Beastkin

The Beastkin are a loosely-defined group of Ancestries with some, but few, universal connections to eachother. They do not share universally common ancestry, they do not share culture, they do not share goals, and they do not share traits. The thing which binds them all together is their appearance- How fitting in the modern day? All of the Beastkin are humanoids with feral or bestial traits, many appearing to be a hybrid of animal and humanoid. They are broadly split into three categorizations: Those descended from Fey, those descended from Fiends, and those descended from Lycanthropes, though some strange cases exist distinct from these groups.

This page does not contain an exhaustive list of all Beastkin, however many are represented here.

## Fey-Descent

These Beastkin trace their ancestry back to the court of the Fey, with many possessing fey-like powers themselves, and some Fey(Notably Satyrs) being mistaken for Beastkin.

### Aven

Inherently magical bird-people, usually with white feathers. These birds are unnaturally graceful, and usually quite intelligent.

### Bastet

Bastet are a variety of Cat people with curious mystic abilities. While there are many sizes and shapes to these cat people, they are all inherently graceful and stealthy.

### Chirus

Chirus are bat-like humanoids which bear primarily elven features, poor eyesight, but highly advanced echolocation talents. Further, they possess large wings which connect from their arms to their torsos, hindering the use of their arms, but allowing them to fly.

### Kitsune

Kistune are human-like fox people bearing fox tails and fox ears. They are and highly magical, and typically quite graceful.

### Joreng

Joreng bear the body of a spider in place of their legs, with the front two legs of the spider body directly connected to the torso. While less directly magical than their peers, Joreng Webbing is a highly prized material, significantly tougher than steel and lighter than Mythril.

### Loxodon

Serene elephant-people who use their trunks as an extra appendage, and breathing rod.

### Merfolk

Aquatic humanoids with gills and webbed fingers. Some, called Mermaids, don't even possess legs, instead bearing a fish-tail. Many merfolk have blue skin, and some even have fangs.

### Mikoto

Mikoto are lithe humanoids descended entirely from Lunar Fey. They are unnaturally tall, assisted by the long bunny ears which rest atop their heads. Most are elven or humanoid in appearance, but some are covered in a thin, downy fur.

### Naga

Nagas are to Snakes what Joreng are to Spiders. They have little inherent magic compared to the other Fey-Descent beastkin, but their venom is very powerful, and they are hypnotically beautiful in most cases.

### Nariette

Humanoids with deer-like antlers atop their head. They are highly muscular for Fey-descent beastkin, and have a natural affinity for lightning-based magic.

## Fiend-Descent

Beastkin of Fiendish ancestry are often thought to be cruel, cunning, or savage, much in the same way Tieflings were throughout history. While this has almost no basis in reality, in many places, these Beastkin are taking a few more centuries than Tieflings to be recognized as regular people.

### Bullywug

Bullywugs appear to be halfling-sized frogs with poisonous skin... And that is in fact what they are.

### Corax/Kenku

Two names for the same creature; the word Corax refers to members of this ancestry who have not been cursed, while Kenku are those who have been. Corax were originally descended from Tengu Demons from Pazuzu's realm. When some of his Tengu generals betrayed him, Pazuzu cursed them and all their bloodline to suffer from being flightless, then removed their capacity for speech so he would not need to listen to their complaints.

### Drider

Driders are humanoid-torsoed with a spider body, in much the same way Centaurs have horse bodies.

### Gnoll

Gnolls are hyena-people with a love of raw meat and an inherent bloodthirst. Many ill rumours of fiendish beastkin originate from tribal gnolls, guided by their demon lord ancestor.

### Kuo-toa

Kuo-toa are fish people with dark magical powers. Their intelligence is limited, even by fishperson standards.

### Lizardfolk

Lizardfolk are coldly blunt lizard-like humanoids. They lack many emotions other creatures have, and often need to be reminded what some of these emotions are, never mind how they actually work.

### Merrow

Blue-skinned and shark-fanged demonic humanoid predators of the deep. They usually hunt in packs, as they would otherwise be very handily out-competed by the monsters that live in the depths.

### Minotaur

Minotaurs are bull-headed beastkin that tower above most others. Their demon lord had a wonderful affinity for labyrinths- A trait which many of his children share.

