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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hewligan" data-source="post: 3328502" data-attributes="member: 19688">In the book I am writing, the elves are almost never seen - almost extinct. They are viewed by the humans as evil, as they were involved in a God war long in the past. They rose up against the Gods, challenging them, and were smitten. Their homeland was sunk beneath the waves in retribution, and the few remaining stragglers fled into exile, clinging on to the edge of existence.The reality is a little bit different, of course.I have blood elves, ice elves, Torachin (dying breed with a reverence for nature and seclusion), and Grugachi (deep forest dwelling - the most traditional of my four races of elf).My dwarves live half above, half below ground. Even the mountain ones build cities on the mountains, so again, half above the earth, half below. They are consumate traders, and some of the human cities are built upon old trading cities that the diminishing dwarves have pulled back from.There are no orcs.I do have 2 races to replace them. One, the Narkash, are my key "evil" race, although they are not really traditionally evil as such, just intensely martial, loyal, and powerful. They have recently started to throw off their tribal shackles and have partnered with a human city-state, many moving in to positions of power within the church and army, and beginning a campaign of control of the northern dales. The Narkash are tall, olive skinned, quite handsome, with almost elven features, but much more feral, more muscular, generally with long braided dark hair. They are pretty darn fierce things!Next up is the Herdak. These are my goblin race - they are found everywhere, but in small numbers. They are present in many human cities, often holding down the hard-labour jobs, such as harbour-workers. They are not evil, just willing to do what is required to survive and protect their own. They do a lot of smuggling, illicit trades, etc. The old Herdak races still live underground, in the mountains, and some have taken over old dwarven holdes. In some cases, such as in Iron Gate (a trade city), the Herdak are an integral part of the human city and the dwarves and humans deal openly with them. In others, the dwarves are their sworn enemies.I have another subterranean race, the Urthak. They are psuedo-goblinoid in appearance, with thick hides, soft bellies, and large boneline clawing hands (for digging). They have natural plates of hide/armour on their heads, backs and shoulders. This protects them from falling rock (to a degree), and allows them to squeeze through sharp gaps without pain. They have huge pallid eyes, and have to wear dark goggles to go into the sunlight. They burn very easily in the sun, and tend not to like it. An ingenious, ancient race that the dwarves detest. They are slowly taking over dwarven holdes, due to their resourcefulness and slightly faster reproduction rate. They are cowardly alone (wisely so), but fight well as a group.The humans are scattered, but powerful. Their true epoch passed a couple of centuries before, and they now are split across various city states and dales, acting as traders and farmers.</blockquote>

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