Hums

When the Gods created intelligent life, they had already experienced that variety and diversity was the very essence of life and nature and that is why they created all the races that now coexist in Rakya : Humans; Elves; Dwarves; Hobbits; Dragovians. They were all different from each other, but the Gods considered them all members of the same intelligent species and decided to refer to this new species as Hums.

## Humans

They are currently the majority race in Rakya. Their lives are short compared to other races as they barely manage to exceed 80 years, but unlike the Elves who live much longer, their birth rate is much higher.

Because most of their Kingdom, Vésteron, was located south of the Nix Mountains, they were able to withstand the onslaught of the rising Kingdom of Derlav and currently still retain part of their former territory, including their capital Amberly and the last stronghold of defense against the hordes of Monsters, the City of the Border Verdana.

The first Humans were essentially a segregated and tribal people for several thousand years, until the strength and ferocity of the Monsters forced them to unify.

After their union, the Humans discovered that together they were much stronger. They had more options to survive than doing it in small groups as they were doing until then. This gave rise to the formation of various Humans Kingdoms in Rakya.

## Elves

The Elves are the longest-living race of Rakya, with an individual being able to exceed 500 years of age. Elves do not age like other Hums. At 50 years of age, the Elves reach the final aspect that they will have for the rest of their existence and their growth or physical development stops when they reach 80. Their development is clearly much slower than that of the other races. So at the age of 50 they can appear the physical appearance of men in their youth. However, they mentally mature faster than the rest of the Hums, learning to walk and talk at less than 1 year of age. They worship nature and the Gods of Rakya more faithfully than any of the Hums.

Elves are described as beautiful and flawless by Humans. Their skin is always smooth and soft and their hair is silky. They are characterized by having very pointed ears.

They value the culture of music, singing, the arts and blacksmithing, and have great admiration for the Stars.

They discovered the movements that took place in everything known in creation. Together with the Dwarves they established the days, months and years, as well as the seasons and lunar cycles.

Legend has it that at the beginning of time, the Gods considered them so perfect, fit and capable that they disputed among themselves the blessing of the individuals of this race, giving rise to individuals with more than one blessing, who, by divine judgment, they were able to form into several different Guilds, accumulating great knowledge and powers. This caused a great imbalance in the race and almost led them to extinction, since the race only wanted to perpetuate itself through those individuals with multiple blessings. This is believed to be historical fact rather than legend, as it would explain why the Elves are so adept at abilities not belonging to their blessing, as they are just as capable as swordsmen and archers as any individual with that blessing. Even Mages Elves are as capable as Warriors or Hunters, but they can no longer use weapons after being blessed as Mages, since the Magic and metals are not compatible.

This caused the Gods to decide that no matter how long a trial lasted, the individual could only hold a single blessing.

## Dwarves

As their name suggests, they are shorter than other breeds, standing between 120 and 150 centimeters tall. Despite this, they are robust, corpulent and stronger and tougher than the rest of the races. Everyone has a beard, both men and women, and cutting it off is the greatest shame and offense that can be done to them, deserving the hatred and resentment of the entire race.

They are a long-lived breed, as individuals of this breed can live up to 260 years.

His former Kingdom is located in the current Kingdom of Derlav. Their capital was an immense city carved into the rock called Stone Gem and most of the cities were carved into the slopes of mountains although they also occupied the plains for their crops.

After being expelled from their capital, the Dwarves built various shelters and holes throughout the continent that allowed them to shelter and store weapons and food. These holes were used to assault enemy troops and shelter. Currently the number of Dwarves holes is still unknown. Some are in good condition and others have been destroyed, but most remain intact after the great war with all its treasures waiting to be discovered.

They are a race of craftsmen, engineers, and blacksmiths. His architectural works are unparalleled, his jewels are exquisite and his forge is second to none.

They were the ones who established the concept of time and how to measure it through what they called hours and minutes. Each day has 24 hours and each hour has 60 minutes.

## Hobbits

The main physical characteristic that distinguishes the Hobbits is their short stature, smaller even than the Dwarves, standing between 70 and 120 centimeters.

They are naturally slender and stylized, and you would only tell them apart from a Human child by their tone of voice and their slightly pointed ears.

Despite their small size, they can be as fast and agile as an adult Human.

Few are the Hobbits who have become soldiers. Despite this, there are some famous Hobbits among the Ashen Soldiers. Many Hobbits are blessed as Priests and turn out to be expert combatants in the use of spears. Few others have been blessed as Thieves, because due to their size and speed, they are able to sneak through any space.

## Dragovians

It is a humanoid race that has isolated itself from the rest of the world. They live in the so-called Strange Continent, although for them their land is the Kingdom of Ryūvian.

The Dragovians are one of the races that make up the Hums and as such, are blessed by the Gods.

They are hardly different from the Humans with whom they bear greater similarities than with the rest of the **Hums**. They differ from them in their reddish-brown skin and in their ears, which are completely red and scaly.

They are not especially long-lived, as their life expectancy is around 100 years.

They can partially transform their body into that of a dragon, gaining more strength and endurance in the transformed part. When they reach the final stage of their lives they are able to transform into a full dragon, although the change is not reversible and the ability to communicate is lost over time.

The stories and records of this race say that even when transformed into a dragon and senile, a Dragovian will never attack someone of his race or his own homeland.