Races

There are many species and races of the Cosmere, as well as The Depths. Here is a full compendium of them with links to articles.

Humans: Normal people who are highly adaptable. Fucking everywhere.

(New World) Dragons: People with changing forms and scales. They come from the New World.

Nixians: Humans who can attune to gems, to attain weaponry and armor. They also have dimensional powers.

Angels: Made in Heaven. Holy and powerful, but can become Fallen.

Demons: There are Demons, and True Demons. They are resistant to the elements and generally have horns.

Summoners: Highly adapted humans that use Summoning Crystals. They look practically identical to Humans.

Reapers: A powerful race with the ability to summon Scythes and bones. They also can form bone armor and the more powerful ones can manipulate Souls.

Timekeepers: A race with access to time and space manipulation. They drain an internal clock which is their lifespan and energy to do this.

Hemablixes(and all Blix variations): Powerful dark creatures that can be killed by few sources. Often have certain unique powers.

Phoenixes: They can transform into Phoenixes, wield flame magic, and reincarnate. They have healing abilities.

Quantum Reality Shifters: People with yellow skin. They are **Interceptors** of The Eye of the Universe.

Elfs/Elves: People with druid powers, adept magical skill, and antisocialism. They supposedly have a god named Koravellium, or Koravari.

Shapeshifters: Beast Shapeshifters can become animals. Changelings can become different variations of humanoid races.

Lizardkin: Lizardkin are a race from Terra that have scales and lizard-like features. They also have better hearing, tasting, speed, and minor regeneration abilities.

Lunarians: Lunarians are an extremely rare and mythical race which live on The Moon. They appear to be humanoid with tails that split into many parts and massive black wings.

Dark Elfs/Elves: A natural variant of elves with dark skin and red eyes. They are adept at magic and tend to be in cults.

Undead: Those who have been raised beyond the grave with varying levels of intelligence. Their rights are questionable.

Giants: Two types exist, Destruction and Creation. They are all Demi-gods and destined to change history upon appearing.

Hydras: Rare variation of Dragons with multiple heads. They are often outcast in Hyperian society.

Void Beings: Beings born of Void. This includes Vessels.

Cubes: A Cube is a special creature made by the Voidfolk that has the ability to absorb organic and non-organic matter. Cubes were made to get rid of waste and defeat the Scarlet Rot.

Chiropters: A bat humanoid. Chiropters have the ability to make sonic screeches that cause hallucinations in whatever hears them

Werewolves: Just like a Hemablix, Werewolves are cursed with immense regeneration, but they suffer from bloodlust in full moons. Only Silver, Aluminum, or Adamantium weapons can stop their regeneration.

Drinlings: Drinlings are a race from Lyrian that only live 2 years. They have nearly infinite stamina and energy, learn extremely quickly, have immunity to all diseases, magic resistance, and massive magic affinity.

Amar Kabals: An Amar Kabal is a humanoid-esque person with a small plant in their neck, only a few leaves sticking out. If an Amar Kabal is killed their seed will fall out and become planted, causing them to resurrect again.

Dwarves: Smaller humanoids that have immense strength, they tend to be rather social and are extremely good at making non-magical things.

Djinns: Djinns are powerful beings that can grant wishes of different kinds. They tend to be of one element, such as fire, ice, lightning, etc.

Displacers: A Displacer is a race from Lyrian made by Zokar. They have the unique ability to detach their limbs at will.

Skorms: A Skorm is a rare race with black skin and fur, they have different animal skulls over their head which are attached to their skin. It is the only way to tell them apart.

Terrisman: Terrismen are people from the Northern Dominance from Scadrial. They tend to be just barely taller than normal humans and they have Feruchemy.

Kitsunes: Kitsunes are a powerful race that have 9 tails. This gives them 10 lives, when they would normally die 1 of their tails dies instead.

Scadrians: Scadrian is a race from Scadrial. They are essentially just humans but they have the ability to breathe gas/fog, including toxic fog, as well as Allomancy.

Limnads: Limnads are ancient living fungus that can talk to and understand plants. They used to be revered as deities but have mostly died out.

Phantoms: A Phantom is a humanoid race that looks ghost-like. They can summon a gray bell that when rung will cause magical fear for a second and teleport those nearby to the Spiritual Realm.

Zheuzyk/Mothlings: Mothlings are about 7 feet tall and have scaly wings and have furry chitinous skin. Their wings are rather big and they can fly rather fast.

