Sypor

The sypor are a race of halflings in the world of Liravythn. They are native to the vast hilly plains of Trest in the upper half of the Syntallis continent. Their patron deity is the Goddess of Life, Vestale, and they can use nature magic thanks to her Blessing.

The sypor have a fair complexion, and their hair and eyes can be of any color.

When it comes to their magic, the way to tell the strength of a sypor's Blessing is to pay attention to how their eyes glow when casting spells. A Lowborn's eyes will glow blue when they use magic, while an Adept's eyes will turn yellow, a Highborn's eyes will turn green and a Touched's eyes will turn white. The shades of these colors vary from person to person, but every shade falls within the given spectrum.

On average the height of a grown sypor man is three feet nine inches tall and the average height for a grown sypor woman is three feet two inches tall. In regards to aging, their average lifespan is three hundred and seventy-two years, but some of the oldest sypor to ever live were well over five hundred when they died.

The sypor's Blessing grants them an innate affinity for nature magic. This affinity makes the sypor immune to any application of their own magic. In addition they are also immune to other sources of nature magic less potent than their own magic. While any sypor with a Blessing can use nature magic, the Schools of Nature Magic they can implement vary from person to person. For example, the most common School, Timbermancy, focuses on the simplest and purest implementations of nature magic like growing trees, while the rarest School, Animamancy, centers around matters of life and the soul.

Thanks to richly developed trade relations with each of the other realms, sypor fashion is as varied as the flora that grows across all of Trest. The rich and poor alike induldge in fancy dresses and suits woven of the finest silks along with common clothes of cotton and linen. They wear jerkins, doublets, tunics, togas, kimonos, kilts and along with every other kind of clothing found in any of the other realms.

Despite all of the unique traits of the sypor, the most predominant aspect of the race of halfings when it comes to the other races is their immutable bond with the argol. During a process called “Imprinting”, argol cubs from every clan are paired with newborn sypor for life. This connection each have with the other will always be the single most important thing in their lives, and both will do anything to assist and protect the other, no matter what.