Testificates

Testificates are a largely pacifistic, honest people who reside primarily in Templehelm and the Far East. They are mercantile, have developed trades and crafts, and are quite intelligent.

Characteristics
Testificates are similar to most humanoids, aligning well in terms of average height, build, and stature. They are all bald and possess far larger than average noses. Oddly, there is very, very little variation among their population in terms of individual characteristics. It can be hard for those of other races to tell Testificates apart, save for the different garb they adopt depending on their profession. Oddly enough, Testificates are unique among the other races in that they may be returned to life from a state of undeath. It is unknown why this happens.

Variations
The only variations in the appearance of Testificates is cultural: depending on the sort of region they're living in and the craft that they practice.

Society and Culture
Testificates tend to live in small hamlets and practice a trade-based egalitarian society. Some live in urban settings among the other races. The nomenclature of their surnames tends to reflect their profession, craft, or practice.

History
Testificates have a long, though largely uneventful history in Ateon.

Templehelm
The people has existed within Templehelm since well before the Decade of Chaos, living in small, peaceful hamlets.

2nd Era
During the 2nd Era, one testificate Tif Storyteller joined the elite order of Templehelm Librarians and grew to be a renowned scholar of the time. Concurrently, a testificate member of the Stricken Order called Simeon the Stylite preached in the city of Blighthollow.

3rd Era
The Vessel of Blighthollow began research into reversing the processes of Necromancy and a growing population of testificates that they'd saved begins to settle in Blighthollow's Hairy Hostel.

4th Era
During the 4th Era, a testificate radical by the name of Grimble the Traveler launched an assault on all mixed-race settlements of Templehelm that welcomed testificates. His contention that his people were uniquely unable to access common latches and knobs on certain gates and doorways was odd, but forceful, and he launched successful assaults on several settlements. These occurred both with and without the approval of local testificates.

Outlands
Testificates are possibly indigenous to the Far East and their small settlements dot that region. Little of importance to history has happened in that place.

Notable Individuals
Tif Storyteller

Simeon the Stylite

Grimble the Traveler