Vikings

Vikings or People of the Bay are a ethnic group of humans that live beyond the northern mountains of the world.

Overview
The lands were the Vikings dwell are said to beyond the mountains where the harefolk dwell. They tell tales of how the lands there are terrifying and serve as a cautionary warning to stay away as roughnecks thrive there who rob people.

Some of the Vikings ways, while seen normal to them, can be quite barbarous to outsiders. They are raiders and traders by nature due to the harsh north and make war amongst other tribes to take resources. Such actions are not done through malice, but are seen as inspiration of greater confidence.

Even women are taken during these raids, and those were were abducted were recognized as married to their kidnappers. The tradition is universal to all the tribes, and those taken do not show anger nor fear but excitement and joy as the abduction is seen as proof of their husband's intelligence, goodwill, and martial valor to steal themselves a bride. But sense there part of the kingdom know they can not kidnap non Viking members of society and already married people and use Lethal and crippling force is know forbidden these will know be treated as crimes and be treated as such.

Vikings do not have much interaction with other races, though are aware of the existence of elves and dwarves.

Viking village chiefs are usually muscle brains who act first and think later. It's rare to find a village chief who uses brains because this makes it difficult for outsiders to find a way to get the Vikings to trust them in their only two ways to fight the other way is to win that a board game.