Hinfolk
Heritage
Regardless of an individual’s Culture, their ancestors likely come from one of the following groups which determines a few of their notable physical characteristics.
For Hinfolk, this mainly affects their visual appearance pre-adulthood, as Varian people have the most potential for natural, physical changes over the course of their lives. Due to their long-time influence and connection with the other species of the Beanut Lands, the Hinfolk have established themselves in all areas of the continent for countless generations, giving them the most robust selection of Heritage of all the Beanut Lands species.
Note: Your Heritage choice is purely for storytelling and may have narrative implications, but will not affect your characters stats, attributes, skills, or abilities.
The features listed below are the most common for each specific Heritage group, but features that are not mentioned will default to the typical physicality found on the Biology page. You can find the general physical traits on the main Species page.
Legend
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Some features are marked with a clover to indicate a unique trait exclusive to that Heritage group.
rare [
Luck test: 8]
Some features may show a test associated with them. These are optional dice rolls, for those who are interested in leaving any features up to chance.
Moundbound
Location of origin: Miniopolis urban sprawl
The mass populous of Hinfolk from the capital region of Miniopolis in the Hinlands, named for their in-ground home construction. These people have lived urban-driven lifestyles, reminiscent of the original survivalist burrows of the Vari-hin who first came to this area during the historical Hin Migrationary period. Though their home areas to this day are buried under the rolling hills of the central Hinlands, these people have not been particularly threatened to remain below ground their entire lives, so they have developed darker skin and hair colors than non-native hinfolk, due to their hot and dry savanna environment.
Moundbound people make up most of the native Hinfolk population, so most of them are of native Hinfolk cultures. As the central capital is a bustling center of trade, most Moundbound people are of the Yokee culture.
Common Features
SKIN
Mid-to-Dark complexions
✤ Pale freckles, some coverage
(shared with Sunstrider)
uncommon [ Luck test: 6]
HAIR
Black and Brown shades
Sunstrider
Location of origin: Miniopolis and Hinlands regional countryside
The Sunstriders are the primary residents of the greater Hinlands territories, consisting of people from all walks of life outside the major cities. Most of the Sunstrider people occupy very sparsely populated farms, ranches, and countryside surrounding the main trade routes from the Imperial Crownlands to the west all the way up to Willonia to the north. These people, similar to the Moundbound people, have developed darker and richer complexions representative of their homeland, which is nearly permanently experiencing summertime.
The Sunstriders are the most likely native Hinfolk to own and operate homesteads and live in comfortable provincial communities, making most of them of the Hearthie culture.
Common Features
SKIN
Dark complexions
✤ Pale freckles, full coverage
(shared with Moundbound)
common [ Luck test: 4]
HAIR
Black and Dark Brown
Wildwood
Location of origin: Royal Crown mountain hills of Willonia, and those with Willonian parentage
During the mass migration of the Primal Vari-hin people, most moved south to the grasslands, but the Wildwood people stayed in the Royal Crown mountains, creating their own protected villages and settlements secreted away in the foothills between what is now Willonia and the Imperial Crownlands. Having been isolated from their people for many thousands of years may have changed them visually, but their typical hinnish ways of life kept them connected to their roots. The Wildwood people became reintegrated with the world at large after the settlement of some of the earliest Willonian people in the nearby foothills, in the old regions of Willory. Now, the Wildwood Hinfolk and their fellow Hensch Willonians live side-by-side, practically as one people, despite their biological differences.
Influenced heavily by the Hensch Willonians who live alongside them, the Wildwood Hinfolk are split between Hinfolk and Willonian cultures evenly, but a small portion branch off to other ways of life as well.
Common Features
BODY
✤ Tallest group of Hinfolk people
SKIN
Pale complexions
✤ Red freckles, full coverage
very common [ Luck test: 2]
Spinestake
Location of origin: Royal Crown mountain hills of Willonia
Though the Brittle Spine surrounding the Hinlands is a harsh range of mesas, mountains, and badlands, the Spinestake people have learned how to use its verticality to their benefit. Until the establishment of Willonia, the Spinestake people were almost exclusively isolated from every other people besides the southern Canzians. This lead to much of the Spinestake people remaining cemented in safer communities, enjoying the few comforts and quiet of the dry lands. After Willonians settled, the Spinstake people have had much more connection with the outside world, becoming a major exporter of salt to the Beanut Lands, and in turn, many of them have been granted access to luxuries they previously did not have access to.
Traditionally, Spinestake Hinfolk are homebodies who are most comfortable in their villages and communities, but in recent times many of them have branched out to incorporate ideals of the Yokee and Oasin cultures as well.
