Turanian

Turanians live south of the Waste of Tiamat, in a vast land called the Sea of Grass. They are a nomadic people divided into numerous tribes. There is only one area which is permanently inhabited, the sprawling city of Samarkand which is neutral ground for the various tribes to meet. The Turanians claim to have come from an enormous lost continent to the East, crossing over a land bridge near the south pole which has since sunk beneath the waves.

The Turanians worship a being they call the Great Spirit, and who they claim manifests himself on the world in the form of the four holy elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. They wage war on horseback with all of their warriors also being skilled archers.

Turanians are short of stature for men, and have slanted eyes and yellowish skin.