The Race of the World

The world is heavily populated by many humanoid-like species. All of them either live in full isolation or sometimes live in multi-ethnic sovereigns in the Lore. These are the races and their history within the lore.

## Humans

You, I don't need a depth explanation of what you are.

## Elves

Elves are a race of long-living creatures who are tall and very graceful creatures. They are known for their pointy ears, being taller and more slender than an average Human being. Elves are spread around the world preferring to live in Isolation but in recent years many elve tribes have integrated into Human society serving either as Military personnel or in jobs that require the elve's expertise. There are three known ethnicities in which is;

* **High Elves** or the **Dryadales** - heavily populated the northern parts and also the middle parts of the Aerthuria continent, they are considered to be the "purest" of the elves due to their long history inhabiting the world.
* **Lower Elves** or the **Dark Elves** - These are an ethnicity of elves living in the continent of Habesha, they prefer to be isolated most of the time and have very very strict conservative values. They're known for their darker skin tone compared to the other elves
* **Eastern Elves** or the **Taishi -** are a race of Elves located in the oriental continent, they have very exotic cultures and most of them are subjects of the Oriental Republic, Wa Dynasty, or the Nichi Empire but the country they're mainly living in is the Danghuyan Dynasty located in the mainland Oriental continent.
* **Freedomnian Elves** - These are elves living in the country of the United Freedomnian and the Confederacy of Freedomnia, these are elves who migrated from Aerthuria continent.

## Dwarves

Dwarves are a race of short humanoids usually living in Hills, Volcanos, and Mountains. They are known for their high quality of craftsmanship and also engineers, they're known to be great builders and engineers. Race became a major contributor to the Steam Age and also the Diesel Age. One special ethnicity of the Dwarves is the **Gnomes.** They are known to be weaker but incredibly intellegient and also highly sophisticated in magic, in most societies Gnomes function as mentors to Magus and also Scientists.

## Beast Kin

Beast Kins are a race of full demi-humans, and all of them have very known feature which is their tails and animal ears. Beast Kin looks similar to felines or Dogs. The race is considered a "sub-human" species and commonly discriminated against than Dwarves and Elves in General, the race is forced to do hard labor but in recent years the "progressive movement" has managed to break off the shackles of their Slavery.

In most militaries, the beast kin function either as scouts or specialized mounted units due to their enhanced strengths and enhanced sensitivity.

## Merfolk

Commonly found on the coast in most countries, they used to prefer to live in isolation but recently they've recently opened up to Civilization and slowly adapted to it. Merfolk is a race of creatures that are very used to water and aquatic bodies. The merfolk is easily identifiable by their aquatic features such as minor fins and scales sometimes gills.

## Halflings

Hafling look identical to humans but differ in size, due to their small size they're almost identical to dwarves they're much more agile and stealthier. In society, Halflings are either discriminated against or highly respected similar to Beast kin and Merfolks. Most Militaries in the world employ the use of Halflings as scouts and also light infantry soldiers due to their excellence in Scouting and also marksmanship.

## Half-breed

Half-breed is one of the sub-races of each race available in the lore, they're usually the result of interspecies breeding but even though they inherit both genetics from their parents, they still face high discrimination due to their "uncanny" genetics and appearances.