, Damaran, Dwarven, Elven, Giant	Auril, Ulutiu
Halruaa	Halruaan, Shaaran, Tashalan	Halruaan	Dambrathan, Elven, Goblin, Halfling, Shaaran, Tashalan	Azuth, Mystra, Shar
The Hordelands	Tuigan, Rashemi	Tuigan	Damaran, Goblin, Mulhorandi, Rashemi, Shou Expatriate	Akadi, Grumbar, Malar, Selûne
Impiltur	Chondathan, Damaran	Damaran	Aglarondan, Chessentan, Chondathan, Dwarven, Giant, Goblin, Mulhorandi, Turmic	Ilmater, Selûne, Tymora, Valkur, Waukeen
The Lake of Steam	Calishite, Shaaran	Shaaran	Alzhedo, Chondathan, Dwarven, Goblin, Tashalan	Bane, Chauntea, Cyric, Lathander, Sune, Tyr, Waukeen
Lapaliiya	Shaaran, Tashalan	Tashalan	Alzhedo, Chultan, Gnoll, Halruaan, Shaaran, Yuan-ti	Ilmater, Kelemvor, Selûne, Talos, Waukeen
Lantan	Lantanna	Lantanese	Alzhedo, Chondathan, Dwarven, Gnome, Ignan, Illuskan, Shaaran	Azuth, Gond
The Moonsea	Chondathan, Damaran, Vaasan	Damaran	Chessentan, Chondathan, Draconic, Giant, Goblin, Orc	Bane, Cyric, Loviatar, Mask, Talona, Talos, Tyr
The Moonshae Isles	Ffolk, Illuskan	Illuskan	Aquan, Chondathan, Elven, Giant, Orc, Sylvan	Chauntea, Tempus
Mulhorand	Durpari, Mulani	Mulhorandi	Aglarondan, Chessentan, Draconic, Durpari, Goblin, Tuigan, Untheric	Mulhorandi pantheon, Mask, Mystra, Red Knight
Narfell	Damaran, Nar	Damaran	Goblin, Orc, Rashemi, Tuigan, Uluik	Talos, Tempus, Waukeen
The Nelanther Isles	Calishite, Chondathan, Illuskan	Chondathan	Alzhedo, Goblin, Illuskan, Lantanese, Orc, Shaaran	Beshaba, Cyric, Talos, Tempus, Umberlee
The North	Illuskan	Illuskan	Chondathan, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Goblin, Orc	Auril, Deneir, Eldath, Lurue, Malar, Mielikki, Milil, Mystra, Oghma, Selûne, Shaundakul, Shiallia, Silvanus, Talos, Tempus
Rashemen	Nar, Rashemi	Rashemi	Aglarondan, Damaran, Goblin, Mulhorandi, Tuigan	Chauntea, Mielikkis, Mystra
The Ride	Nar, Vaasan	Damaran	Chondathan, Giant, Goblin, Orc, Rashemi	Malar, Talos, Selûne, Tempus
Sembia	Chondathan	Chondathan	Chessentan, Damaran, Gnome, Halfling, Mulhorandi, Shaaran, Turmic	Azuth, Deneir, Lathander, Loviatar, Mystra, Sune, Tymora, Tyr, Waukeen
The Shar	Calishite, Shaaran	Shaaran	Alzhedo, Dambrathan, Durpari, Dwarven, Gnoll, Halruaan, Tashalan, Untheric	Akadi, Mask, Shar, Tempus
Shadovar	Netherese	Netherese	Chondathan, Damaran, Draconic, Elven, Loross, Thorass	Shar
Shou Expatriate	Shou	Shou	Draconic, Durpari, Goblin, Mulhorandi, Rashemi, Tuigan	Celestial bureaucracy (not devoted to a particular deity)
Silverymoon	Chondathan, Illuskan	Chondathan	Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Illuskan, Orc, Sylvan	Deneir, Lurue, Mielikki, Milil, Mystra, Oghma, Silvanus
The Sword Coast	Illuskan, Tethyrian	Illuskan	Chondathan, Dwarven, Giant, Halfling, Orc	Bane, Beshaba, Chauntea, Lathander, Mask, Mystra, Tempus
Tashalar	Chultan, Shaaran, Tashalan	Tashalan	Alzhedo, Chultan, Draconic, Illuskan, Orc, Shaaran, Yuan-ti	Chauntea, Malar, Savras, Set, Waukeen
Tethyr	Calishite, Tethyrian	Chondathan	Alzhedo, Elven, Goblin, Lantanese, Orc	Helm, Ilmater, Siamorphe, Torm, Tyr
Thay	Mulan, Rashemi	Mulhorandi	Chessentan, Damaran, Gnoll, Infernal, Rashemi, Tuigan, Untheric	Bane, Gargauth, Kossuth, Loviatar, Shar, Talona
Thesk	Damaran, Rashemi, Tuigan	Damaran	Aglarondan, Chondathan, Giant, gnoll, Mulhorandi, Orc, Rashemi, Shou, Tuigan	Chauntea, Mask, Shaundakul, Waukeen
Turmish	Chondathan, Turami	Turmic	Chessentan, Chondathan, Draconic, Dwarven, Ignan, Shaaran	Lliira, Silvanus, Talos, Tyr
Unther	Mulan, Turami	Untheric	Chessentan, Draconic, Mulhorandi, Orc, Shaaran	Mulhorandi pantheon, Bane, Mystra, Tiamat
Uthgardt Tribesfolk	Illuskan	Illuskan	Chondathan, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Orc	Uthgar
Vaasa	Damaran, Vaasan	Damaran	Abyssal, Giant, Goblin, Orc, Uluik	Auril, Orcus, Talos
The Vast	Chondathan, Damaran	Damaran	Aglarondan, Chondathan, Dwarven, Giant, Goblin, Orc, Rashemi	Chauntea, Eldath, Mystra, Tempus, Torm, Tymora, Umberlee, Waukeen
The Vilhon Reach	Chondathan, Shaaran, Turami	Chondathan	Chessentan, Damaran, Draconic, Elven, Shaaran, Turmic	Eldath, Helm, Lliira, Malar, Nobanion, silvanus, Talos, Tempus, Tyr
Waterdeep	Chondathan, Illuskan, Tethyrian	Chondathan	Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Halfling, Illuskan, Orc	Faerûnian pantheon
The Western Heartlands	Calishite, Chondathan	Chondathan, Tethyrian	Elven, Giant, Goblin, Illuskan, Midani, Orc, Turmic	Deneir, Helm, Kelemvor, Lathander, Oghma, Tempus
The Wizard's Reach	Chondathan, Mulan, Rashemi	Untheric	Aglarondan, Chessentan, Elven, Mulhorandi, Orc, Serusan	Hoar, Mystra, Selûne, Shar, Tiamat, Tyr, Umberlee, Valkur

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