The Sindar

The Sindar are the supposedly extinct race of the world of Suikoden. They existed long before Harmonia, the great Empire that all calendars are based on in Suikoden. Mighty and mysterious, there are many who spend all their lives trying to discover the Sindar secrets...and dying.

So what do we know about them? Well, according to one fan-site:
"[The Sindar are] a group of people known to have been technologically advanced and knowledgeable in runes. Notable Sindars, such as the engineer Dennis Tauer and Bora Atkins created the discipline of alchemy, which led to other technical disciplines such as blacksmithing, trickmastery, and gun-power manufacturing. The Sindars are cursed by the Rune of Change [owned by their leader], forcing them to move from place to place. They are commonly believed to have disappeared without a trace, but some say they have found their "Eternal City."

So let's review: yes, their famous leaders include a guy named Dennis. At least it's not Marvin. Anyways, the Sindar ruled for an unknown time, teaching man much of their technology and likely the various rune-inscribing techniques used by Rune-Masters today. They went south, south of Harmonia, but left behind ruins all over the continent Suikoden 6 (our game) takes place on. In the continent we're on, ruins are typically stone-based, often temples of good size for different and usually unknown purposes.

In Suikoden 2, a ruin was found to grow some extremely rare herbs that gave life. In Suikoden 3, they served as a center-point to a magical ritual. In Suikoden 1 and 4, the Sindar forgot to show up. In Suikoden 5, they are said to be the ancestors of the Queen herself (this taking place in a different continent btw!), and a large castle was found in the middle of a lake...along with advanced sluice gates to control the lake's water levels. There was also another religious temple, this time in the shape and form on a very similar Egyptian pyramid, this being made for unknown purposes and being the exception to the more medieval stone-type architecture we've seen. Still, all ruins are guarded by tough monsters and bosses, possibly left behind to protect their legacy.

No Sindar people have been seen in the game. Still, the Sindar were expert architects, wizards and craftsmen - any headquarters build by the Sindar can be considered safe. But also quite dangerous...