Common Features
SKIN
✤ Vitiligo and/or birthmarks
common [ Luck test: 4]
HAIR
If skin has markings, hair may be two-toned where the skin is different
EYES
✤ Heterochromia
common [ Luck test: 4]
Blisterboot
Location of origin: Canzia
These are the Hinfolk who just couldn’t stop themselves from traveling south during the mass migration period, and ended up integrating heavily with the Canzian people of the desert and southern highlands. Because of this drastic, arid environment, they have developed the most consistently dark skin complexions of all Hinfolk, but their hair colors have almost done the opposite. Strangely, their bright and light hair colors only last a few months, and quickly fades to pale or silvery tones of the base color. It’s thought that, due to the diet and lifestyle it takes to exist in the desert lands, the Blisterboot Hinfolk have lost much of their ability to retain the same saturated hair fibers. Because of this, many Blisterboot people have taken to growing their hair out to proudly display the gentle fading tones.
Though they still maintain solid ties to their Hinnish cultures, due to the isolation of the desert, the divide between Hinnish and Canzian cultures has become fairly even. Some Blisterboot people still travel outside the desert and start lives in other areas as well, but they are much rarer.
Common Features
BODY
✤ Adjusted Body Types
Includes Athletic and Thin types
Excludes Rotund and Thicc types
SKIN
Very dark complexions
HAIR
✤ Bright, light tones, but colors fade in a short time.
Heavily-textured
EYES
Warm tones
Brown, Honey, Topaz, and Citrine
Tangletrotter
Location of origin: Eastern Old World of Torgalia and the Nettle Forest
Hinfolk have truly made themselves welcome everywhere in the world, including the “Old World” regions in the wilds of the Nettle Forest and ancient Torgalia. Even though the original journey there was likely fraught with unspeakable dangers, there are still families of Hinfolk who determined to make themselves a home in more survivalist environments.
Even though many Tangletrotters have integrated with the Old World cultures, the majority group of them is still Bandy culture, spreading their Hinnish ideologies and love of fellowship with others, but their are often entranced by the wilder and whimsical nature of the ancient traditions, and nearly half of them have settled in these Torgali and Fangren cultures as well.
Common Features
SKIN
Olive and even slightly green-toned complexions
HAIR
Dark colors, textured or very tight curls
EYES
Earth tones
Green, Olivine, and Hazel
Northnoggle
Location of origin: northern Frostlands of Lovalia and the Grimlands, and those with Grimkin parentage
While at first glance one might confuse a Northnoggle Hinfolk with a surface Grimkin, the Hinfolk who have lived in the Frostlands have not developed the same biological adaptions as the Grimkin, and have their own distinct characteristics that make them a very unique line of Hinfolk.
Due to the difficulty for the Northnoggle people in the Frostlands to truly remain connected with their Hinlands folks, they have almost entirely integrated with the northern societies of Lovalians and Grimkin, particularly the urbanized cultures of the Altoval and Waldovians.
Common Features
SKIN
✤ Palest of all Hinfolk, similar to typical Grimkin complexions
HAIR
Lighter tones
EYES
Cool tones
Mint, Aqua, Blue, Indigo, Purple, and Grey
Riverrunner
Location of origin: The Heartlands, Brittle Bog, and Nettle Forest
Their numbers are not as robust as the other Hinfolk Heritages, but the Riverrunner’s interaction with the Sylvan cultures of the central Beanut Lands has altered these Hinfolk in a unique way.
Heavily naturalistic ideologies have taken over most of the Remroot people, ingraining a sense of natural justice in them from the Deltren, Hydren, and Wetwood cultures. Even those who are simply born into the Heartlands and surrounding areas are often people of non-native Hinnish cultures.
Common Features
✤ More vibrant warm tones
Peach, Pink, Orange, Gold, Yellow
HAIR
✤ Includes hair tones similar to the Fangren skin complexion chart
Remroot
Location of origin: Crownlands, or any person of mixed-Varian heritage
Historic descendants from the founding families of Vari-hin people who migrated to the Crownlands thousands of years ago before it was even called “The Crownlands,” the Remroot people still populate a hefty portion of the area today, especially in the region of Remisley. Indeed, without the Remroot Hinfolk, the Crownlands would look like a drastically different place. Their Hinnish ideals have heavily molded modern Crownlands society, invaluable participants in establishing some of the most beneficial social rights and trade laws in all the continent.
As the first Varian people in the Crownlands, the Remroot people helped to establish the main cultures that exist there today, one of the most consistent voices for representation and equality. They exist in very strong numbers here in the modern day, but as Hinfolk still have a wanderlust that drives them to explore, many still end up claiming other cultures.
Common Features
OTHER
✤ Face and body features may be influenced by any Hinfolk Heritage, or even other Varian species parentage, if applicable
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