![]() Each group of beastkin, and indeed each individual tribe, have a number of different oral and physical stories as to their origin: a pact with a nature spirit, or prince of the Feywild a lycanthropic curse among an entire village a surge of transmutation magic upon an originally human hamlet. The early history of the beastkin is incredibly unclear. Beastkin coloration stays around the human range, with whites, browns and tans being particularly prevalent. More than many other races, the appearance and physical characteristics of a beastkin are determined by their ancestry the strongest and most barrel-chested kitsune might only be of average size to a taguel, for example. Their height is similar, although their figures are more lean, in many ways built for speed, including their lighter frame. A human, however, will immediately notice their more extraordinary features-the animal-like ears, the sleek tail, and the fur covering their arms, legs, and hips are clear markers of a people less than human. To many of the races of the world, a beastkin may appear at first glance as an incredibly hairy human. ![]() No matter their home, nor their history, a beastkin always keeps pride in who they are and what they stand for. ![]() Many beastkin are drawn to see the world beyond their limited worldview and thus seek lives of adventure. A pitiful few survive in small towns or their own districts in cities, having paid for the locals' respect in blood or integrity. They stay mostly isolated within their tribes, in deep forests or tall mountains, far away from the organized societies that may hunt them. Attuned with the forces of nature, yet holding power power over them open to the hand of civilization, yet struck by its oppressive fist human features, yet bestial aspects beastkin are, in many ways, oxymoronic.
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