Humanity (Patreon)

Rather new to Vandergast, humanity came from across the seas looking for 'Holy Lands'. Originally from the continent of Arthuria, the humans of Vandergast worship the Goddess and are controlled not by a King or Queen, but the Holy Council of five. The council consist of a High Priest, A Paladin, A Common Born, A Merchant Leader and A member of the Builders Guild; each voted on by their respective group to represent them in the the council. The Common Born representative is always given more time than the others by a rule as he or she is thought to represent the bulk of the people.

The human's of Vandergast are rather strange as humans go, owing a lot of that strangeness to their religion. The Goddess has many rules for her humans to follow according to the priests and the two major ones are why the humans are generally accepted by all. The first being that their religion should be spread by example and not by force. It is against their religion to coerce or co-opt anyone to joining their faith. They are required to set a positive and moral example and those observing them and the blessings of the Goddess should want to join of their own accord. The second is they are forbidden to judge others. They can hold court over criminals and make decisions of morality, but true judgement is thought to lie only in the Goddess' hands and to judge others is to assert that you have the authority of the Goddess, which no man has.

The rules and guidelines of the Goddess' religion keep the humans rather humble and helpful to all. It is thought that they were persecuted and exploited for this in the lands in which they came and that their interpretations of the Goddess' religion differs greatly from the rest of Arthuria. However, in Vandergast their ways lead to great relations and trade with other races and the Humans of Vandergast grew rapidly establishing 4 powerful cities and a few villages. Though their numbers are not near that of Elves, Dwarves or even the Gnomes in Vandergast.

It is at last prudent to note that Humanity's Holy Knights are a welcome sight all over Vandergast. Most Knights, traveling with their cleric companions are on what they refer to as 'Holy Commissions'; task given to them by their council in order to take the next step in their charges. A Holy Knight cannot refuse a legitimate request for assistance from anyone as long as the request does not violate their faith. The races of Vandergast use this to solve problems across the land. Holy Knights have been known to be ask to do all kinds of things from mundane task such as helping someone paint a house to slaying feral wyverns who are terrorizing the countryside. The life of their Holy Knights are anything but uneventful.