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