Mankind

Mankind, also called Men and sometimes Humans, were a race of intelligent humanoids created at the dawn of the First Age. Although men were some of the last intelligent peoples of the Whispy Woods to become civilized, they are now one of the most powerful and populous species spread across the globe and might be considered the dominant race of the known world as a whole.

Men come in various shapes and sizes, and are one of the most variable species in the world in terms of physique. They are also claimed to be the most intelligent beings in the known world.

Behavior
Men, unlike Merlin's earlier creations, bear mortality, and therefore they age and die when their time comes, and are susceptible to illness and disease. They have a highly developed brain, which is capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem-solving. This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees the hands for manipulating objects, allows mankind to make greater use of tools, much like the other humanoid intelligent races of the known world. Social interactions between humans have established an extremely wide variety of values, social norms, and rituals, which together form the basis of human society. Other higher-level thought processes of humans, such as self-awareness, rationality, and sapience, are considered to be defining features of what constitutes a "person", though such features are shared with the other major intelligent species Men share the known world with, such as Centaurs, Dwarfs, and even Goblins (though some might question this last one).

Like most higher primates, humans are uniquely adept at utilizing systems of communication for self-expression, the exchange of ideas, and organisation. Humans create complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families to nations. Social interactions between humans have established an extremely wide variety of values, social norms, and rituals, which together form the basis of human society. With humans present across the world and having adapted to every possible environment, they are currently the known world's dominant intelligent race. The current population of Men in the known world numbers in the hundreds of millions.

Throughout their history, Men have showed unparalleled skill, courage and also endurance and resistance in times of danger and terror.