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Created by Kúsi; bands in the Barerte Waste; Order of Servants; beliefs; relations with the Arânzeni
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{{Center|Drawing of a Mundari female.}}
{{Center|Drawing of a Mundari female.}}
|Plural=Mundari
|Plural=Mundari
|Spirit Origin=Kúsi
|Classification=Non-Human
|Classification=Non-Human
|Homeland=[[Khamria]]
|Homeland=[[Khamria]]
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|Average lifespan=200-300 years
|Average lifespan=200-300 years
|Language=Mundari
|Language=Mundari
|Factions=Order of Servants
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{{Races Sections
{{Races Sections
|Introduction=The '''Mundari''' are a race of beings that live high in the mountains of [[Khamria]]. They live in sporadic tribes throughout the mountains, the Mundari mostly surrounding the [[Barerte Waste]].
|Introduction=The '''Mundari''' are a race of giants native to [[Khamria]]. They live in small bands in the mountains of the [[Barerte Waste]] and hold most of that subregion. Their political body is the Order of Servants.
|Etymology=The name Mundari comes from early settlers hearing what the Mundari call themselves ''il-mundanyuri'', which itself just means mountain people.
|Etymology=The name Mundari comes from early settlers hearing what the Mundari call themselves, ''il-mundanyuri'', which means "mountain people". The name of [[Khamria]] comes from ''Ḫamriya'', the Mundari word for soil or earth.
|Origin and Nature=The Mundari are the largest sentient creatures and have long lifespans.
|Origin and Nature=The Mundari were created by [[Kúsi]], the [[Ascendant Spirit]] of talus, loess, and strata, during the [[Age of Ascendance]]. They are giants and have long lifespans.
|Biology and Physical Traits=They are most often single eyed beings.
|Biology and Physical Traits=Mundari stand between 245 and 315 cm tall. Most have a single eye. Some have two.
|Culture and Society=The Mundari are a tribal people who live in small bands and are fiercely territorial. They are governed as a loose theocracy, the Order of Servants. Two-eyed Mundari are regarded as too human and are often expelled.
|Spirituality and Beliefs=The religion of the Mundari holds that humans are a pestilence on the land.
|Relations with Other Races=The Mundari are in conflict with the [[Arânzeni]], both those of the [[Arânzeni Confederation]] and the tribes of the Barerte Waste, and defend their territory against them.
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