Mortal Races
Duine(Humans)
Average Height: 5.0 - 6.5 ft
​Average Weight: 150 - 250 lbs.
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Description: A varied race, skin color ranging from dark to pale with hair ranging from black to blonde and a rainbow collection of colors for the eye.
Passive Ability: Mimicry- Able to learn speech, skills or spells after witnessing others do it, some only need to be shown once to perfectly replicate it(Savants).
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Lore: Created by Cailleach and Bodach working together, Prometheus the progenitor of the race molded the first 100 from seaweed, kelp and brine and imbued each with a drop a blood from its own being. Ascended Duine do not turn into spirits such as with the other Sentient races, they undergo a metamorphosis turning into Adhene(angels).
Dzedka(Halfings)
Average Height: 3.5 - 5.0 ft
Average Weight: 75 - 150 lbs.
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Description: A slim, grey-skinned race with dark black hair and purple eyes. If not for their striking features and their wizened countenances Dzedkans could easily be mistaken for the youth of other races.
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Passive Ability: Mutated Helix-Due to the cosmic radiation that seeped into their bodies, all Dzedkans even those that are cloned via test tubes are unable to reproduce. The radiation also caused their bodies to stop growing and aging permanently.
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Lore: Unlike the other races which produce sexually, the Dzedkans grow their young in incubation tubes. Their transference across the cosmos while making them immortal also rendered them completely and irreversibly sterile. All Dzedkans are born with the innate knowledge transferred to their brains and fully grown bodies, but spend at least 50 years in isolated groups learning to utilize all the tools they have been given before thrust into the amalgamated societies of Saol. All Dzedkans were irradiated during their transfer and absorbed aether from the cosmos, meaning their bodies contain more innate aether or mana than any of the other races making them formidable spellcasters.
Gigantes(Goliaths)
Average Height: 7.0 - 9.0 ft
Average Weight: 350 - 500 lbs
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Description: A muscular race with olive to bronze hued skin and brown or black hair along with a wide range of eye colors. Mostly dressed in simple hide or leather clothing because of their larger frames and the sparsity of tailors who create such large garments.
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Passive Ability: Stoneskin-Gigantes can harden their epidermal layers of flesh into stone-like hardness, some can even match or surpass the hardness of enchanted steel plate, making them ferocious melee fighters.
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Lore: Created by Cernunnos after he served the terms of his imprisonment. Along with Dzedkans, Gigantes do not undergo any transmogrification when becoming immortal though they are not born immortal like all Dzedkans are. Immortality is granted only to those who help Cernunnos with his task of policing Tartarus and is only a boon that can only be bequeathed by Cernunnos.
Korrigan(Dwarves)
Average Height: 3.5 - 5.0 ft
Average Weight: 125 - 250 lbs.
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Description: A squat, muscular race with pale skin, red to brown hair and blue to green eyes. Most korrigans wear some form of armor even if it’s only a simple breast and back plate. Clothing is typically single color canvas fashioned for pure utility and no effort wasted on appearance of frills of fashion. Some korrigan dress in simple plaid jackets, the furthest most of this race would go to spruce up their appearance.
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Passive Ability: Darkvision- All Korrigan can see in the darkness, some further and clearer than others.
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Lore: Created by Gofannon deep in the mountains of Tyr Tróudhain by molding fire into hardened casts that the God then breathed the fires of life into each. Gruff, terse and combative, most Korrigans are infamous for their surly nature and many adhere to their traditional roots of being a war-like race that places importance on feats of battle and conquest. They are the best smiths, commanders, and mercenaries of the cosmos, few can match the militant expertise of the Korrigans and even fewer attempt to do so.
Lutin(Elves-Welsh Influence)
Average Height: 6.0 - 7.5 ft
Average Weight: 150 - 250 lbs.
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Description: A pale skinned race with blonde to black hair and blue to brown eyes. Clothing is usually light and flowing and in combat Lutins have a preference for light chainmail or leather armor instead of heavy plate.
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Passive Ability: Biosemiotic-All Lutins can perceive feelings from plants, trees, and other flora some more intensely than others.
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Lore: The first generation of Lutins were born directly from the Coeden Enaid of the Soultree. Gifted woodsman and hunters, Lutins have always excelled in guerilla style warfare. While Korrigans will charge in formation, Lutins lie in wait and pick enemies off in bunches while retreating into the woods when conflict grows heavy. While mocked as cowards for this style of fighting, all come to fear entering a Lutin forest unannounced with evil intent in their hearts or minds.
Vanir(Dark Elves)
Average Height: 5.5 - 7.0 ft
Average Weight: 150 - 250 lbs.
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Description: A dark skinned race ranging from black to purple skin with hair color in varying shades of grey, silver or white. They have purple to red eyes and lithe but muscular bodies. Those living on Niflheim typically dress in heavy furs to protect from the biting cold of that frozen moon. Many Vanir on Elysium eschew heavy furs for the fashions of the region, though some choose to remain to their traditional roots.
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Passive Ability: Overdrive-All Vanir can temporarily increase their speed and strength by drawing on their innate mana or aether. Continual use after the depletion of one's innate aether leads to the tapping of a Vanir’s own life force, such an ability makes them ferocious melee combatants that even the Gigantes fear to stand against.
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Lore: Freyja was the first Vanir in the cosmos after her transmogrification which occurred after sleeping with the mortal avatar of Bodach. She wove snow into solid humanoid molds before imbuing each with a bolt of living lightning, bringing the first 100 of the Vanir into existence.