Races
Immortals
"Fairies in my world are physical manifestations of immortal spirits" -Shilin (source)
- Created rather than born
- Life in an artificial plane
- Design [of the fairies] is how a creator would have ornamented an object -vs- the "shame and self awareness" of mortal beings
Holy Spirit
- Location: The Overworld
- Other Notes:
- Spiritual entities
- The purest form of holy magic
- Only the most powerful can possess a mind of its own, maintain a consistent form, and be perceived by mortal senses
- These properties prevent these sentient beings from passing through the seal between the worlds
- Most spirits can be freely called into the Mortal Realms for use in sorcery, and return to the overworld
Demon Spirit
- Location: The Underworld
- Other Notes:
- Spiritual entities
- Same nature as holy spirit and differs only in appearance and origin
- Demonic spirits find strong human presence repulsive (v2 p110)
Angels
- Lifespan: Immortal
- Innate: Holy magic
- Acquired: -
- Location: Unknown
- Appearance: Elven ears and bird wings
- Other Notes:
- Came to the Mortal Realms' aid during the Catharsis in large number
- Just like the elves, they were never seen again
Elves
- Lifespan: Immortal
- Innate: Holy magic
- Acquired: -
- Location: Mortal Realms (unknown)
- Appearance: Human-like immortal race with pointed ears
- Other Notes:
- Came to the Mortal Realms' aid during the Catharsis
- Most similar to humans out of all the immortal races
- Hardest to distinguish and most elusive
Fairies
- Lifespan: Immortal
- Innate: Holy magic
- Acquired: Demon magic
- Location: Mortal Realms
- Appearance:
- Elven ears
- Dragon-fly wings
- Ornate, metallic adornments
- Gray/purple-ish skin tone
- "Don't bleed red"
- Other Notes:
- The only race of the immortals that have come into contact with and spoken with humans after the Catharsis
- Information shared by the fairies tremendously helped build the bare bones of human understanding of the Overworld
Mermaids
- Lifespan: Immortal
- Innate: Holy magic
- Acquired: Elemental magic (water, air)
- Location: Mortal Realms (have been sighted in the Veil)
- Appearance:
- Elven ears
- Fish-like fins
- 2 legs with fins (source)
Mortals
Humans
- Lifespan: 80-150 years
- Innate: None
- Acquired: Holy magic, Demon magic, Soul Magic
- Location: Mortal Realms
- Other Notes:
- Largest civilization in the Mortal Realms
- Born without any natural magical affinity
Beast-Humans
- Lifespan: 80-150 years
- Innate: Elemental Magic
- Acquired: None
- Location: Mortal Realms
- Appearance: Human-like race that possesses animal features
- Other Notes:
- 4-5 known races of animals
- Cats (Enfelids)
- Dogs (Encanids)
- ?
- Live in scattered tribes and colonies, away from human civilization until recent years
- Natural ability to use Elemental magic
- Can learn to shapeshift into their animal form
- Hostility between different groups within the Beast-Human race
- Shilin: Not all tribes have [a Book of Elements] and not all of them value them even if they had one