Wideface People

The Wideface People were a collection of native tribes of the Emeraldine. They received their moniker from the broad features of their faces. Large downturned noses are also common amongst their people. Other features included pale flesh, hunched shoulders with drooping long arms. Most of them were beardless but had wiry black hair they wound bind in a topknot.

The Wideface were constantly in conflict with the tribes of Stoneborn, Cave Dwellers and Spottedskins. The Wideface were an ancient and taciturn race of warriors who held the lands from the West Hills to the Midland Mountains. They were constantly in conflict with the tribes of Stoneborn, Dolmen Builders , Cave Dwellers and Spottedskins who fought for territory, cattle and women.

Culture
Largely a hunter gatherer people they made their homes from the bones and hides of the woolly rhino they hunted. In some tales, chieftains of the Wideface were known to even tame the woolly rhino as mounts they would ride into battle upon. Their culture put great emphasis on the strength of their warriors and it was common for their children to have their first kill before the age of twelve, lest they be deemed weak.

Long ago they could boast to be the most populous tribe in the Emeraldine. This produced a hubris that prevented them from surrendering to the Velorian invasion. Thus they were exterminated to near extinction in their warring with them. Using weapons made of bone, stone and flint could not penetrate the Velorians' steel armor. Their method of warfare which consisted little more than charging berserk at the enemy lines was quickly rendered ineffectual against the Velorians' arrows and shields.

Now there exists just small enclaves of descendants from the Wideface People living in towns along the Midland Mountains. Wideface chieftains have been known to marry off their daughters to the clans here as well as some living in the Forest of Cairns.