### Rakasta

The rarest of the beastkin, Rakasta have only been documented as existing on a few continents, nevermind living Rakasta being there. Their Rakshasa ancestors granted these humanoid tigers many tricks of deception and invisibility. These are less rare in the Nine Hells, though calling them common is still inaccurate.

### Yuan-Ti

Yuan-ti are ancient by beastkin standards, and some of the most widespread. Many of the snake-people live in cults to reptile gods, whom they see as standards of power. They are often cold and cunning, though those raised in normal company behave more or less normally, for their culture.

### Yurian

The Yurian are rare, underwater-dwelling Crab people descended, most likely, from Ice Devils. They did not often appear on the surface of Nexus, or even in the Underdark, as they could not breathe air.

## Lycan-Descent

These Beastkin are descended from those cursed with Lycanthropy. While many simply appear to be a watered-down form of the Hybrid state of the Lycanthrope they are descended from, some bear shapeshifting talents themselves. A common magical element to these creatures is their latent Spark of Rage, similar to that felt by Barbarians and Lycanthropes.

### Aaracokra

Bird-people famed for their speed. Aaracokra ordinarily do not possess shapeshifting talents themselves.

### Anasi

Anasi are the result of werespider breeding, and take many forms, though usually resemble a normal human or elf to a T. Most are able to climb walls and even shoot webbing from their body.

### Caoraa

Caoraa are sheep-like humanoids descended from Were-rams. They are covered in fur, and universally have large ram horns with which they may gore people to death. Despite their muscular build and horns, they are typically peaceful.

### Centaur

Centaurs are among the most famous beastkin, being human-torsoed and horse-bodied. They were, of course, descended from Werehorses.

### Garoun

Garoun are wolf-eared and large-fanged, though other than some thick hair, otherwise seem to be normal humanoid creatures. Aside from Shifters, these werewolf-descended beastkin are the most likely to exhibit shapeshifting talents.

### Giff

Hippopotamus-like humanoids descended from, what else, were-hippopotamuses. These are among the rarest of the Beastkin, and have only been seen on Anntarrem.

### Gurahl

Bearpeople covered in fur and scars. The possess a hidden Spark of Rage about them, which is feared by those who know of it. They tend to be quite peaceful, even spiritual healers most of the time.

### Hadozee

Intelligent Simian-adjacent humanoids often only found in jungles. They are, unsurprisingly, descended from Wereapes.

### Locathah

Locathah are human-sized fish people, though this is somewhat misleading, as many are descended from Dolphins and Whales, not only fish.

### Sarrukh

Snake-like beastkin descended from Weresnakes. They resembled human-sized snakes with arms.

### Tabaxi

Human-sized cat people, famed for their speed and grace.

### Tlincalli

Tlincalli were what centaurs are to horses, to scorpions. They are as terrifying as it sounds.

### Tortle

Turtle or Tortoise people slightly smaller than humans. Their shell is as good as most armors.

### Viashino

Viashino are descended from the Mokole, or Werelizards, and exceedingly rare. All Viashino possess a spark of Rage, making them all dangerous and quick to violence, though most suppress this Rage, or channel it into something productive.

### Wemics

Wemics were centaur-like creatures with bushy hair and a lion's body, descended from Werelions(Called Simba).

### Wild Shifter

These beastkin are not very recognizable most of the time, as their ancestry granted them many shapeshifting traits, but few that appear obviously on their bodies.

## The Others

### Felis

Felis are tiny, anthropoid cat people known for their cuteness. They top out at 2 feet tall on the huge side, but are often no more than 14 inches tall. They are incredibly noble and inherently filled with a righteous fury against the horrors of the world. Some theorize some sort of Halfling or Gnome lineage, but in the end, the Felis are.

### Harpies

Harpies were created originally by a curse. Some say this curse was lain by Giants, others claim by Dragons. Most world-travelling scholars, able to see multiple forms of Harpy and learn the many stories told about them, agree; There were a plethora of creatures all turned into Harpies for being sadistic and heartless. Mordenkainen once wrote on the irony that there would be so many cursed to the same fate for the same reason, when many of the Harpies he met in his travels were actually fine people.

Harpies are female-exclusive, and can only produce offspring with another race; If female, the child is destined to be a Harpy.

### Thri-Kreen

Nobody quite knows where the Thri-Kreen come from. Not even the Thri-kreen. They are insectoid warriors who haven't been seen on any continent aside from Amedala, though some claim to have seen them in the Underdark.