Races is strained by the inability of one or the other race to comprehend or to enunciate the language of another. (Talislanta ain't the first with 'no elves!') Non-human races on Tekumel are an essential part of the society, though they are strange, alien, and would be treated as monsters if we saw them on our streets today.
This is not roleplaying in an imagined Europe, or anything directly resembling earth. Suffice it to say this is a remarkably foreign environment. Of course, this is a slim outline of Tsolyani prehistory. In this time their cultures, languages and lives have changed significantly. Humans (largely Asian, African and South American), along with many alien races, have lived on this planet for 30,000 years since. "burnt out the stars", cut off interstellar communication, and destroyed much higher technology. The planet had grown to become a bustling interstellar port before a grand cataclysm The planet they found was life-supporting but hot and harsh, and they settled in the most habitable region available - now known as Tsolyanu - to found a new society. 60,000 years ago humans fled here after a nuclear war.
The world of Tekumel is distant from our own, both in time and space. Barker's classic world of Tekumel - compiled, updated and beautifully presented for a 21st-century audience. After thirty years, it's all in one book - Professor M.A.R.
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