# Human, Shou
The Shou were humans originally from the Empire of Shou Lung in the eastern lands of Kara-Tur. By 1360 DR, many Shou migrated to Thesk and other lands of Faerûn. Many cities, such as Phsant, Telflamm, Marsember and Westgate, had "Shou Town" districts within their walls, and the Shou nation of Nathlan in the Dragon Coast was founded in the aftermath of the Spellplague. The Shou language, High Shou, used the Draconic alphabet.

***Ability Score Increase:*** Your Dexteroty, Wisdom and Charisma each increase by 1. In campaigns where Honor is used, your Honor increases by 2.

***Age:*** Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century. The Shou tend to be longer lived than many humans however, and can sometimes live to be one and a half centuries old.

***Alignment:*** Most humans tend toward no particular alignment. The Shou however are raised in a very regimented, honor bound society, and as such most tend towards law.

***Size:*** Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

***Speed:*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

***Languages:*** You can speak, read, and write Common, High Shou, and one extra Language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their Speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.

***Proficiency.*** Humans raised in the Shou culture are proficient with the katana, wakasashi, and tanto, or in games where these are not used, the longsword, shortsword, and dagger.