The Mud-Folk!

Looming shadows in painted caves. Effigies of wood and wicker. Wild dances to demon gods. Cannibal feasts of family flesh.

These are the ways of the Mud-Folk; beasts of tangled fur and inhuman shape.

Across the Savannah of Nova Thule, migrating Sasquatch live alongside the smilodons and triceratops herds. Shamans gather in ancient burial grounds to harvest the souls of the dead. The songs of Scraelings ring through the hills, and squalid Olids wrap themselves in filth to escape the wrath of the world. On the Striol Sea, Dragon-ships prowl through unnatural mists, carrying Troll war-bands to raids and riches. Mountain Ogres perform savage rites, wearing the hides of wild beasts to steal their strength and speed.

Humans call these varied cultures troglodytes. Crafts-folk shape metals and jewels into delicate works rivaling those of any human artisans. Druids hold ancient learnings in cyclopean, drystone temples. They venerate their ancestors with cannibalistic rites, and worship gods of darkness and shadow.  They slink through the wilderness by offering bloody tribute to its demons, and embody everything that people fear about the untouched places of the world.