The Realm of Vennadore

Terabathya, an island of a thousand legends. The spectacular mountains stand tall against the skies, with the yellows and blues of the sunrise, capped off with freshly fallen, blinding white snow. The forests and green lands span forever, lush throughout the entire year, holding secrets that no man will ever fully uncover in a thousand lifetimes. A winding river weaves its way like a sewer's needle through the landscape, the sun shining back from its crystalline surface. Waterfalls cascade into the river. Birds flock through the skies. Creatures and beings live their lives within the forests. Once, there was a legend of a human king and queen, but it remains just that - a legend. What lives here is a kingdom of its own, a thriving world, an island of imagination.

Pescis A mystical tale whispered by pirates, the Pescis are the sirens of the sea, living in the ocean as water-bound creatures, and singing the stray traveller into a trap, and, ultimately, their death. They display themselves as beautiful, irresistible mermaids, the stuff of a man's legend, but when their victims realize that they are hopelessly lost, these sirens reveal their true nature: hideous faces, scaled bodies, long and bristly hair, and razor-sharp fins and a screech that could blind anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby. The Pescis lure lost souls for both sport and necessity, hunting them down, taking their goods, then devouring them for food.

Demigoddess The female counterpart to the Demigod race, the Demigoddess typically appears as a Mundane with a single God or Goddess as their parent that contributed to their magical heritage. In other words, they are half Mundane, half Goddess. The Demigoddess can appear as other races as well, depending on whether the God or Goddess procreated with a non-Mundane species. However, the conception of the Demigoddess is highly unlikely and is said to be a tall tale told by Mundanes to help boost their pride in themselves. A Demigoddess possesses characteristics of a Goddess, such as powers that a Mundane or non-Mundane could not obtain. On the other hand, they possess the characteristics of the lesser race, leaving them slightly vulnerable against other Gods and Goddesses.

Jatte Once peaceful creatures from the north, the Jatte were forced out of their natural habitats from the ever-expanding Mundane race as they conquered yet another land. Now living in the thick forests and caves of Drovlone, Vraeule, and Draeria, the Jatte have resorted to their more carnal instincts as means to survive in their new world, including adding Mundane flesh to their diet to prevent them from taking their home once more. Because of this, most people refuse to travel through those territories, afraid of being eaten alive by such monstrous creatures.

Umbravit Umbravit, or Shadow People, is a race made up of humanoid figures resembling the Mundane. They are not mortal, however, and are a mere perception of a living entity. The Umbravitare sometimes described as menacing, though the Mundane do not agree whether Shadow People are evil, helpful, or none of the above. Some even speculate that shadow people may be the extra-dimensional inhabitants of another universe, though that has not been proven. Not much is known about the origin of this race, though it is possible that they stem from the Underworld.

Those who shift into the beasts of the land and sea are typically smaller than their real animal counterparts. And those who shift into things and people always carry an aura that is detectable by the pure-blooded Cruthians and those born with the Allure in their veins.

Vidunder Large, muscular, and generally built for power, this race likes to keep to itself most of the time. Large bottom teeth cause a bit of an under-bite which clashes beautifully with their large, lumpy heads. They wear crude leather garments to cover their ashy grey skin, with minor variances between male and female wardrobe. This race is often ill-tempered with outsiders and prone to fighting among themselves. This fighting usually leads them to live in small groups or as individuals.

Daitya The Daitya are colossal creatures, heights of at least fifteen feet tall. Towering over the world around them, the Daitya are a race that value strength above all else. Those who are strongest rule the world in which they dwell. Some act as mercenaries for kings who would be willing to pay them for their efforts. They do not have the time for crafts and artistic endeavors, giving them more time to train to increase their strength. This distaste for finery shows itself in a contempt for the Kicik race, finding their delight in craftsmanship to be a waste of time. Unlike their shorter cousins, the Daitya have no qualms in hiding their reasons for their scorn.

Kicik The Kicik are creatures of low stature but massive craftsmanship. Known for their skills at crafting weapons and jewelry, creatures and Mundanes travel for miles to Imus to purchase these as gifts for those who are held in high esteem. Their weapons and jewels are often seen at the hips and around the throats of kings and queens and their courts. Despite being a relatively peaceful race, they have a long standing animosity for those of the Daitya race. The Kicik believe those enormous creatures drove them from their native lands in the region of Taenar. That is the frequent theory. The truth is that the Daitya have no appreciation for the finer crafted things in life, which is something that the Kicik hold in high honors.

Avarian Bird-like humanoids that walk, talk, and act like normal Mundanes. However, they still retain their Avarian instincts to hunt for their food source - which typically tends to be small animals such as mice, rabbits, etc. - create nests for expected children. Their plume of feathers vary from bright colours such as red, orange, yellow to colours that blend in with the surroundings like brown, black, white.

