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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 3389329" data-attributes="member: 7177">The "deep background explanation" for Urbis why all those different humanoid races are out there goes something like this:Once upon a time, there was a realm where a cabal of powerful wizard ruled. These wizards were unhappy with their finite life spans as humans, and altered their unborn children that they would live for centuries, have good looks, keen senses, little need for sleep, high manual dexterity, and a number of other advantages. These children were the first elves.But they didn't stop there - they altered the children of their servants and slaves to create more useful servants or slaves. They created gnomes and dwarves as craftsmen, halflings as manservants, orcs, goblins, hobgoblins and other such creatures as warrior races, and so forth.Eventually, this empire ruled by elves collapsed through infighting, and the survivors spread throughout the world. Eventually, civilization rose again and recorded history begins - with few beings knowing the truth of it all.For this world, we could say that the elven-ruled empire started the colonization, but eventually the government collapsed for whatever reason. The "terraforming artifacts" still worked, allowing the survivors to prosper at a much lower technological and magical level - but recently, something went wrong and many of the artifacts stopped working...What do you think?</blockquote>