[quote=Dark Jack]
@Legion: All right, then... so they're basically humans with longer lifespans, one ethnicity of which has a skin color that is rather unusual to humans, but otherwise they are very much like humans? How does their population maintain itself between their long lifespans - which would usually implicate a long reproductive cycle - and their aforementioned warlike culture? Though I suppose with lifespans that long and a reproductive cycle short enough to replenish their numbers lost due to war, continuous war would almost be for them to avoid their population increasing uncontrollably to the point of their growth being entirely unsustainable. (A small divergent thought of mine is that if they do require constant war like this and has been participating in such warfare, then they must either still have at least one other nation between themselves and the Xhurl-njok or only recently have expanded as far; if someone persistently showed aggression against the Xhurl-njok the way the Éireannach are described to, chances are that they would not last long before the Xhurl-njok decided to remove the annoyance they would represent.)I also wonder just how genetically compatible these Éireannach would be with other races. They are described as being very humanlike, but with lifespans that are almost as long as those of penin... Interbreeding between races would be difficult to accomplish.[/quote]

Alright, let's get rambling.

Regarding the points about the Xhurl-njok and the Eireannach potentially coming into border conflicts, I can re-instate the Kingdom of Thessaleia (human kingdom, not much work to do and most of it I've done for another RP already, so no worries there?) as a buffer state between the Xhurl-njok and the Eireannach so as to prevent both sides from coming to blows. I had the Eireannach and Thessaleians almost at constant state of war - similar in a way to the late Roman Empire and its struggles with barbarians.

Regarding the lifespan and warlike culture - the Eireannach have a maturity rate that is similar to humans, in that they reach adulthood and full maturity at about 18 or so. They 'do' have a long lifespan, I know, but it's quite rare for Eireannach to reach their maximum lifespan - things like injuries, diseases, accidents, all of those have impacts on lifespan, as does your social class, what with being able to afford food and the like in towns. I'd say that the average commoner would be good to reach 250 or in that area, whilst the rich and the 'royalty' are more able to reach 300-320.

As for interbreeding, though the Eireannach are similar in appearance to humans, I think humanity would be the only race with whom they could successfully breed, with maaaaybe Nightwalkers being a very rare and 'barren' partnership. Most other races are a no-go.