What are Demihumans?
(sorry for bad English if there's any errors)
Demihumans are very common enemies in the game, being in almost every region. But what are they exactly?
They make monkey like noises sometimes, so I thought that they were inferior humans. Since we know, Humans used to look like apes, so maybe the game was making a reference to that. That would explain why they are barbaric.
However, not all of Demihumans look like monkeys or gorillas. For example, Boc has a rat-like tail, and I'd believe the small Demihumans have one too, or maybe they faces are more small (I'd say they look a lot like goblins).
The Chief Demihumans look more like dog-like beings, at least in the head, and rush to us in four legs. And is obvious that, being the biggest type of their kind, are the leaders of the Demihumans and maybe the comcubines of the Queen.
And the Queens, well, they look clever. They are giant wolf-like creatures with very thin bodies, almost looking undead, at least to me (you can see the ribs). They remember me more of hyenas. And they are sorcerers, they can cast spells, I think more than one, that makes them smarter or with more magic apptitude than the noble sorcerers, or at least at the same level. And we never see Kings, so it's more likely that the Chiefs mate with them to produce more of their kind.
Also, Boc mentions that his mom was a costurer before her death. And we find a Queen's corpse on Fort Height. I'm not saying that all female Demihumans are Queens, I think maybe there are little to no visual differences between the common males and females (much like Tolkienian orcs), but wouldn't it make sense? If you can be a sorceress, you sure could be a costurer. However, if she was a Queen, I'm sure she would've protected Boc more. So maybe she was just a nameless, random demihuman.
I don't know any of Yosh and the other Swordsmen, but if you can give me lore of them, Id love to listen!