Races

## Humans

To say what makes a human is very difficult for the race of man is expansive and diverse in both beliefs and appearance. Due to their universal ability to breed with any race, and their adaptability they have managed to spread their reach all over the world of Surra.

* **Imperials**
	+ thin, tall and pale individuals with light brown or blonde hair and blue eyes. These are known as Imperials for multiple reasons, one being that they are the most similar to the descendants of the slaves of the elven empire who had closely interbred with their elven masters. The other is that like their old masters, they have a lust for conquering the world and spreading their influence. Imperial’s are the dominant rulers of the Devron empire, the largest slave-state in existence. Their language and accent is comparable to real world German
* **Freefolk**
	+ The shortest of the human species, they tend to range from 4’5 to 5’2 and have earned the nicknames “Hobbits” and “Dwarves” They often have dark brown to black hair, pale skin and green or brown eyes. Pacifists by nature they like to drink and enjoy themselves. They are excellent farmers and cooks, though don’t require as much food as other humans and thus are excellent exporters of farmed goods. Their language and accent is comparable to Welsh.
* **Westmen**
	+ Sailors and Fishermen, the Westmen are average height and tend to have red, brown or blonde hair and green or brown eyes. Their skin is pale to a light tan. They’ve developed an affinity for the water and can hold their breath for upwards of 10 minutes and swim almost as fast as others can run. Their language and accent is comparable to real world English.
* **Purebloods**
	+ Closest to the original humans, purebloods have light tans, dark brown or black hair and green or brown eyes. They are descendants of the few who were not enslaved by the elves and they have come to be quite xenophobic. Their language and accent is comparable to real world Italian
* **Lycanblooded**
	+ The Lycanblooded are a peculiar race of humans, having migrated from the middle continent in Escera. They were originally Westmen but found themselves blessed with Lycanthropy. To avoid persecution from the growing population of Krissi worshipers, the Lycanblooded traveled west and eventually settled in Devron, becoming allies with the local fiia.
* **Islanders**
	+ The Islanders live in the Zao empire and tend to have yellowish skin to tan skin and black hair. They’re eyes range from a bright yellow to orange and sometimes green. Isolationists like the Kitsune who rule over them, they worship their Kitsune rulers. Their language and accent is comparable to real world Japanese and Korean.
* Northfolk
* **Sandkeepers**
	+ Desert dwelling, with dark skin and hair, the Sandkeepers  have great resistance to the heat able to live comfortably in temperatures up to 95 degrees and survive in 115 degrees. Due to interbreeding with Nageri and Crocfolk they have slitted pupils with iris’s of either yellow, green or orange and some possess patches of scales on their body.Their accent and language is comparable to real world Arabic and Egyptian.
* **Treefolk**
	+ Treefolk are one of the stranger species of humans. These are people of dark skin and hair like the Sandkeepers but possess monkey tails that can hold their weight and purple or red eyes that can see in almost complete darkness. They are an extremely acrobatic people and a select few of the Treefolk possess a chameleon ability. Their accent and language is comparable to real world indian

## Elves

Long living and elegant, the Elves have a history of Imperialism and slavery, dating back over ten thousand years ago. Powerful magic wielders elves have always been tied to the arcane arts.

* **High Elves**
	+ The most common elves, closely related to the Imperial Elves of 7000 years ago are known for their un-aging bodies. Tall, ranging from 6 to 7'5 and generally rather lanky. Powerful magic users, the high elves worship dragons and possess a natural affinity for their magic.
* **Dark Elves**
	+ Void and death worshipers the dark elves live far from their High Elven cousins. These elves are tainted by the void with grey or purple skin and stark white or black hair. They have lost their immortality, their bodies mutating as they grow older, eventually devolving into monstrous creatures of pure insanity.
* **Wood Elves**
	+ Wood Elves originally were a cult of High Elves worshiping the nature goddess. They were pushed out by the High Elves and their dragon priests, leaving the Wood Elves to travel to the new continent past Devron known as Satieria. Working with Deer Satyr, worshipers of the Flora, the Wood Elves grew shorter and even developed antlers due to the nature magic they used. There are two cultures of Wood elves, Forest Elves and Grass Elves
* **Snow Elves**
	+ Keepers of the south, these pale to light blue skinned elves have an extreme resistance to cold and two very different cultures. The Wall elves of the great wall between the southern wastes and the rest of the world are magic-hating militarists while the Ice Elves living in the wastes are magic-using and have versed themselves in light magic to the point of having glowing blue blood.

## Lizardfolk

Raptor-folk

Croc-folk

Gator-folk

## Satyr

* Dostyr
	+ Forest Satyr
* Orityr
	+ Highland Satyr
* Livatyr
	+ Grassland Satyr (Fiia)
* Skiatyr
	+ Shadow Satyr/Corrupted Satyr

## Floral

Passele

Muscele

Rosele

Picele

## Undergrowth

* Arkonsa: A powerful race of humanoids with a mixture of bat and spider-like features. Strong, and tall, this people of matriarchal power are the rulers over the Undergrowth and control a majority of the empires in it.
* Seitara: Religious zealots, these moth-like people are the priests of the Undergrowth and have powerful magic's that use light to burn their enemies.