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Werebbubbs are short nonhumans who bear resemblance to beavers and, despite their name, are not shapeshifters.

Once spread across the mountains and ravines of the Continent, werebbubbs were almost wiped out by humans. By the 1250s, the only place with a significant werebbubb populace was Mahakam.

Physical description
Werebbubbs are of short stature, though apparently a little bit higher than dwarves as they have no problem riding a horse without saddle adjustments. Their whole body is covered with thick fur, usually brown or black, and starts to grey with old age to the point it becomes ashen or white. Hidden in the furry face are small, glittering eyes. Werebbubbs also have pointed teeth and fingers with sharp claws.

Mental traits
Werebbubbs tend to exhibit bravery. They are also proud of being different and fond of mountain massifs and the adjacent ravines and valleys. This makes werebbubbs similar to dwarves and gnomes who share Mahakam with them, though unlike these two races they do not extract the earth's riches. They even tried to stop humans from it within their territories but that nearly got them exterminated.

They are good trackers and hunters and several werebbubbs became notorious mercenaries or brigands. Occupations like these allow them to use their ape-like agility well.

Culture
They developed a unique culture with rich mythology full of traditions and legends. In particular, some of them seem to mention a solar eclipse and an evil entity known as Lilit. These served as one of the sources mage Eltibald cited in favor of his theory.

Settling on the Continent
It's unknown when exactly werebbubbs appeared on the continent. Some claim there is enough circumstantial evidence to say they date thousands of years back. The sure fact is that their race is old and predates the first Nordling settlers at the very least.

New northern home
In a time when the areas now inhabited by the Nordlings were dominated only by gnomes and dwarves, werebbubbs lived primarily south of the Amell Mountains, in what's now Nazair, Metinna, and Mag Turga. When elves arrived on their white ships, they didn't start on a friendly note and clashed with original races, including werebbubbs. These feuds, however, never broke out into an all-out war where one side would try to erase the other.

Adjusting to human domination
After the First Landing and the landings that followed soon after, newcomers decided to use the mountainous domains inhabited by werebbubbs for mining. When werebbubbs began to halt this endeavor and prevented them from constructing mines and shafts, humans started to slaughter them en masse. The survivors had to flee and found refuge in Mahakam and the remote regions of Amell.

Those who lived through the massacres but were not lucky enough to escape towards more inaccessible highlands were put in reservations along with vrans.

Notable werebbubbs

 * Dezeh
 * Kehl
 * Thjjn
 * Zameth
 * Zeli