Fola

Appearance
The average fola has a humanoid-shaped female body with adjustments: Their skin is an earthy green and has a feathered texture, instead of hair, thin vines grow from their head, their teeth more resemble fangs, they do not walk completely upright, but hunch over and crawl, and they have a long versatile green tail.

Society
In the early centuries of the folas' existence, they lived in packs throughout all of the eastern and northern parts of the Moonwoods not unlike wolves or bears. They were very primative, with limited communication consisting mostly of howls and articulated grunts. They did not stray from the forest, for they feared the heat and the large birds that would hunt them.

In time, the Mortals became aware of the folas and feared the possibilities of rampages or pillaging. An unknown mortal man at the time decided learn more about them and after studying their habits, he deemed them unintelligible and not a threat to the men of Erdas. With this knowledge, men began hunting them for sport, giving the folas yet another enemy. But the folas were not as simple as the men were led to believe.

Over a long period of time, folas learned from the men of Erdas to the point where they could understand their language and eventually speak that language. Mostly abandoning the idea of packs, now they were living in a giant cove all together. They learned to be more stealthy when men came to hunt, hiding in trees where they blended in, and use their new speaking skills to confuse the men, sometimes being able to kill them in the process. The king of Erdas grew concerned over the increased fatality of this hunting and wanted it to end immediately. The men who refused to listen often got killed by the folas when they went off with no backup.

Since the folas now knew they were capable of killing those who dared hunting them in the past, they were not satisfied with sitting and waiting for them, they wanted a revenge that they controlled. They prepared to raid the grounds of the Mortals, leaving the forest for the first time in a thousand years. It turned into a battle against the men lasting until the night. The king was able to stop the killing and talk with some of the folas. He learned there was no one leader who made decisions and persuaded them to come to a truce. If each side agreed to stop killing the other, the men would help the folas advance as a society and become more respectable.

The folas signed a treaty and after, stayed peaceful toward the men. They were able to build up their cove into something that resembled a more hospitable society. Their architect and culture from then on, adapted to closely resemble that of Erdas. Even now, they are sensitive about how uncivilized they are and use what they learned from the Mortals to hide their animalistic urges.