Culture

Kinsia was originally inhabited by the elder races, and was invaded and conquered by humans from Terrantique about 550 years ago. Humans are now the majority, and elves, dwarves, gnomes and halflings too exist within. Descendants of the settled humans are derogatorily called colonists.

The World is a gritty realism fantasy world of low amounts of magic.

Wizards and sorcerers are rare in this world, and the vast majority of them belong to the Conclave. Other spellcasters are more common.

People are illiterate unless they have had been taught, and most people haven’t. Usually only people from clerical, scholarly, or noble backgrounds may be literate.

Only nobles have last names. Elves do not have last names regardless of birth.

Knighthood is granted to mainly nobility, or in rare cases to lowborns. Being a knight is socially on par with being a low ranking noble. Knights are addressed as "Kel".

The level of technology in the world is similar to the middle ages. Gunpowder, clocks, cannons, etc. do not exist. Many agricultural inventions such as the plow and the wheelbarrow have been invented. Eyeglasses have been invented as well.