Races of Ylos

## Common Races

**Dwarves****:** Hale and hardy, dwarves originally came from the frozen wastes of the Northlands of **Drus Vorr**:, but have made their home across Ylos. Driving every dwarf is the instinctive desire to complete a Life's Work.

**Elves****:** Originally from the Fey Wyld, elves had cemented their place as powerful magic users, scheming politicians, and cunning warriors. Elves flitter away the ages with hobbies and projects, and are living personifications of being silver medal at all things, gold medals in few.

**Gnomes****:** The youngest race of Ylos is consumed with change, growth, and living life to its fullest. Gnomes either embrace technology wholeheartedly or shun it entirely according to their own deeply personal beliefs. Gnomes tend toward chaos

**Halflings****:** Good natured, relaxed, and community minded, halflings tend to crave shared experiences. Whether it is food, adventure, or any other commodity, halflings are likely to seek it out to experience it alongside their friends and loved ones.

**Half-Elves****:** The merging of elven and human lines is often practiced as a way of extending the rule of human kingdoms and connecting them to the

**Half-Orcs** (Orkesh)**:** An intermingling of orcs and humans (or other races) produces powerful, tenacious survivors. Orc blood is incredibly potent, and may create half-orcs up to a dozen generations deep, and tends to override any other traits, such as elven or infernal heritage. Because of this, half-orcs are quite common, but often face prejudice in areas with powerful elven populations due to the historic conflict between elves and orcs. Half-orcs from the new orcish homeland of Orkesh often use its name to refer to their heritage rather than using derisive "half" terminology.

**Humans****:** The bread and butter of Ylos. Humans are the most diverse in culture, appearance, and disposition, and are the predominant race across the world. Their history on Ylos predates the **Age Before**, but their true origins may celestial in origin.

**Orcs:** Originally a tribal race from the island of **Ushar**, they were enslaved thousands of years ago during the Age of Woe by the elves. Since then, they have fought for their freedom and while many have sought to return to their peaceful, insular lifestyle, others have embraced warlike natures as a means of revenge.

## Uncommon Races

**Tieflings:** The chosen of the dark goddess Nyrn, tieflings are generally viewed with suspicion and dread. Devout followers of Nyrn may be transmogrified into tieflings as a blessing, but they can also crossbreed with any other race, in which case their dark heritage may skip one, two, or a hundred generations. When Nyrn was sealed away by the first party called Nothing Ventured, tieflings became incredibly rare and suffered a great degree of prejudice because of this.

**Aasimar:** The chosen of the sky goddess Vaella and other powerful gods, aasimar are divine beings viewed with positivity by most. Each aasimar is chosen to complete a great deed in their god's name that may seem impossible, such as purging all evil from a city or destroying every last member of an evil bloodline. Until they complete this task, they may not find rest. Even death cannot dissuade them from their goals, and any attempts to resurrect them do not require material components.

**Amon (Goamon/Nagai/Ma-mon /Amamon/Oni):** A race of

**Dragonborn:** The children of dragons and humans, dragonborn have the best and worst traits of both races.

**Firbolg:** Giants of nature.

**Gemorran**

**Genasi**:

**Leonin**:

**Tabaxi**: Cat people originally from the lands of Okoka.

**Awakened Animals**: It is not uncommon to find awakened animals on Ylos. Some even go adventuring! The progeny of two awakened animals has a 75% chance of being born as an awakened creature too.

## Rare Races

**Caneen**: A race of awakened dogs granted humanoid form by the Fey Wyld. Presently, only two dozen exist, but they may multiply.

**Dreamborn:**

**Elder Dragons:** The greatest dragons

## Other Races

These races exist in Ylos, but presently have no history that differentiates them from D&D lore.

**Goblin**: Greedy, enterprising, and always grasping

**Goliath:**

**Hobgoblin**:

**Kobold:**

**Kenku**:

**Loxodon**:

**Minotaur**:

Most of these races can be found in Playable Races.