The Races

The Races

    There exists 5 categories of sapient species, the elven, the humans, the dragonkin, the beastmen, and the small people. These are collectively called 'The races' or 'The children of Vyn' by the pious. There also exist other races but so little exist that not much is known about them.  

The Elven

  Elves
Elves have a unique existence in this world. Elves are known all throughout the continent as keepers who serve under the elvish Queen Eylon of Ciradyl. From what is known, keepers simply exist to observe and record history as it unfolds. They speak only when needed to, and never interfere. Despite this, there have been some bad rumors spreading lately, of people interfering with keepers and then suddenly going missing. It is also unknown how long the elvish lifespan is, as they not only don't appear to age but currently, there have been no cases of elves dying by natural causes, some unpopular theories are that they return back to their homeland before passing away or that they simply have a much longer lifespan than other races, it is instead widely believed that elves are in fact immortal.   Half Elves
Half Elves are a peaceful race that unlike their elven counterpart, are most definitely mortal with lifespans of up to 400 years. Half Elves are unafraid of mingling with the other races, living mainly within the human and elven realms. Half Elves are, like humans unable to traverse through the elven deepforests, nor are they capable of becoming Keepers. It is quite unclear why this is the case. The country of Istorel is the only country on the Continent to be ruled by half elves.  

Humans

The Human realm lies west of the Imidi Mountain Range, with a wide diversity of cultures and customs. Humans are the most versatile of the races, and have produced many fine fighters, magicians and scholars over the past millennia, however due to humans greed, they have waged many pointless wars amongst themselves, shedding countless blood.  

Dragonkin

  The Dragonkin are a strong prideful race that were originally creatures of war to fight the origins of Monsters. Those days have long since passed and even a millenia after they are still accustoming themselves to the peaceful times.  

Beastmen

  Beastmen is a class of races consisting of the sapient beasts. Their realm is located East of the Imidi Mountain Range in the Tarugan Empire. Some of the beastmen- like the vol- refuse to submit to the empire, making a living outside of their domain.  

Small People

  Small people include races such as halflings, dwarves and Gnomes, which appear rather human in appearance but average around 3-4ft in height. Due to this they are often looked down upon by others, however, it is hard to dispute their knack for artisanry.  

Giants

Giants reside in the far north of the continent in Olarch. Recently they have been making advances upon the vol, pushing them out of their homelands into the south.  

Monster Kind

  Beyond the races lies the monsters, a collective group of species both sentient and the latter which ever since their creation from the origin have been considered a threat to the world.   Since the defeat of the origins over a millennia ago, the races have grown complacent, caring more about raging war on themselves while letting the once monster threat thrive again in the dark. This however changed but two years ago, after the the Pope had declared a crusade on the monsters, the first since their origin. Now, in the first time since their creation, they have retreated to the woods, the crusade is now nearing its end.  

Devilkind

  Devils are mysterious beings only heard of in the stories of the old.