The Firstborn

The Firstborn are the peoples that are rumored to have exist on The Ironlands before humans arrived. There are legends of Elves, Trolls, Giants, Varou, Atanya, and Merrow that have survived through the efforts of The Children of Ereshki, but no such beings have ever been seen here. Some Ironlanders have taken names from these stories as their own. Zlata Aleko takes his names from stories of the Varou, and Tenua and Denua are named after legends of Giants.