Kawern

The Kawern (sometimes spelled Kawen) are an ethnic group from Sanmra, historically descended from the Garsenians that formed the core of the Garsen Confederation. They make up perhaps 10% of the population of modern-day Sanmra, with a population of approximately 64,000. About 4000 Kawern live in Tuanmali and 800 in Lorhan. Outside of these nations, accurate population figures are difficult to obtain, if not impossible, but there are estimated to be another 1000 Kawern living in other dalar nations/enclaves, and about 6500 living in human nations. These figures are based on persons who self-identify as Kawern; a large number of Sanmra inhabitants, perhaps most of them, have at least some Kawern ancestry but do not identify as such.

Within Sanmra, most Kawern today live in either Elten or Sakaran. A disproportionate number of sarda have been largely of Kawern ethnicity, and most legal name-carriers of Tirina are Kawern. Tirina herself is considered to have been Kawern.