Svathi (ethnicity)

The Svathi are an ethnic group of post-Zhoongen peoples, originating from the vale of the Azh River, who inhabit most of the Svath subcontinent, as well as swathes of the High Iral Plateau of eastern Kalivar and even north into the Vlathar steppes. Svathi literally translates in the religious language of Old Zho to "exiles", a term doubtless originating during the dissolution of the Zhoongen cities circa 400 B.F.B. The folk of Amarisar were nominally a part of the Svathi overall, but the term was only generally applied to the myriad tribes and kindreds that inhabited the plains of Northern Svath and the jungles of Southern Svath during the period of antiquity.

Physical Description
Svathi were generally accorded as fairly tall for the region, due to possessing a marginally superior diet to more settled tribes with less nutritious food sources- the average Svathi man is estimated to have stood nearly five cubits in height, as opposed to his urbanized cousins under the Tolsars who measured more around four point seven five cubits. Unlike the dwellers farther east in Madasvathi, the dwellers of the subcontinent had uncharacteristically light skin, though still tanner than inhabitants of northern climes, and tended towards sandy blonde hair and bright eyes instead of the dark brown of the region. Those traits were true breeding, and so little in the way of marriage taboos are recorded amongst either urban or rural Svathi.