Aurenes
The Aurenes are a fictional ethnolinguistic group created for worldbuilding and featured in fantasy literature, games, and related media. They are depicted as a coastal-to-riverine civilization with a strong maritime and craft-based economy, and they appear across multiple works with varying details that share core cultural motifs.
In most portrayals, the Aurenes inhabit a temperate region where river valleys meet the sea, often with
The Aurenes speak Aurenic, an agglutinative language linked to speculative language families in worldbuilding circles. The
Aurenic culture emphasizes seafaring, metallurgy, pottery, and textile production. They are frequently depicted as skilled shipbuilders
Narratives place the Aurenes as early urban coalitions that grew into a loose confederation of city-states
The Aurenes remain a popular device in fantasy settings for exploring maritime trade, guild politics, and