Kestra

Aira's most reclusive race, the Kestra are renowned for their prejudiced outlooks. They are found almost exclusively on the southern isles of Ymmeon, where individuals of other races will seldom be tolerated. The Kestra consider themselves superior to the other peoples of the world and look down especially upon the Trey. They are very rarely seen in the lands beyond Ymmeon and those few who have wandered beyond their homelands rarely fit in to Human society, instead stalking its fringes as spies, assassins or mercenaries, despite their race's generally peaceful outlook.

Kestra are far taller and more slender than Humans or Trey, with dark brown-to-black skin, pale blonde or white hair and an expected lifespan of eighty-to-ninety years. Males average 6'4" in height, whilst females average around 6'. Their eyes can be almost any colours, although blues, reds, pinks and purples are the most common. They are not talented with magic and tend to lack the physical strength needed for hand-to-hand combat but are often extremely proficient with projectile weapons and employ a wide range of toxins and poisons.

The Kestra speak their own tongue, which uses its own alphabet. Most can speak Common well enough, but few will lower themselves to doing so. Their societies are strictly patriarchal, with all positions of authority being held by males and females not even being permitted entry to the centre of their capital city, Yptibia.