Races

Overview
Beings that arose at the end of the first age, the firstborn are known for incredible power, not so much personal power, but in terms of what they knew. Possessing an understanding of dharma, magic and science far better than any seen since, these races worked miracles unheard of in the modern age. This is not to say that they weren't personally powerful, merely that their advantages in raw might are far less unapproachable compared with their stored knowledge. In general, the firstborn are gone from the world, ascended to godhood or or simply dead. However, periodically a survivor might be found, preserved in stasis since ancient eras and unaware of the modern world.

Firstborn Races:
Dragons

Kthons

Apocritans

Kumo

Kita

Overview
The Secondborn were those whose only sin is not being first. They were tools, servants and weapons for the firstborn, if they were lucky. Their cultures as they exist today, where shaped in the second age. Angels and demons fight because they fought on opposite sides then and the grudge runs deep. The Sidhe's closeness to nature extends from the fact that they maintained forests for the firstborn, until the environment got so bad that no forest could survive. Others lived on the sidelines, hiding from the firstborn and building their societies on the ruins of the surface, surviving from day to day by scavenging the ruins left by battles between the firstborn. All of the Secondborn have felt the touch of the firstborn's war on their civilization, and they remember what was before. The Secondborn share a history that the mortal races barely remember at all. Many, such as Oberon, survive from that time. The Secondborn are not united in power or goals, but they have an oldness to them that the mortals lack.

Secondborn Races
Sidhe

Slimes

Kobolds

Naga

Succubi

Seraphs

Overview
Mortals are the youngest races. Less established than the Secondborn, their history dates only through the third age. In knowledge of the world, history and technology they are generally lacking. That said, the mortal races tend to spread quickly, and while exceptions exist, make up for their lack of knowledge and technology by being willing to adapt whatever they can get their hands on, as well as a startling variety of magic unusual in many of the older races. While most of the mortal races are not innately adepts, adepts from the mortal races tend to display little to no commonality with one another, as compared to the powers of dragons or Sidhe. Also, individual mortals have attained power commensurate with the eldest gods and the most powerful living Secondborn.

Mortal Races
Humans

Sage Beasts and Beast Folk

Dwarves

Elves

Orcs

Beasts and Monsters
Non-sentient races of any sort are referred to as beasts or monsters. Many tend to cause trouble for adventurers and frequently live in dungeons. Some, called beasts, are 'normal' animals, which play a functioning role in their ecosystem, while others, known as monsters, are clearly unnatural creatures that were never meant to exist. Their power ranges wildly across the scale with legendary monsters being unto natural disasters.

Gods
While beings of any race can ascend to godhood, their final nature is closer to other gods than members of their former race. The supreme ruler chooses powerful individuals to ascend as gods from time to time to add new blood, so even the mortal races are represented. All gods possess certain abilities: The power to hear prayers of the devout, the power to manifest in visions or as an avatar in the physical world, un-aging bodies that are incredibly resistant to harm or transformation of any type, the power to move between realms at will, and some degree of control over an assigned exclusive domain pertinent to that god's nature.

However, all gods are, at least nominally, subordinate to the supreme ruler and none may venture outside the heavenly realm during normal situations. Even the freedom to manifest an avatar in the material world or answer prayers with more than an occasional message is highly restricted and, as such, highly coveted amongst the gods.

Topics Relating to the Gods
The Celestial Bureaucracy

The Supreme Ruler

Notable Gods