Shape changing exotic people who live in the sloping forested ruins north of the stanzgarin capital

The Goltari live in forested lowlands and ruins, in a homeland marked by ancient structures and reverence for burial in one’s native land. They repurpose ruins rather than radically altering their landscape. They value salt, archaeology, and continuity with the dead. Their lands sit at the edge of larger powers but preserve a strong identity.

the people, fuzzies, skin shifters, animals

Goltari can have any body shape
-wolfs tend to be on the lean side
-bears tend to be on the heavier side

Goltari skin color can range to any across the continent though tend to be on the lighter side due to consistent rain in their homeland

6'

Goltari tend to weigh much more than they would appear

Those of wolf ancestry have elongated canines, those of bear ancestry are very tall on average

variance runs in all directions

the Goltari wear any kind of clothing that is appropriate to their climate, however they always wear clothes that can be loosened quickly or are simply baggy enough to accommodate their altered frames

the Goltari can partial change into were-creatures and are generally stronger than an average human

their shape changing abilities are hindered by silver and they can be forced into their bestial states by certain herbs

some would call their shape changing a condition due to its hindrance via silver

-trading stories around campfires
-telling jokes
-community gatherings
- communal herbal baths

Pragmatism, maintaining the natural order, spirits inhabit all things, karma

democracy, also some republicanism, mostly tribalism on a wider scale

All the technologies of Stanzgar

goltari will fill any job they are able to

the goltari rely primarily on bartering with themselves but have begun to at least keep money around after their joining with the stanzgarin confederacy and their separation and protection from the Talaran theocracy

Meat and fish dishes

goltari history is marred by constant raids from the aristocracy of Talara who saw them as great beasts to hunt and would use herbs and incense to force them into their bestial forms, it was not until the end of the fourth and beginning of the fifth age when Darius Drachenbär took over stanzgar and forced the Talarans to stop at the the tip of his sword (and massive army) that goltari life as a whole truly began to be about more than just simple survival

the Goltari are a group of two similar but distinct shape changers that live in the gently sloping