Races of Aethermoor
Every bloodline that still breathes, schemes, or hunts beneath the broken sky. For the six wounded houses of the isle, see The Wounds.
Veylen, the Ashen KinElves
Tall, immortal, and quietly bitter. They built the cathedrals and forgot the words for joy.
Dur'gan, the Forge-BoundDwarves
Stoneborn smiths who shape oaths into iron. Every clan keeps one weapon it refuses to name.
Grakka of the Bleeding MoonOrcs
Warrior-singers marked by ancestors. They march when the red moon hums in their teeth.
Iskarine, the Infernal BornTieflings
Flame-veined children of old pacts. Born owing a debt none of them signed.
The Crowned DeadLiches
Twelve undying kings who traded their warmth for thrones beneath the lake.
Vurr-Khai, the MooncalledBeastfolk
Shapeshifting druids of the drowned forest. The fog parts for them out of old respect.
- ❦Daughters of the Singing Bough
Dryads
Tree-souled wardens bound to a single grove. Cut their tree and they cut your name from the world.
- ⌬Vraxen of the Cinder Choir
Dragonborn
Scaled descendants of dead wyrms. Their breath still carries a sliver of their ancestor's last word.
- ✿Mooneye Wanderers
Halflings
Small-footed travellers who survive empires by being beneath their notice. Liars of the highest art.
- ≈Aelori of the Drowned Reefs
Merfolk
Salt-singers from the trenches where the cathedrals fell. They remember every name the sea has eaten.
- ✺Pell of the Lantern Burrows
Gnomes
Tinkerers of clockwork and small magics. They speak to insects as equals and to kings as nuisances.
- ✧The Unnumbered Court
Fae
Neither alive nor dreaming. To bargain with one is to redraft your own past in their preferred ink.
- ⟁Snikt of the Brass Markets
Goblins
Scrap-witted traders who outlived three empires by selling pieces of each to the next.
- ♆Hethari of the Open Steppe
Centaurs
Hoofbound warriors who measure honor in distance traveled. They mourn cities the way men mourn parents.
- ⌖Bull-Sons of the Iron Maze
Minotaurs
Built by a god who needed jailers. Now they wander, still looking for a labyrinth worth guarding.
- ❧The Velvet Inheritors
Vampires
Aristocrats of the long night. They host parties no one is permitted to leave before sunrise.