The Feli (usually simply called 'cats' by others) and harpies are the two most consistently enslaved or simply kept as second-rate citizens (the harpies among all other species other than the beast peoples, the feli most consistently among the humans, but often by populations of the others as well).
There has been Feli kingdoms in the past, but it's ancient and definitely buried history. There is only one Feli country (by the time of Vala'kktur's rule, going forward into Adisa's time, at which point no Feli are, at the least, kept as slaves), hidden on the 'bridge' between the main land and the easternmost part of Golden Abode. It's kept itself protected thanks to the practically impenetrable, razor sharp and needle-like mountains in the area, where there's very few stable paths, plus judicious use of magic.
There's some staunchly hostile nomad clans in the desert that stretches along the land south of the northern coast, keeping free from a mix of inhospitable climate and landscape, aggressive culture, moving around, and, again magic (plus, control of and hiding any persistent oasis and hiding any more transient water sources as well). Similarly, there's tribes of feli on the north-eastern peninsula of Spears' Rest, half-nomadic but mostly using aggressive raiding as their best offense, but the climate.
The first two are both extremely isolationist and hostile towards intruders, though the ones hidden in the mountains more open to foreign Feli to settle. The desert nomad clans only take slaves, even of their own (humans are most usually just killed). The northern tribes are hostile to any towards other feli, though they tend to be rather condescending towards the feli they consider "tamed" (which is basically any who do not show "big cat" features).
In modern times, the island continent west of Moongrave is locked in constant conflicts between Feli who are attempting to settle somewhere on their own, and humans who want the land for themselves (it's only in such recent times that island continent has recovered enough from the magical storms around Moongrave to be more hospitable).
Most free Feli live either as nomads, travelling between towns and cities and doing transient work or light trading, or live in areas within human (or orc/light elven) cities, very often struggling as they're usually not allowed just any work they might want.
There's technically two "types" of feli; "small cats" and "big cats", where the differences relies on the shape of the ears, and that the "big cats" are no less than 190cm tall on average. These features have always been present only in a very small percentage of the population, which would be the entirety of the northern tribes plus the elites/aristocracy among the old, southern kingdom(s). This means that a very few scattered families among the desert tribes and the nobles of the hidden kingdom, plus the northern tribes are the only ones who possess these traits, the rest are "small cats".
Beast peoples - Feli
There has been Feli kingdoms in the past, but it's ancient and definitely buried history. There is only one Feli country (by the time of Vala'kktur's rule, going forward into Adisa's time, at which point no Feli are, at the least, kept as slaves), hidden on the 'bridge' between the main land and the easternmost part of Golden Abode. It's kept itself protected thanks to the practically impenetrable, razor sharp and needle-like mountains in the area, where there's very few stable paths, plus judicious use of magic.
There's some staunchly hostile nomad clans in the desert that stretches along the land south of the northern coast, keeping free from a mix of inhospitable climate and landscape, aggressive culture, moving around, and, again magic (plus, control of and hiding any persistent oasis and hiding any more transient water sources as well). Similarly, there's tribes of feli on the north-eastern peninsula of Spears' Rest, half-nomadic but mostly using aggressive raiding as their best offense, but the climate.
The first two are both extremely isolationist and hostile towards intruders, though the ones hidden in the mountains more open to foreign Feli to settle. The desert nomad clans only take slaves, even of their own (humans are most usually just killed). The northern tribes are hostile to any towards other feli, though they tend to be rather condescending towards the feli they consider "tamed" (which is basically any who do not show "big cat" features).
In modern times, the island continent west of Moongrave is locked in constant conflicts between Feli who are attempting to settle somewhere on their own, and humans who want the land for themselves (it's only in such recent times that island continent has recovered enough from the magical storms around Moongrave to be more hospitable).
Most free Feli live either as nomads, travelling between towns and cities and doing transient work or light trading, or live in areas within human (or orc/light elven) cities, very often struggling as they're usually not allowed just any work they might want.
There's technically two "types" of feli; "small cats" and "big cats", where the differences relies on the shape of the ears, and that the "big cats" are no less than 190cm tall on average. These features have always been present only in a very small percentage of the population, which would be the entirety of the northern tribes plus the elites/aristocracy among the old, southern kingdom(s). This means that a very few scattered families among the desert tribes and the nobles of the hidden kingdom, plus the northern tribes are the only ones who possess these traits, the rest are "small cats".