Selkies: A Selkie is a colorful humanoid in many colors, bright red, yellow, blue, green, etc. Selkies mainly live underwater on the Other Side of The New World.

Mjolt: Mjolt are extremely adapted humans in the desert who can live for 150 years, they are extremely resistant to heat, are dark skinned, and are rather intelligent. They have two fox tails and a pair of fox ears.

Mbuzi: Mbuzi are closely related to Gremors. They have stony skin and a gray tail with pieces of stone along it.

Kobolds: Kobolds are small humanoids similar to Lizardkin. They are actually closely related to raptors.

Voidfolk: Voidfolk are humanoid beings made of pure darkness like a shadow. They function in a way like a ghost, able to phase through objects, as well as go ethereal.

Seawings: A type of Dragon only found on the Other Side of the New World. Seawings have the ability to manipulate water and the oceans.

Leafwings: Dragons with leaf-like wings that can use an ability called Leafspeak. They can communicate to plants and hear their thoughts.

Nightwings: Dragons with black scales and star-like white scales in their wings. They are noted for having strange abilities such as mind-reading, Animus Magic, and prophecy seeing.

Deathwings: Deathwings are weaker Lich Dragons. They were created after the Othermind infected a bunch of LeafWings.

Lich Dragons: Powerful beings with strange powers. They are Dragons with connection to the Othermind.

Goblins: Goblins are distantly related to Kobolds. Goblins have green skin, are short, and are skilled at physical combat.

Nagas: Humanoid-like beings with snake tails instead of legs. Nagas are rather rare.

Fairies: Fairies are powerful and legendary beings that have an intense connection to magic and the Leylines. Fey do have some weaknesses though.

Wild Souls: A Wild Soul is a being that can detach its soul from its body at will and then inhabit the bodies of other things. Nobody knows what causes a Wild Soul to manifest.

Ardoni: Ardoni are a notable race on the Other Side of The World. They are notable because of their ability to wield magical artifacts known as Songs.

Torivors: Torivors are shadowy extraplanar entities. They wield Torivorian Steel Blades.

Nomai: 3 eyed goat-like beings. They were an ancient space-faring race that once came to the New World.

Arbiters: Shadowy entities with glowing white eyes. Powerful entities that supposedly are everywhere, always watching.

Krulians: Krulians are a race that are closely related to the Drowned Gods. Being “the step in between'' of the Drowned Gods and mortals.

Drowned Gods: Powerful beings, the opposite to The Ascendant Ones. They originate from The Depths.

Guardians: Beings which guard The Voidlight Sea. They are **Interceptors** of the **Consumer of Cosmeres**, they guard The Voidlight Sea which it lives in.

Celestials: The Celestials were a proto-race, the originals. The Celestials were the first entities created by **The Ascendant Ones** and they were given Voidlight, which let them figure out how to tap into **The Song**.

Celtor: They were people in Lumen who made the City of the Celtor. It sunk into The Depths due to the Celtorian Horror.

Ganymedes: Ganymede have completely black skin and have immunity to Mind manipulation, insanity, and their mind is extremely sturdy. Ganymedes are extremely intelligent and are rather wise.

Vesperians: A Vesperian is a humanoid-esque being with black, gray, or green skin. They wear white masks with black markings underneath them.

Adrets: Blue and green skinned people of The Adretian Authority / The Central Authority. They were from Lumen but mysteriously appeared at one point leaving some to think they came from the waves themselves.

Fennovas: A humanoid race like a Felinor with the traits of a Fennec Fox. They have massive ears and they have a third spiritual eye from Velen, the Celestial of Light.

Capras: The Capra is a horned being from Lumen. They are humanoid and usually have 2 boney horns extending from their head.

Edenkites: Ancient, giant, serpent-like creatures capable of flight. The Edenkites were practically invincible to all attacks, unless they were supported by Murmur: Ardour.

Star Dragons: A mysterious race. There are only 3 in existence, only 2 are known about.

Strands: Massive creatures, the size of a small star. Their body seems to be a mess of black strands which are intertwined, almost like a ball of yarn.

Felinors: People with feline features. They have cat ears, a tail, and fur.

Gremors: A Gremor is a humanoid race with gray skin and small horns on the side of their head. They don’t need as much food or water as normal humans, but they are slightly shorter than humans.

Inciperes: 4 winged humanoids born from the Celestials. They are **Interceptors**.

