Humans - Humans are a common surface walking species. They have a wide array of skin colors, eye colors, and hair colors. It is a common trait of humans for them to have a diverse genetic pool outside of their nobility. Humans can be found around the entire world and have spread to many cultures and founded many civilizations. While not the strongest or most magically attuned, humans do excel with their intelligence. Many inventions of the world were first created by humans. Humans mainly worship one of the various pantheons of gods.
Dwarves - Dwarves are stout, it has to be said. They are shorter than most species and tend to live underground. A Dwarf is strong despite their height and most importantly have a low center of gravity making them hard to knock over. Noted for their love of armor, it is rare for anyone other than a mate to see a Dwarf without their armor. Smithing is second nature to them and for some quite literally runs in their blood. Dwarves mostly worship their ancestors.
Daemonites - Daemonites are not their own species but are instead a race. As a race they are formed when other mortals make pacts with demons, deal with demons, or breed with demons, whatever the source they have demon blood in their veins. This often makes them highly visible and ostracized among their own kind. Humans are the most accepting of Daemonites and have the highest population of them. A Daemonite is naturally attuned to magic though they are also more vulnerable to demonic entities. The term Daemonite is an old one, from when the word Demons was pronounced Daemon.
Light Elves - Light Elves are lithe and are what are most commonly thought of when one does think of Elves. They tend to have darker skin than Shadow Elves and are mostly hairless. With a natural affinity for magic, they make for great Weavers. A Weaver is the Elven term for a mage, as they believe that one weaves the threads of magic. They live mostly in forests and worship light itself as a personified entity.
Shadow Elves - Shadow Elves live mainly underground in the Shadowlands, their collective term for the great caverns they live in. Mostly they survive on various fungus, insects, and flora that they cultivate underground. Their vision is poor in the light but they can see in perfect darkness. With pale or gray skin they often look sick to other species. Shadow Elves worship darkness as a personified entity.
Orcs - One of the larger of the mortal species to be found, Orcs are bulky with a natural affinity for muscular frames. Thick, with tusks, they make for great warriors in battle. Because of this their culture has often involved warfare to some degree. Mainly they live as nomads in clans and migrate from place to place, much to the chagrin of other species. Sometimes they are referred to as a horde by others but this is not quite correct. Orcs like to worship emotions as manifestations of gods and spirits.
Goblins - Lithe and agile, Goblins make for excellent athletes. Their society is most often found underground where they live a xenophobic lifestyle. They prefer to keep to themselves but also are rapid breeders meaning they have a high demand for territory and resources. Goblins mainly worship their own feelings as a personification of their deity.
Saurians - Saurians are considered to be a very ancient species. They were among the first to walk upright and have stories that span what are believed to be millions of years into the past. A Saurian is large, with thick armor-like scales, claws, razor sharp teeth, and long powerful tails. They make for natural hunters and are considered to be less advanced despite their age. This is not entirely true, as they do have their own society and culture they just merely find themselves closer to their primal roots. Saurians typically worship dragons and see them as the originators of all cold blooded life.
Kobolds - Kobolds are short cold blooded creatures that mostly live underground. Despite their size they are highly aggressive and often only get along with Saurians. To the Kobolds other species are lesser for their use of animals as mere labor or tools of war. Kobolds revere animals and see them as wiser than supposedly sapient creatures.
Vampires - Vampires are a relatively new creature, formed through blood magic that went awry. These creatures are not quite undead, but utilize them for everything. Vampires are intelligent and have their own will though they require blood to survive. Cold to the touch, many Vampires are Elves as Elves were the first Vampires. There is a natural corruption brought about by Vampires who seems to have a slight ability to influence others. They are not their own species but are instead a race. Vampires are sensitive to sunlight, silver, and are weak to fire.
Undead - The Undead are mostly lacking in any form of soul or intelligence. They are controlled by Necromancers of one variety or another. Liches are those in high command over the Undead, a Lich is a creature incapable of true death that resurrects itself after being defeated. Those Undead with a will are their commanders and puppeteers. Much of the Badlands is ruled by wandering Undead hordes while other Undead have in secret made pacts with the Vampires to serve alongside them.
Minotaurs - Large, hairy, hooved, and broad, the Minotaurs are a large species of bovine people. They stand on average at eight feet in height but can be shorter or taller. A Minotaur is physically powerful, more powerful than even Orcs on average. This should be unsurprising given their size. To a Minotaur life tends to be full of strife. Everything is a fight, to survive, to eat, to love. For some reason Minotaurs have a resistance to magic, as well rarely can any of them cast magic.
Sea Elves - Another Elven species, they were believed to have once ruler the oceans as an Empire. They are led by the Sea Emperor. Sea Elves are scaled and have blue skin. With the ability to breath in sea water they can survive high pressures under the depths. Magic is inherently important to them as Sea Elves require its use for much of life.
Tritons - A highly religious species of folks. The Tritons are believed to be the descendants of the god Triton. It is believed he is dead and that they were his original worshipers who were granted the ability to live in his domain. A Triton has blue skin and may have scales, fins, hair, and webbing.
Naga - Creatures of the depths, Naga are cold blooded serpent-like reptilians. Each is able to bite with a deadly venom in their fangs. Few in number, they were once widespread but were knocked out of power by environmental disasters and civil war. A plague swept across their people which nearly destroyed the species as a whole.
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