Lorebook: Pahqruun and Pahmsruun

The Pahlruun/Pahmsruun are a form of People relating relatively closely to the Original Folk. It is believed that they originate from the Ruktruun, but split off from them many centuries ago (depending on who is asked). Unlike the Ruktruun clans, they believed they needed to welcome in order to reconcile all groups outside of their own. Unable to do so there, in droves their ancestors set sail on the river that flows down from Mount Taurikip and followed it all the way down to the sea, colonizing the lands along the way as well as founding a capital in the New World, Great Laurikin.

Both terms with the same meaning, at some point, the terms Pahlruun and the Pahmsruun became distinct from one another and referred to two different sets of People though of the same form. While both are known for their historic diplomacy and integrations with other cultures, the Pahlruun are incredibly diverse both physically and culturally, with their identities tending to be tied much more to their culture or historical homelands than to their being Pahlruun, while the Pahmsruun maintain a core shared identity, institutions, and even some physical features (thus tending to continue to appear more similar to the Ruktruun). Mostly-friendly disputes continuing to today regarding which group is "older". Certain Pahlruun hold their particular group's existence in Karamay as predating and completely independent of the sailing from Mount Taurikip.

The Pahlruun

The Pahlruun are arguably the most diverse form of People in Karamay (other than the similarly diverse Teakani). Their identities tend to be tied much more to their culture or historical homelands than to their being Pahlruun.

The Pahmsruun

Though they are known for being more apt to mixing with other People groups (both through simple social integration and through marital mixing), the Pahmsruun are known for maintaining a sense of uniquely Pahmsruun pride and culture regardless, strengthened by the continuing prestige of the Original Families, the Pahmsruun Institutions, and the relatively strong likelihood of their appearance traits passing on. Some Pahmsruun see themselves as one subset of the ancestors that simply ended up "sticking together", while others see the Pahlruun as a group that splintered off from them contrary to the ancestors' intentions.

Despite being spread out over the world, most Pahmsruun hold a common culture in many ways due to various structures uniting them across space and time, like Great Laurikin and the Pahms Trading Company. Great Laurikin is renowned for its access to the rest of 'the world', due to both Pahmsruun folk's desire to return home at their whimsy and their desire to educate and get to know the rest of the world. Laurikin holds many of the world’s most powerful shipping networks and has trips out from it through various means of transportation.