Village of Non

"They're a large and terrible looking people, but peaceful and quite misunderstood" - Al'Jibran speaks of the Goliath inhabitants of Non.



At a Glance
The inhabitants of the Village of Non, or Nonians (Noh-nians), were a race of Goliaths who had come to settle in the costal marshlands neighboring Lake Kreeva. Mysterious and imposing due to their size, the Goliaths of Non were outwardly friendly to those who would help their tribe. Sharing a complex relationship with the inhabitants of Kathlon City, many Nonians traded fish and furs in exchange for Kathlon's shiny doodads and glassware.

History
The Goliaths of Non had long-settled in the marshes and ridges surrounding Lake Kreeva when the displaced settlers of Dondea and Andea arrived. Weak and battered from their escape from Halruth, the pre-Kathlonites had little to offer the Goliaths in exchange for safe passage but the buttons on their coats and fringes of their cloaks. Letting them pass, the early Kathlonites used their magics to cross to the center of Lake Kreeva where they build their Kathlon City. In exchange for the kindness shown by the Nonites, families would return to the shore every year to bequeath humble trinkets as thanks for the Goliath's compassion.

Over the ages the partnership between the City and Village became deeper. In exchange for Kathlon's useless baubels, of which the native Goliaths regarded as expertly made, the Goliaths protected Kathlon City's hidden bridge and provided valuable resources such as fish or furs. As time went on it appeared that the Goliaths had come to understand a far greater deal about their trading-partners than most Kathlonites cared to admit, recognizing the difference between shoddy and glimmering trinkets. Inexplicably, however, the Goliath Nonians refused to change their arrangement or complain of the difference in quality, being happy to feign ignorance in favour of a strong partnership.