Details
(Major locations only)
Old World
The Valley
Southland
Known As:
Southlanders
(New World)
See Also:
Featured Humans
Locations of Humans
Books
Appeared In:
Running with the Demon
A Knight of the Word
Angel Fire East
Armageddon’s Children
The Elves of Cintra
The Gypsy Morph
Bearers of the Black Staff
The Measure of the Magic
First King of Shannara
The Sword of Shannara
The Elfstones of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara
Dark Wraith of Shannara
The Scions of Shannara
The Druid of Shannara
The Elf Queen of Shannara
The Talismans of Shannara
Ilse Witch
Antrax
Morgawr
Jarka Ruus
Tanequil
Straken
Wards of Faerie
Bloodfire Quest
Witch Wraith
The High Druid’s Blade
The Darkling Child
The Sorcerer’s Daughter
The Black Elfstone
The Skaar Invasion
The Stiehl Assassin
The Last Druid
Short Stories
Appeared In:
Imaginary Friends
Warrior
Allanon’s Quest
The Weapon Master’s Choice
Indomitable
The Black Irix
The Shannara Chronicles
Appeared In:
Chosen Part 1
Chosen Part 2
Fury
Changeling
Reaper
Pykon
Breakline
Utopia
Safehold
Ellcrys
Druid
Wraith
Graymark
Dweller
Paranor
Crimson
Warlock
Amberle
Wilderun
Blood
Other
Referred To In:
The World of Shannara
History
Along with Elves, Humans were one of the few races that could be found in both the Old World and the New World. In the New World they were often referred to as Southlanders, as the Southland was where the majority of Humans settled after the Great Wars.
New World
After the Great Wars Humans were no longer the dominant race. They fled south to survive. It was nearly a thousand years before Man raised himself above the level of the animals he hunted. A primitive but progressive civilisation was established. There was some order, and a semblance of government. Around this time they began to discover there were other races, creatures that had survived the Great Wars and developed their own races.
There were many battles between Man and one of those races, Gnomes. They fought over land rights and the battles hurt both sides.
After the end of the First War of the Races the Druids partitioned the Four Lands and allocated them the Southland. The Southland stretched as far north as the Dragon’s Teeth, however Man preferred to leave a buffer between themselves and the other races and abandoned almost everything above the Rainbow Lake. Only a couple of families remained behind in Callahorn, including the family of Kinson Ravenlock.
The Sword of Shannara
Men lived in isolated communities and let the rest of the world get along by itself.1The Sword of Shannara – p 2
The Dark Legacy of Shannara series
Distrusted magic, believing there was more reliability in the sciences. This was especially so for those governed by the Federation.
They sought dominion over the other races and intended science to give them the power to do so. Despite being defeated in the Federation Wars they still harboured the desire. Outnumbered the other races two to one and worked hard to increase those odds through alliances and treaties. All they needed was a way to negate the magic of the Elves and Druids.
- 1The Sword of Shannara – p 2