Race

**Races**, sometimes referred to as **Species** or **Tribes**, are groups of sentient beings that share distinctive traits, whether be physical or spiritual. Many races coexist within the BJayverse, originating from all sorts of different realms and beyond.

## Natural Races

Most races in the world originated through natural reproduction.

### Etheirians

**Etheirians** are the most common collection of races in the BJayverse, and natural residents of Etheirys. They are the descendants of the Ancients race prior to the sundering. Consisting of Garleans, Hyurs, Roegadyns, Lalafells, Elezen, Miqo'te, Au'ra, Hrothgar and Viera, this group rules over more of the world than any other race. All of the sub-races are extremely diverse in their size and appearance. In addition to some races having abnormal body proportions, such as having horns, scales, possessing animal features, being a potato...

* **Garlean:**
* **Hyur:**
* **Roegadyn:**
* **Elezen:**
* **Miqo'te:**
* **Au'ra:**
* **Hrothgar:**
* **Viera:**

### Mandervillians

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The **Mandervillians** were a race of parasitic creatures of unknown appearance that originated from the outskirts of the BJayverse. In order to survive, they bonded with other (usually non-intelligent) organisms, taking over the host's mind and providing extraordinary resilience to the body. They reproduced by mating with other compatible host bodies. The Mandervillians had an advanced civilization and were capable of interplanetary travel, where they spread to other planets. However, the race was obliterated by the Final Days.

To escape the Final Days, one Mandervillian, Godbrand Manderville, and his companion escaped in a starship but later crashed into Hydaelyn. The badly injured Godbrand bonded with a unknown man with his consent, started a new life as a blacksmith, and eventually founded House Manderville. Members of this family were not pureblood Mandervillian but exhibited the same physiological enhancements, a trait that persisted over many generations.

### Proto-Lalafells

The **Proto-Lalafells** are a extremely wild, dangerous and predatory race that are the progenitors to Lalafells we see today. They are hunt-focused abominations within the BJayverse with their extremely gigantic bodies rivaling that of the even the eldest of Behemoths. It is presumed that they have originated from the depths of The Alldark, feasting on each others' Vitamin C in an act of cannibalism for survival. This millenia-long proccess resulted in surviving Proto-Lalafells being apex predators in their environment, and extremely dangerous to the ambient ecosystem. It is known for Proto-Lalafells to exist within Etheirys, althought a precise whereabouts are unknown and encounters are mostly random, which rarely ends up with witnesses. The generaly theory about the Lalafells suggest that the potatos we see in Etheirys are Proto-Lalafells that escaped The Alldark at early age through dimensional fractures, allowing them to sprout their life safely in the world.

### Nopon

The **Nopon** are a peaceful and cute subspecies of Lalafells. ...

### Spirits

The **Spirits** are a race of entities usually manifested through elemental forces, willpower, or communio with afterlife. They are known to be fond of all other races, including their seemingly counterpart **Demons**, and passive towards all life with some exceptions. Spirits also possess sub-races depending on how they manifest into the BJayverse.

* **Elemental:** If a spirit has been awoken through forces of nature, it manifests as an *Elemental*.
* **Stand:** If it has been summoned by sheer willpower and emotions, the spirit manifests itself as a *Stand*, and binds itself to the summoner's command until death.
* **Ecto / Hantu:** If a spirit has been called from the Afterlife, it manifests into the world as an *Ecto*. They are usually peaceful unless heavily provoked. A hostile Ecto is called a *Hantu*.

### Demons

The **Demons** are a race of supernatural entities appearing throughout the World. They are resident creatures of The Alldark that feed upon the Vitamin C of other races. They are known to not feast upon each others' Vitamin C, however they can still wound or kill each other. Demons have sub-races consisting of spirits such as Oni, Ghosts, Yokai, Alternates, Caspers, Succubi and Imps. Some demons are known to acknowledge some extent of civilization and get along with other races while numbing their sense of soul hunger. The more cunning individuals seek to strike sleazy deals with mortal beings and play them into unforeseeable sacrifices.

* **Oni:**
* **Ghost:**
* **Yokai:**
* **Alternate:**
* **Casper:**
* **Succubus:**
* **Imp:**

### Mothkin

The **Mothkin** are a collection of extradimensional races in the critter family. They are found surviving in the The Alldark, but they are mainly suspected to be residing in The Beyond. They are sustatining their lives off of Vitamin C and often work as parasites with the goals of feeding or taking over a creature for their own gain. They are extremely intelligent and have extreme evolution potential. Mothkin have almost an infinite amount of subspecies, but some of the dominantly found ones include ...

* **Dickmoths:**
* **Darkmoths:**
* **Floaters:**
* **Hookers:**