Editing Zal'Kazzir's Stuff he knows (section)

===Sarcosans===
The humans of southern Erenland, are smaller and
much leaner than the big Northmen. They have dark brown
skin and black, shiny hair. Their eyes are the deepest brown
and set in narrow lids that grant them hard stares when angry
and bright smiles when pleased. They paint their skin with
herbal salves that bleach intricate, pale designs on their faces,
arms, and chests for nothing more than the haunting beauty it
creates. They dress in flowing pants and loose robes that offer
them both protection from the elements and the freedom they
need to ride and fight.
Like the Northmen, these southlanders once swore allegiance
to noble princes. With the rule of the Shadow, most of
these sussars, or sworn riders, have been killed or forced to
ride as outlaws. Those that remain are
traitors to their own people, and have
become soulless and hollow tyrants
under the control of the legates
and their orc enforcers.
By the time the forces of
Izrador had reached the southern
cities of Erenland, the human
armies had been crushed and
only a few cities resisted.
Cambrial and Alvedara were
both razed for their refusal to
surrender.
Sharuun, Hallisport,
and several other cities still
stand, essentially as they
did before the war. As a
result, many southlanders
still live in the cities their
forefathers built. Unfortunately,
the inflated false
economies, brutal orc garrisons,
and whimsically evil
legates that plague these
urban areas serve as a constant
reminder that, while the
cities may still stand, the spirit that
built them has been all but crushed.
There is hope, however. More and
more of the southern Erenlanders have reclaimed
the name of their ancestors, the Sarcosans, and have
reverted to the nomadic, horse-tribe ways of those proud conquerors.
These mobile bands are led by outlaw sussars or
their kin and live in small tent villages that pop up in the night
and are gone by dawn. Every tribe member is as one with her
horse, and no other cavalry matches a trained Sarcosan unit in
terms of skill and courage. But even these daring freeriders
cannot succeed against those who occupy their lands, 10
times their number of entrenched, well-armed, and wellarmored
orcs and goblinoids supported by legate commanders.
Knights and princes are therefore forced to live as bandits
and renegades, surviving on horse meat, wild game, and the
spoils of their raids. They are continuously hunted by the
minions of the Shadow and must be careful of whom they
trust.
Sarcosan riders favor versatility and finesse over brute
strength. They wield Sarcosan lances and composite longbows
when on horseback. On foot, they often fight with a
wickedly curved scimitar in one hand and an inward-curving
short sword, called a cedeku, in the other.