@TheEdVerse out of curiosity, do you have any groups you based on Romani? I’m just wondering since I am Roma and you are my favorite author.

I avoid all direct real-world analogues, BUT I have at least seven groups in the Realms of displaced, wandering folk who have lost their homeland but cling to a shared culture/heritage, and others can see them as a known group (and usually want them elsewhere). #realmslore

Two descended from Netherese flying city survivors who shunned the society of Halruaa and set out across Toril, lacking all magic but treasured relics and their powerful innate Gift. Of these, Haun Tereth of the Maunatori became a powerful early Cowled Wizard of Amn. #realmslore

The other of these two groups is the Larantar, who are today farfaring caravan merchants who call their wagons their homes. They were descended from the farmers of Larantau, a now-vanished Netherese demesne that served three nearby flying cities. #realmslore

The Larantar pass intel to each other, swap goods (especially stolen goods), provide safe havens for any fellow Larantar, and seek more magic for themselves (notably, nursing aged, dying, and sorely wounded mages in return for tutelage). #realmslore