Friendly Species to Man

Tékumel Humanoids & Cultures
Humans are the vast majority of the five great empires. Livyánu, Mu'ugalavyá, Tsolyánu, Yán Kór, and Salarvyá are ruled by humans and most of the smaller nations are formed and ruled by humans.

The Humanspace Empire was descended from peoples of the southern hemisphere of Earth who survived a nuclear war, so the humans of Tékumel are predominantly dark-skinned and dark-haired. Humans with fair skin and blue or green eyes are not unknown, but are rare and considered to be unlucky.

Ahoggyá
Four-armed and four-legged; radially symmetrical with eyes on all four faces. Live in swamp lands. Hate the Shén. The barrel-shaped Ahoggyá live in the swamps of Salarvyá.

Hláka
urry winged biped with whip-like tails. Capricious and inquisitive. Sometimes employed by human armies as scouts. The flying Hláka live in the mountains to the east of Tsolyánu

Páchi Léi
Reclusive arboreal jungle-dwellers that make good scouts. Friendly to Tsolyánu but hostile to the western empire of Mu’ugalavyá. The asexual Páchi Léi live in the western forests of Tsolyánu.

Pé Chói
Elegant insectoid forest-dwellers with a chitinous exoskeleton. Weakly telepathic, so they know when harm is done to one of their kind. Peaceable. A relatively common sight in the cities of the north-west and  western forests of Tsolyánu.

Pygmy Folk (Nininyál)
The diminutive rodent-like Pygmy Folk live in northern Yán Kór.

Shén
Saurian bipeds that prefer hot climates. Very belligerent. The reptilian Shén live south of Livyánu.

Swamp Folk (Hegléthyal)
The aquatic water-loving Swamp Folk live in southern Mu'ugalavyá.

Tinalíya
Small four-legged creatures with extremely logical minds. Few, and far away. The tiny Tinalíya live in northern Livyánu.