Ibilis Hailing from the Land of the Dead, Ambis, the Ibilis are dark creatures created for the purpose of serving the God of Death, Iros. The Ibilis were created without souls so that they wouldn’t feel the pain of mortality as they torture the souls of the non-believers, leaving the fallen Celestials guide those worthy for a better life away from the harshness of Ambis. Should an Ibilis manage to escape through the cracks into the Mortal Realm, they take the form of any living being and wreak havoc upon the world. Some of them become dealers, tempting the soulful with a promise of wealth, love, power, or anything they wish to hold. However, the lifespan of the soulful diminish a mere 40 years of age as the deal struck by the Ibilis try to collect the soul as payment, keeping the souls for themselves to grasp onto the light the soulful exude. For each proposition, the Ibilis takes on a different appearance of the inquiring soulful, sharing similar characteristics with the race that they make deals with. However, the Ibilis share the same sickly green-grey aura that surrounds them, no matter what race they make their deals with.

Mangkr The Mangkr are the half draconic offspring with mundanes. While they can take on the form of a mundane, they still bear the form of their draconic parent, complete with a set of wings, a dragon's head, a sweeping tail and twenty clawed fingers and toes. Most Mangkr are able to speak the common tongue of the mundanes but while they are in their draconic form, they are unable to speak the mundane language due to their formidable head and forked tongue, resorting to their mother’s tongue, the Draconic language. The Mangkr tend to live their early lives with their human fathers with the guidance of their dragon mothers later on in life. Should the dragon mother be a vicious and vile beast, the children she has tend to revolt against their mother in order to protect the mundane family they have made for themselves with their father and any other siblings and friends they have acquired. However, many people believe that such a merge between two different species should never have occurred, and thus, they stay far away from the Mangkr.

Celestials Living in a plane of existence just below the Gods, Sanitas, Celestials are the Purest beings. They are beings of light and absolute power, forced to take a Mundane as a host when visiting the Mortal Plane because the Mundane race are the only suitable race to sustain such power the Celestials hold. Any other hosts that are non-Mundane are almost killed in an instant when the Celestial tries to take over the non-Mundane body. Only the most powerful of Celestials may visit the Mortal Plane for a very brief period of time before they must select a host to take over. For those who are unfortunate enough to catch a glimpse of a Celestial’s true form, their eyes burn out, blinding them as their mind is turned into mush, making the person insane.

⋘ ──── ∗ ⋅◈⋅ ∗ ──── ⋙ Moon Child Unlike the Cursed, the Moon Children’s abilities were given to them by the Goddess of the Moon, Elarae, passing on their blessing from generation to generation. Throughout their lives, they have complete control over their shifts, choosing when and where to change from mundane to wolf. When shifted, the Moon Children appear to be full wolves, but much larger than the common wolf that lurks in the Untouchable Forest. During their wolfish form, they have a stronger hold of their animal instincts and mundane mindset, balancing it far better than their Cursed counterpart. However, with the power of the full or new moon, their animal instincts are stronger and can overwhelm the mundane mindset the Moon Children hold in their wolf form. Most of these people live in or around the city of Meideis, a small city built into the steep hills of Draeria. There, the Moon Children can live in quiet peace, safe from the hunters that might harm them otherwise. They live in packs, supporting each other as they can try to keep safe in a world that would hurt them.

Lost Eternal children; ghosts even, ranging in ages from approximately four to nine years old and very rarely slipping into double-digits. How the Lost came into being is not entirely clear but all legends tell tales of how once upon a time, a skilled medicine man from Vela prayed for the Gods to save his dying child as even he could not. It is said Iros, the God of the Dead was present within the young one's soul showed mercy and called for help from the other deities as he could only remove his trace, not guarantee life. Answered by Alissiah, a second chance was bestowed. The Lost are granted from all human races and are identical to any other children in behaviour and appearance save for their eyes which shine a blank white; no detectable pupil or iris is visible within the fog. As children do they will play, quarrel, explore and fight, running wild within their homeland of Astrial, through Vela, and occasionally venturing beyond but be cautious for nothing is as harmless as perceived. They are not immortal, and still prone to injury, pain and even death. None of their previous life or family is located within their consciousness, but their former families will still remember, thus the child's conversion considered both a blessing and a curse.

Wanderer Wanderers are human in appearance, though not quite mundane. They are gifted from birth with the Allure, though the magic manifests as different talents. Large, extended family groups are most commonly seen around the world, traveling and exploring as they peddle their wares and talents. Smaller groups sometimes form, but are often absorbed into larger caravans for safety reasons. All Wanderers practice the Order of Whispers religion, where they are encouraged to pursue their Gods-given talents. Individual Wanderers are recognizable for their vibrantly colored, flowy clothing. Each person has a special talent related to the Allure that they can use to help people and/or make money. Typical talents lead Wanderers to be fortune tellers, seers, healers, herbalists, divinators, and all practice in trading. Other jobs, like necromancy, toxicology (poisons), enchantment, and alchemy are generally frowned upon, but still practiced in secret.

Raeb These creatures are reanimated corpses of the mundanes that have transformed into blood-thirsted monsters of the night. Many believe these creatures were released upon the exposure of Syrena Crowe and her ploy to destroy the crown. They typically side with evil and cause mischief wherever they go. I general, Raebs are not trusted and feared by many people in the realm. Pale in the shadows of the night, these creatures are flawless, making it easy to manipulate and lure in their prey without even trying. For centuries, these so called monsters live on, some the same, some new, but constantly taking the lives of others to survive sinking their sharp white fangs into the necks of those who get too close.