Batus: Dark skinned human folk. They are from Cydonia and they have darker skin adapted for deserts and heat.

Heliodars: Akin to a Phoenix, the Heliodar are orange skinned people with orange eyes and red hair. They have glowing orange wings on their back that let them fly for short times.

Drakkards: A race of nomadic dragon folk from Cydonia. They have a variety of skin colors and glowing horns.

Reshari: The Reshari are pale white skinned people, uncommon in Cydonia. Reshari tend to be judged as they are usually either miners who evolved from those who lived underground for extreme periods of time or they are rich people who are in constant shade.

Aurorans: A race of legend in Cydonia, said to be ancient and no longer exist. Some still think they are living deep underground or frozen in glaciers and ice but only 1 skeleton has ever been found.

Dazzlers: Beings of light energy. They appear like normal humans surrounded by brilliant and radiant light.

Scourges: Scourges are beings of darkness, forged from the shadows. They are extremely rare and unknown. They appear like shadowy humanoid figures with red eyes.

Dinakeri: White haired, black skinned, and mysterious humanoids. Dinakeri are rather rare across the Cosmere and it is believed that they are some form of demonic creature.

Godstruck: White haired, marble white skin, and pure white eyes with a circular mark around them. Godstruck are some form of ascended Dinakeri, according to Dinakeri legends the Godstruck are evolved Dinakeri that found ascension.

Raullans: People with red or tan skin. They usually have either brown or golden hair.

Prismfolk: Prismfolk are beings that appear to be a floating shape of vibrant colors that is constantly shifting. They can change their color and appearance at will.

Castians: A humanoid race with 4 arms. They built and commonly wield the Fierce Crossbows.

Gammas: People who originate from the Omniverse of Epsilon, upon the planet of Lambda. Gammas are beings that evolved around using White Steel, to the point that it has shaped their entire society and bodies.

Dreamers: People that are completely white in color. They glow and are vaguely humanoid.

Visitors: Mysterious beings from an unknown source. Visitors are faceless, soulless, and vastly depthless.

Subjects: Mysterious beings that use Chromalight. Subjects are gray humanoids that tend to have Chromatic Gems across their body.

Keepers: Mysterious beings that appear to be beings that wear black robes. They have a human face with 3 massive robotic eyes like cameras, they glow red when the Keeper is enraged or even just active.

Cerebro Parasite: A race of parasitic symbiotic creatures. They appear to be small, light blue colored creatures that almost look like they are made of slime.

Fainborns: Beings born of the Fainlife from Yolen. They are connected to the Fain and can exist within it without dying.

Roshava/Yolish Dragons: Roshava is a Yolish term for Dragon. It refers specifically to Dragons from Yolen.

Monoliths: A race created solely by the use of a Relic from Lumen known as The Singing Monolith. One must go to The Singing Monolith and sacrifice seven lives to it, all of different races.

The Voices: Voices are sentient ideals, a mixture of emotions, values, or ideas that form into a coherent entity driven by the statement of their name. They come into being when the same or similar emotions are felt by a large enough group of humans.

Crystallians: Crystallians are humanoid people with translucent and mineral-like skin that can create crystals. They can also draw on the energy stored in crystals, as well as manipulating them.

Bellists: A race of strange adapted humans. Bellists can interact with bells in strange ways.

Embers: A race of humans that adapted to the flames. They are red skinned, resistant to flame, and can spew small flames from their mouths.

Manorians: Manoria are 3 eyed people with 6 fingers on each hand. They also tend to have purple or magenta skin.

Radiant Souls: ???'

Shift Walker: A race of some sort. Only one is known.

Skybornes: Skyborne are mostly human, originating from a planet known as Avantala. They have medium sized white wings sprouting out their backs.

Heavenbornes: A temporary transformation that Skyborne can undergo.

Dahlians: Humans on Avantala. Dahlians are considered slightly different from normal humans, mainly due to their manipulation and control over Bloom.

Shivana: Beings born in Pandemonium. Shivana are one of the only known races to populate and naturally live in Pandemonium.

Bugkin: Humanoid with 4 arms. They have a natural carapace which grants +1 AC.

Headlights: They are also known as Strobes.

Voidgazers: Massive lanky creatures that almost seem like black silhouettes. They can have faces which differ greatly, and can be nearly anything.

Starsmiths: A race of people with pale blue skin and luminous white eyes. They are born in Celebrant.