The Humanar Contributions
Like the Astralar that had come before them, the Humanar deities created new beasts and plants to suit the needs of the Peoples they created. By the time of the Awakening of the Humans and Halflings, their creators felt there were enough small wild creatures to provide adequate hunting, and the fruits, nuts, and berries that the Alevar gods had created were plentiful.
But the gods wanted more for their children. They didn't want them to spend most of their relatively short lives hunting and gathering. They wished to see Humans expand and prosper to build great cities and achieve great things. So they provide new plants that could produce bounteous amounts of food if tended properly, and creatures that could be easily domesticated to provide not only meat for sustenance, but leather and wool for clothing, and milk, butter, and cheese on a daily basis.
Thus, the Humanar created wheat, barley, oat, corn, rice, and other grains. They created leafy cabbage and lettuce plants. They created bean and pepper plants. And over time, especially after first encounters with the Taxlatl People, the Human and Halfling children of the gods mastered techniques of improving these plants with selective breeding. They also learned of fermenting, brewing, and distilling from the Dwarves and Gnomes, learning to produce beers and ales from their grains, wines from their fruits (which the Elves came to greatly appreciate), and strong spirits from both. Dwarves even reluctantly agreed that barley produced an ale superior to the mushroom brews they had been making and drinking for centuries.
Cattle, sheep, and goats also appeared - animals that could be easily herded. Selective breeding over the years produced many variants of each with a wide range of meat, wool, and milk product properties and qualities. And with the domesticating and breeding skills the Humans mastered, wild boars first created by the Orokar to challenge the Orcs were bred into domesticated pigs, perhaps the most versatile of all farmed animals.
But the gods wanted more for their children. They didn't want them to spend most of their relatively short lives hunting and gathering. They wished to see Humans expand and prosper to build great cities and achieve great things. So they provide new plants that could produce bounteous amounts of food if tended properly, and creatures that could be easily domesticated to provide not only meat for sustenance, but leather and wool for clothing, and milk, butter, and cheese on a daily basis.
Thus, the Humanar created wheat, barley, oat, corn, rice, and other grains. They created leafy cabbage and lettuce plants. They created bean and pepper plants. And over time, especially after first encounters with the Taxlatl People, the Human and Halfling children of the gods mastered techniques of improving these plants with selective breeding. They also learned of fermenting, brewing, and distilling from the Dwarves and Gnomes, learning to produce beers and ales from their grains, wines from their fruits (which the Elves came to greatly appreciate), and strong spirits from both. Dwarves even reluctantly agreed that barley produced an ale superior to the mushroom brews they had been making and drinking for centuries.
Cattle, sheep, and goats also appeared - animals that could be easily herded. Selective breeding over the years produced many variants of each with a wide range of meat, wool, and milk product properties and qualities. And with the domesticating and breeding skills the Humans mastered, wild boars first created by the Orokar to challenge the Orcs were bred into domesticated pigs, perhaps the most versatile of all farmed animals.
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