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Message: <blockquote data-quote="demiurge1138" data-source="post: 3247101" data-attributes="member: 7451">Elves come in three varieties. The mainstream elves in Khorvaire are mostly just people with pointy ears and really long lifespans. Many of them are tied to the Dragonmarked Houses. The Aerenal elves are eerie religious fanatics, worshipping their deathless ancestors and tattooing themselves with skull and bone motifs. The Valenar elves are rutheless, practicing a form of ancestor worship that encourages violent expansion - think Mongols.Gnomes are terrifying SOBs. All gnomes are nice and polite, always quick with a story and a request to hear yours. That's because Zilargo, their homeland, is a police state run by the Trust, one of the largest information gathering agencies on the planet. Think less "David the Gnome" and more "Gnomes of Zurich" on this one.The halfings of the Talenta Plains are a nomadic, shamanistic people who ride raptors and herd other dinosaurs. Through their relations with the outside world, the Dragonmarked houses of Ghallandra and Jorasco have become "civilised". As has organized crime. The Boromar Guild, top of the heap in Sharn, is run by the halflings, who are perfectly willing to call on legbreakers from "the old country" if they need to.Demiurge out.</blockquote>