Valendrin

The Valendrin are a race of humans created by Solomir the mad wizard in ages past, they are the pinnacle of human physical achievement, having been magically altered from their first births, and their genetic makeup is perfected. Their minds are sharp and fair as well, they are kind and compassionate people, and expressive as they are creative. They do not war, but they have learned to fight as needed to protect their land.

The Valendrin were introduced to Terragard atop a floating mote of Leestone, the magical or possibly magnetic mineral formed in an ancient asteroid strike in the northern seas of Terragard, which was pushed up onto shore during a glacier period on the planet and some of it concentrated in the area now known as the Skylands. This floating mote of earth cut off the Valendrin from all other contact with the world outside their 100-mile wide stretch of land.

The Valendrin have lived for hundreds of years and number in the hundreds, living in one city, named 'Shanar' built on their Land which they call 'Eryu'. They consider Eryu sacred since it is a limited and tiny amount of resources, but they import a multitude of materials through the Angelis Legion in exchange for crafted weapons, armor and other high-quality trade goods.

History
It is unknown how the Valendrin people survived on Eryu for as long as they did before they were discovered by an Angel named XXXX who was scouting the recently-created regions of the Skylands for the Angelis Legion, who were recently sent to the Prime plane to investigate strange happenings in Terragard. The angels saw the Valendrin for what they were - an infantile but good people who were doomed to ignorance. While many thought that they should be left to their own devices, when it was discovered that they were a created race and not natural, the Legion began to slowly make contact and provide resources to the Valendrin.

The Valendrin revered the angels for obvious reasons, and over the next few hundred years they formed a symbiotic relationship as a people. The angels would bring resources and give them to the valendrin, but otherwise leave them to their own devices. Their culture and society flourished quickly, and they began to request raw materials for building and crafting, and proved to be skilled crafters and architects. Their quick mastery of any task they put their mind to was astounding, and the angels had to be more and more careful about how they influenced them as a people.

The Valendrin crafted weapons and armor in likeness of what the angelis would wear when they visited, and the angelis saw this as an opportunity to trade with them for high-quality items of war and ceremony. The Valendrin were not strangers to tool, and weapons were simply a version of this in their eyes. The Angelis Legion now had dozens of the greatest smiths and craftsmen at their backs and their weapons and armor gave such a distinct advantage that it led the Angelis Legion to victory in their war with the demons in the prime plane and others.

It has only been in the past 50-100 years that the Valendrin have been visited by other races, Arakkockra and Halfling airship crews, the Valendrin were always warm and welcoming to new peoples, but were no strangers to monsters and dragons, knowing the danger they pose, but the Valendrin know no fear of death, as they excel at combat, but loathe any loss of life.

Currently
The angels try to keep contact to a minimum except for those who seek them out - those few who do were given the name 'Valendrin' which means 'ascended' in the angel's tongue, those select few are the only known valendrin who have existed outside of Eryu. The name was carried with them, and it became the name for all of their people, as everyone desired to be the angel's 'chosen' few even if they didn't understand how to obtain that goal.