Physically, they are of medium-low height and have a robust body, averaging 5 feet in height and weighing up to 50 kg. They don't have wings, but instead have fleshy, featherless legs (from the knee down) and arms (from the elbow down), both dark, clawed, and four-toed. The tail's plumage is square, but in its distal part, it assumes a characteristic wedge shape. They have an elongated head with dark brown eyes and a strong beak, which is rather long and slightly curved on the upper side, with a sketch of a hook at the tip. Their plumage, dense and tight, is completely black, shiny, and with metallic reflections of a steel-blue color. Their chicks are born ovoviviparous, meaning they hatch within the mother's body, and families usually never have more than 3 or 4 chicks throughout their life.

In terms of time, the Crows were the last of the three kingdoms of Pharsiae to take on the denomination and connotations of a Caliphate. Originally divided into tribes, they were only loosely organized at the regional political level, and they are still scattered throughout the northwestern part of Sungam. Throughout their history, various tribe-chiefs attempted to unify the Crows under a single leadership, some by force, some by diplomacy. However, for centuries, they only achieved a gradual unification of cultural, artistic, and religious traits, without ever succeeding in achieving real political unification. Afterward, King Al-Mah'ansur founded the city of Dahagab, near the ancient first capital founded by their Ancestral Princes. The city quickly became a center of science, culture, philosophy, and invention in what became known as the golden age of the Crows, bringing them to a slowly but definitive growth of unity sense. But this age of cultural revival and fruition ended almost one century before the Tale with the sack of Dahagab by hordes of Yetis from Virfaam. This was the triggering event that led, following many diplomatic and political meetings, to the decision to build the Great Wall of Pharsiae and therefore to the Threefold Caliphate.

Being a race with an omnivorous diet, the Crow people have been able to develop many livelihood skills, allowing them to enrich with trading, with two wares more than anything else: one is hemp, exploited at all levels, from solid fibers to smoking flowers. The second is coffee, which made them proud creators of this infusion drink.

They speak the Aevar language, a subtle and melodious language able to make even a dull and narrow text harmonious and poetic (perhaps a Spanish gibberish).

Religiously they are mostly devoted to Caamiran (deity of law and cities), Teeje (deity of looting and piracy), and Dykren (deity of gamble and subterfuge), but here and there also thrive the cults of Ekoari (deity of commerce and crafting), Lotru Kori (deity of madness and nightmares), Vael Nhor (deity of knowledge and memories), and Cilldyn (deity of stars and streets).

Their Ancestral Princes were Al-Kon'ahrad and Saabira, who taught their race to be wary. Being loyal and direct is not part of being a good Crow: first of all, one needs to make sure of the actual chances of success, whatever one's expertise. Then, if there are no imminent dangers or obvious hitches, one can act freely. Saabira is always considered lower in rank than Al-Kon'ahrad, yet she imposed the most total and definitive veto on polygamy, a prohibition that has always been considered essential.

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Typical of the Crow people is the use of balavash, a sort of heavy bronze shield with a cross shape, at the ends of which are attached four thick blades, which, thanks to a spring mechanism, can snap and open, turning the shield into a four-bladed melee weapon.