Earthlings: Leaf
This race of long, pointy-eared people has developed a chiefdom level society in Tale, Tendaji’s Savanna. The men and women of the Leaf Tribe possess pale, sand-colored skin and large eyes that come in various shades of green. Pink crystals can be found glittering on their stomach, face, and shoulder blades. Like most Earthlings, the people of the Leaf Tribe stand shorter than the Alkidike and have evolved in such a way as to blend in with their surroundings.
Although Tale is composed primarily of dirt and sand, large, strangely twisted blue, green, and yellow trees can be found here and there, growing abundantly in small clusters. Within these tiny forests, the Leaf Earthlings have made their home.
The Leaf Tribe has created a network of roofed platforms within their trees as well as on the ground. The simple homes are protective during the warm, rainy winters and open during the dry, hot summers, allowing what little breeze there is to pass through. Although the tribe hunts on occasion, their main nutrients come from the strange, liquid-filled bulbs found throughout the Savanna.
Life in Tale can be trying and rough. As a result, this race has developed a profoundly deep, unwavering respect for the land on which they live. They are not always accepting of the occasional visitors who make it to their home. Strangers threaten their way of life and the precious resources that maintain their livelihood.
Religion: The Leaf Tribe is a very spiritual people. They believe themselves to be connected to and a part of the earth, in so much that the earth feeds them, clothes them, shelters them, and when they die, becomes their home. As such, their respect for the land that provides for them is deep and uncompromising. To them, everything that comes from the earth has some sort of spiritual quality. As the earth protects them, so should they protect it.
The Leaf Tribe's religion is very similar to animism. They do not have names for their gods, but believe everything in nature to be filled with a spirit.
Government: These Earthlings are part of a Chief/Shaman tribe. Since, in Tale, the clusters of trees in which the Leaf Tribe lives can be rather far-spread, each individual settlement has a primary Chief who also functions as their Spiritual Leader. It is a hard environment in which to live and so, while the different sections of the Leaf Tribe work flawlessly together, they do not take kindly to strangers infringing upon their land.
List of Physical Traits
|| Typically pale tan, sand colored skin no darker than medium range
|| Cool pink crystals on stomach, face, and shoulder blades
|| Various shades of green eyes
|| Medium to dark brown hair
|| Long, pointed ears
|| Clothes are typically all shades of greens and browns with pale pink and yellow accents and accessories
|| Earthlings stand much smaller than the humans of the past. (average height: 4' - 5'6" )
