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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 9646804" data-attributes="member: 1125">The Persian Prophet Mani had once declared the Kingdom of Axum one of the four Great Powers alongside Persia, Rome and China, and indeed Axum had a cosmopolitan society home to the local Cushitic, Egyptian and Sudanese peoples as well as wider Semitic, Greek and Indian influences.These cosmopolitan sensibilities were continued in the new world and made the Axumites more accepting of the new peoples they encountered even where they deviated far from the Humanity they knew. The elves were initially seen as mystical and difficult to fully comprehend, but their philosophical nature and love of aesthetics gave some common ground for respect. The Dwarves were valued for their craftsmanship, their knowledge of engineering and architecture providing a strong basis for trade. Other races would be judged by their degree of humanity and affiliation with the blessings of the Most High.As it expanded its influence the empire was happy to accept other nations and peoples into its markets, temples and academies offering protection and prosperity in exchange for loyalty, guaranteed through diplomacy, marriage alliances, hegemony and where rebellion stirred the use of military force. Goblins and Saurians have been encountered along the coasts and swamplands and some beastmen are known but scholars are yet to determine if they are truly people with souls or merely strangely formed animals.While the Church of the Most High is the state religion of the Empire and its rulers, it is acknowledged that The Queen of Sheba had been a polytheist before she had accepted the religion of Solomon, so there was some tolerance for wider beliefs amongst the empires communities, provided they remain under the hierarchy of the Temple of the First Light and acknowledge the supremacy of the Most High.  Even non-Humans are accepted into the Church of the Most High who the Axumite Faith holds to be the one true source of Divine Power standing amongst the assembly of gods, even as the Negusa Negest stands amongst the assembly of mortals as the King of Kings.The Sun and the Moon are also worshipped as Royal Ancestors in the line of Sheba and are attended by a blessed Oracle who serves amongst the towering Stele of the Ancestors and speaks with their voice. The Nine Winds are also invoked in prayer and are said to manifest the Wrath of the Most High when they go forth to punish wickedness. The Axumite Military and the Empires Paladins dedicate themselves to the Nine Winds and serve as enforcers for both Church and State.Other gods, spirits, elementals, fae and deamons are acknowledged as influencing mortals but are not held worthy of official worship by the Priesthood. Those that do invoke those unworthy spirits may be considered foreign pagans, misguided heretics or even dangerous cultist.QUESTION: What non-human peoples can we be expected to see in this world? The full Mystara list (Lupin, Rakastas, Gnomes)? The 5e List (Tieflings, Aarakocra, Dragonborn?)</blockquote>

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