Editing Exploring the Halls of Arden Vul: Archontean Empire (section)

==Thorcinga (Humans)==
(thor-KING-ga) Inhabitants of the western continent of Irthuin, physically the Thorcinga range in size and coloring, a fact that outsiders use to claim that they are a hybrid people. 

Although the Thorcinga occupied the old Archontean cities and maintained them as trading depots, the Thorcinga prefer a rural life. A hereditary aristocracy (the thegns) holds title to most of the cultivated land and other rights of wealth; lesser folk living in villages or manors owe taxes (in kind) and service to their local thegn. Since the return of the Archonteans to Irthuin 350 years ago, and the re-establishment of imperial exarchates at Narsileon and Arcturos, many Thorcinga have chafed at the reappearance of imperial law and bureaucracy. A Thorcin Recovery League (TRL) has sprung up, led by a possibly mythical figure known as Eadric Strigona, with the purpose of permanently driving the Archonteans from Irthuin.

Thorcinga is the collective noun; Thorcin (THOR-kin) is the substantive noun and adjective. Their names are loosely derived from the stock of English names of the Anglo-Saxon period. 
*Male Thorcin names: Aelfric, Aethelred, Colmund, Edric, Godric, Horsa, Swithun
*Female Thorcin names: Aethelflad, Cyneburga, Eadgithu, Ebbe, Thalia