Aimed, cast and struck, Ian!
Thalivians
First, let me remind everyone that there are a plethora of minority people scattered throughout the world, largely unreported. Which is just as well, since I note that whenever one of these is mentioned I later find them conflated to be much more than they are in fact.
This said, let us then conflate.
These orange-skinned people are called the Thalivians, after the town and area they lived in, Thalivia, named after a small river, tributary to the Tanier, with its origin in the Tanier Woods. They originated during the early Second Age due to an effort at genocide launched against descendants of the Pendali who remained in the region as serfs to the conquerers long after their leonine aristocracy had fled.
There was a certain wizard, whose name might have been Verunge, Salandre
or perhaps Hilippe--I do not know which is correct. Perhaps all three.
He, or they, bore a grudge against the serfs for reasons likewise
uncertain—though it might have been jealousy of their happiness, desire
for their territory, or even revenge for a murder. He devised a spell
that was directed towards these slaves which struck down through disease
many of their race. To escape this the victims, who numbered far more
than the Thalivians, sought escape through various means.
It was Arestuvus, one of their number, who determined that the spell
struck people of their physical description, rather than of their
lineage, religion, custom, location or other possible classifications.
Thus he sought to alter their appearance, which he did by turning their
skin orange.
Enraged, the wizard nonetheless seized their lands and forced the people
to flee, whereupon they became dwellers in the many cities, hiding among
the poor and unfortunate, where their descendants still dwell.
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Sincerely,
Greg Stafford
Issaries, Inc.
1942 Channing Way, #204
Berkeley, CA 94704
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