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[MariaElizabethCastaignede]

i feel that there is a way your character should look, depending on the geographical zone, example:

a taharian - i believe that they would look like egyptians, dark skinned, dark hair and dark eyes

torvaldsland man/woman - thick, maybe pale skintone, light brown/blonde/orange hair, etc etc

Treve/Minus - a soft tan maybe? the hair and eyes will vary more here i guess -- i would like to hear opinions

and also, what are the wagon people inspired in? asians? gypsies? i hear that question a lot and always is answered with -- asians or gypsies- -

asking this because i've seen taharians with platinum hair, liiight blue eyes ^^ i dont think that fits

[Chaos Ibor]

For every place of Gor there is a Earthern equivalent...to me. Of course, highly subjective.

* Wagon peoples: Mongolians.
* Red savages: American indians
* Arians: Romans
* Cosians: Greeks
* Torvaldslanders: Scandinavians
* Hochburg, Tarnburg: Germanics
* Taharian: Arabs
* Voltai: I usually think of them as Anglo-Saxons, heavy English influence. But not strong bases to say this.

I am not sure about other regions...trying to remember all.

[Trenzos Dyrssen]

To add to Chaos' list

* Schendi: South American Tribes
*Ianda/Anango: Carribean

And as for Voltai...I'm not sure about the Anglo-Saxons. I would probably be under the assumption the Vosk region as a whole has a more Romaneque setting to it while the islands of the northern Thassa, Cos, Tyros etc, pertain to that of the Greeks.

[Liliana Aluveaux]

Wagon peoples: Mongolians
Red savages: American indians
Arians: Romans
Cosians: Greeks
Torvaldslanders: Scandinavians
Hochburg, Tarnburg: Germanics
Taharian: Egyptians, Middle Easterns
Voltai:French, German, English (with a bit of Roman/Greek)
Schendi: South American
Ianda/Anango: Carribean, Pacific Islander

[Anarch Allegiere]

Don't forget about our dear friends the Eskimos. (Red Hunters)

[RedSnapper Teitelbaum]

I think those generics are very good, remmber also though that people travelled and a slave from a certain might be sought after in a different area to where they originated from, also with the FW who got taken in raids etc, so there will be mixing up.  Its good to have a combination of stereotypical to the area and a blend as in RL, just my two pence of an opinion...

Red

[Isabella Bergiere]

I think those generics are very good, remmber also though that people travelled and a slave from a certain might be sought after in a different area to where they originated from, also with the FW who got taken in raids etc, so there will be mixing up.  Its good to have a combination of stereotypical to the area and a blend as in RL, just my two pence of an opinion...

Red

Yes I couldn't agree more - here on Earth there were huge blends.

For example looking at the Egyptians in the Ptolemaic dynasty - the rulers were actually all Hellenic (Greek) and thousands of greek citizens and veterans were given holdings throughout the land.

[Melisande Moisant]

Karian - Mediterranean/Spanish

[MariaElizabethCastaignede]

thank you all for the replies

[Aphris Myoo]

Wagon peoples: Mongolians

Tuchuks were Mongolian, some Tuchuks I know look like that.
Kataii are black-skinned. Must admit most of my tribe are not.
There can be blond people in the other tribes, names like Harold, Konrad suggest Germanic origin.