Human

Humans are a species of humanoid thought to be native to the Golarion System who are known for their adaptability, ambition, curiosity, and history of impulsive violence. They are one of the most widespread species of the Pact Worlds despite losing their homeworld of Golarion during The Gap.

History

Human history is as varied as its many ethnic groups, but almost all humans can trace their roots to Golarion. Many had branched out to planets such as Akiton before The Gap, and older human civilizations of Golarion like the Azlanti Star Empire stretched even further into the stars, but the vast majority of the Pact Worlds' humans can point to Golarion as their ancestral home.

Golarion's disappearance turned the surviving members of the species into migrants within the Pact Worlds, with Absalom Station as their new "homeworld". The Gap also wiped out memories of most of humanity's history and cultural record, leaving only the remnants of it on other races' histories and leading to debate over how relevant humanity's history is to its present and future.

Society

Human societies are as varied as the worlds they thrive on. While the Azlanti Star Empire seeks to recapture an imagined era of glory by isolating and idealizing an ancient culture from Lost Golarion, most human groups coexist with other species in diverse communities. Human settlements just a few miles apart might have wildly different governmental styles and social norms. Despite their diverse lifestyles and outlooks, humans are adaptive and ambitious, traits that have driven them to explore the unknown, forge their own futures, and settle on countless planets, creating lives for themselves by either integrating into alien societies or creating communities and settlements on distant worlds.

Of all the common ancestries in the Pact Worlds, humans were perhaps the hardest hit by The Gap. Due to Golarion’s disappearance, humans were left with relatively little evidence with which to puzzle out and reconstruct their society. While Absalom Station and other worlds with large human populations contain documents related to the ancient history of humanity, how much relevance this should have to modern human society is a hotly debated topic.