They are tall, lean and long legged. Those with strong Shawnal ancestory generally have green or grey blue eyes. Their hair is often dark brown.
Once they were roughly divided into two groups that competed and cooperated with each other, what scholars call the Eastern and the Western Shawnal. Now they are divided by geography and a bitter division. The two groups of Shawnal are The Shawnal of the Broken Lands (BrokenLandsShawnal) and The Shawnal of the Dancing Grass (DancingGrassShawnal).
Shawnal maps (ShawnalMaps)
These are the tribes of Shawnal
Shawnal - loose translation is: one with who I have no quarrel.
Believe that all living things have spirits. These spirits exist after the bodies have died. Some stay on earth and others move on into the spirit world.
Believe in a form of reincarnation, which is species specific.
Spirit world is not a good place, full of powerful and dangerous spirits.
Ashani guard the living from the spirits
Spirit world in semi in phase with real world.
Strength of the connection to the living world by spirits is determined by their emotional hangups to the living.
In order to come back you must have been at peace with your life. Anything out standing is attempted to have been dealt with in the spirit world, often unsuccessful.
Variant Character Classes based upon the Shawnal. These were created with DnD? 3.5 in mind.
ShawnalFighter - variant of the fighter class
JarazineCharacterClass - a bard variant designed to represent the bards of the Shawnal. Few spells, better hit points and a few extra skills.