Asmarian

Origin
The sons of sand and toil, the early Asmar people settled themselves between the Uhktan river and the Ekhwa river. By means of irrigation, they would develop for themselves agriculture; thus, the seeds of civilization were sewn. Asmarians would no longer travel the heated lands and hunt for their next meal, uncertain that it would come.

They instead founded farming communities which would arise into independent city-states. Within them, populations increased and gave the need for city planning systems. Among the most prominent and wealthy city-states, early forms of sewage systems were introduced. Clay piping and vaulted brick drains were the pride of Alhalsu, a city most notable for being the birthplace of the conqueror Ashurhaddon.

Asmarians never went further north than what the desert permitted them. The land which was for their taking laid to the east and south. Venturing further south met them with a new kind, Umbrian tribes who had made home among the heat. Though their ways were looked down upon by those of Asmarian states, they would not fall under Asmarian attack until the Dark Ages. And to their East was a close and well-known neighbor: the Nepher.

The Asmar race can hold complexions ranging from a lighter olive to varying browns. A race of little variety, their eyes are most often olive, green, or dark brown and their hair a thick black or brown; deviations are rare and improbable. As result of poor nutrition and the tolls of their environment, the Asmar men are typically within the 5'5 to 5'7 range of height with their woman standing at 5'2 to 5'5.

Aquiline noses and long faces can be found among their features; the cheeks often favoring a hollowed look, though there are rounder face structures to be found among some Asmarian men.