Averoth Guide To Racism

> **Note: All information here is partial and subjective, written from the point of view of each race. These views do not reflect every individual of a race, either. Feel free to play into the stereotypes, but do not go too far with them. This is supposed to be a fun environment, but it stops being so if other players feels slighted.**
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## Dwarves vs Illithids

After the Mind Flayer empire within the Astral Plane fell to the hands of their former slaves the Gith, the Illithids fled to all corners of the universe. Some of them went to the Material Plane. There, a small group of them began to establish an Elder Brain in the hopes of beginning a new empire. They did so through the means of taking control of the king of the Dwarves, and using him to their own ends. A group of Dwarves and other allied races took the fight to this new Elder Brain, bringing it down, and saving the universe from another Illithid empire.

## Dwarves vs Elves

In the years following the Fall of Byzantium , a social rift grew between the once allied Dwarves and Elves. The Dwarves were advocating for the delving of Byzantium's ruins, attempting to uncover the Aen Túril's secrets, knowledge, and magic; the Elves wished to preserve the ruins as a monument to their triumph. This sparked a small skirmish between the two races in a place known as the Pelinnor Fields shortly after the city fell. After the conflict died down, the Dwarven King and the Elven Prince signed a treaty known as "the Treaty of Preservation" which forbade either side delving into the ruins or touching it in any way. This treaty was later expanded to encompass every race on Cidir. The Dwarves resented this Treaty, and have held a long and vocal grudge against the Elves ever since. Meanwhile, the Elves have always been suspicious of the Dwarves, believing they secretly are finding ways to violate the Treaty.

However, the Dwarves and the Elves have another reason to despise each other. During the Dwarves' conflict with the Illithids, the War of the Metals also occurred.  The Dwarves did not participate as they were embroiled in the conflict with the Illithids. As a result, the Elves resented the Dwarves for not lending their aid, and the reverse was also true.

## Elves vs Everyone Else

Elves have a disdain for most races. This stems from their longer lifespan, which often leads to them feeling superior over the other races. With a tendency towards patience and that all things will happen with time, they can easily find the other races to be clumsy, hasty to act, and inexperienced.

Other races think the Elves to be flighty and frivolous, isolationist, too prideful, but also very wise, should you manage to convince an Elf to share their knowledge.

## Tieflings vs Everyone Else

Tieflings are generally distrusted by other races, as they would be born from beings of hate and are literal devilspawn or demonspawn. They are distrusted by people who don't know them but more well travelled people not caring that much as they have seen much stranger and scarier things.

This leads to many tieflings resenting other races, and playing into the "evil" stereotype that other races have set them in. If it's too hard to try to swim against a current, you can always just let it sweep you along. Still there are many tieflings that work hard to undo the hurtful stereotypes that others have about them.