Esteri

The Esteri are nomadic people who migrated from the far-east, settling urban communities across the world. Typically thieves, criminals, seers, and supposed miracle workers, the Esteri are a strange and beautiful people.

Origins
First popping up in Briece in approximately 1100 AE, the Esteri were described as "strangers of the eastern star" by the early Briecians. It is speculated that the strangers sailed from a great but cruel civilization just over the Ending Sea, finally making an unwelcome landing on the eastern coast of Briece.

For approximately a century, the Esteri were systemically oppressed and nearly forced out of Briece in a period called "The Isolation." But, miraculously, the Esteri stood steadfast and since then have spread all across the world, belonging to no nation beside their own.

Since the late 1100s AE, the "strangers of the eastern star" have migrated into Mascron, Varenth, Cyren and other parts of Alkebu.

Briece
In Civalla, the Esteri make up the majority of the populace around The Kiss. Originally a fishing community, the Kiss has become the economic center of the black market trade entirely run by the Esteri.

In Spareen, most Esteri work for honest wages in the many construction sites around Rakia. However, the prejudice against them is stronger than ever as many Sparenese secretly suspect them behind running the Thieves' Guild of Spareen.

Cyren
In the Shallows and all throughout the harbor district, the Esteri typically perform as entertainers for meager coin, but sometimes the more industrious and law-abiding of the Esteri manage their own bars and inns. Many Esteri also participate in the bareknuckle boxing tournaments, producing many of the dock's most infamous champions.

Mascron
Victims of cruel and horrific racism, the Esteri of Mascron are rife with poverty, crime, disease, and death. Due to this, many Esteri are chronically homeless and are forced to resort to begging. The crack down of crime in the country led to the dismantling of the Thieves' Guild and the Esteri find themselves hopeless as ever.