http://sisterworlds.com/ 2026-04-29T11:53:37+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/ http://sisterworlds.com/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-09-28T15:49:58+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:aeswar&rev=1632844198&do=diff Aeswar The Aeswar (or 'Aurochsmen') are nomads with dark hair and amber, brown, and red eyes. They are often mistaken for Toomarans, but instead of riding horses, the Aeswar ride aurochs that have been specially bred for millennia. They are comfortable in grasslands and in forests, but they tend towards secrecy, with an insular society that keeps outsiders away. text/html 2021-09-28T15:49:58+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:alekdanian&rev=1632844198&do=diff Alekdanians The Alekdanian humans are as dark-skinned (and sometimes more so) than the Amarans, but tend to have very straight hair, light eyes, and aquiline noses. Natives to the region surrounding the Alekdan Principalities, many have taken to piracy. Many others compete in the arenas, and so they are a very warrior-like people. text/html 2021-09-28T15:49:59+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:amaran&rev=1632844199&do=diff the Amarans The Amarans tend to be a dark-skinned race, with dark, curly hair and dark eyes. They are found most often in the savannahs of mid-Halganath, but are also found in pockets of southern Galanath, the jungles of mid-Halganath, and on distant Hobrimeth. They range in height from quite short, to quite tall, depending on their locations. text/html 2021-09-28T15:49:59+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:ariel&rev=1632844199&do=diff Ariel The ariel are winged elves that are nearly extinct. They were originally empowered to be the guardians of the arboreal forests, protecting the forests from their tree top aeries. Unfortunately, they have been hunted, used as strike forces, enslaved, and isolated for millennia by various factions text/html 2021-09-28T15:49:59+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:bog_orc&rev=1632844199&do=diff Bog Orcs The bog orcs of Gaeleth tend to have a number of adaptations to living in the swamps and rivers of Gaeleth. They tend to be hairless, and slightly slimey. Bog orcs tend to have thick, relatively thin skin that is mottled green, brown, and black, in a sort of camouflage pattern that help them blend in with aquatic environs. Bog orcs tend to be faster than their cousins text/html 2020-09-02T04:23:27+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:changeling&rev=1599020607&do=diff Changeling Changelings are a race that became so with a mutation caused by the mix of humanoid blood and the blood of the goddess Nitish. With each generation that passes the likelihood to be given the gift decreases. They are born with the ability to completely change their form. Age, weight, height, coloring, sex, voice, facial structure all can be completely changed within seconds. text/html 2021-09-28T15:49:59+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:chillean&rev=1632844199&do=diff Chilleans The Chilleans are supposedly descendants of the Sholin, and are primarily native to the continent of Chilleth, from which their name derives. They tend towards thick, black hair, fair to dark skin, and dark eyes with an epicanthic fold. The Chilleans are actually a widely varied race, with their most distinctive characteristics being their eyes. text/html 2021-09-28T15:49:59+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:deep_dwarf&rev=1632844199&do=diff Deep Dwarf The deep dwarves are the smallest of the dwarven subraces, but are nearly as dense and heavy as the stones they mine and live in. The deep dwarves rarely interact with other peoples, sometimes living their entire lives without seeing a stranger to their clan. They have pale skin and very light hair, with very light eyes that are quite photosensitive. Males tend to be about three-and-a-half-feet in height, and can weigh in at six stone worth of muscle and thick bone. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:00+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:desolate&rev=1632844200&do=diff Desolate (a.k.a. Desert Elves) The desert elves of Gaeleth were bred from the wild elves, millennia ago, by the Dharveil. The Dharveil were high elves that ruled a kingdom with absolute power, and wanted only elves to guard them, and serve in their military. Using magic and more conventional breeding programs that spanned millennia, the Dharveil created their specially bred warrior elves for the deserts that surrounded the Dharveil kingdom. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:00+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:destanae&rev=1632844200&do=diff the Destanae The Destanae humans of Gaeleth tend to have a swarthy-colored skin, with dark hair and dark, almond-shaped eyes. They are commonly found in the desert and coastal regions of Al Fahim and southern Galanath -- from the Gaebrum Forests to the Cora Swamps. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:00+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:dog_men&rev=1632844200&do=diff The Dog Men During the War of the Four Winds of 1329 Avard, Kur Maen soldiers tried to take the Rakoran city of Teras by storm. Floating in on an armada of triremes, the Kur Maens had a considerable force with which to take the city, located on the west banks of the mouth of the Galanus River. Across the river, on the east banks, lay little more than swamps. The Kur Maen forces realized that they could not maneuver through the swamps to help take the city of Teras, and attempted to move into th… text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:00+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:dopplegangers&rev=1632844200&do=diff Dopplegangers The children of many races are sometimes affected by the ancient and random magics hidden in pockets or released by circumstances. These children tend to take on particular characteristics, such as the ability to emulate almost anyone of similar mass. Unfortunately, such children often become 'blank slates' in their physical form text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:00+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:dragonborn&rev=1632844200&do=diff Dragonborn The dragonborn are a humanoid race created by the dragons during the initial founding of Wuron Sfa. They were originally intended to be an augmentation force to the swamp trolls – but they were given sentience and freedom, instead. Most of the first generation of dragonborn are coming of age, and bear the weapons of their choosing and training, learning from the elves and humans within Wuron Sfa. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:01+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:drow&rev=1632844201&do=diff Drow Millennia ago, perhaps around the time of the Shaping Wars, several tens of thousands of dark elves poured forth through a Gate in the Sandra Mountains. Where they came from, and the reason for their mass exodus, was lost long ago, but all the drow share histories of a flight from raging demons. As the overextended Gate shut down behind them, the powers of their old deities failed, sealed off by the power of the the Shield. Their matriarchal society called out, and was answered by the godd… text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:01+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:drowari&rev=1632844201&do=diff Drowari The drow of Gaeleth are scattered and nearly broken, but their legends still survive. During the Storm Wars, the 'dark race' (as they were known) were the elite forces of the Nathelian General Orcen Roreth. Attacking by stealth, in the midst of the night, their magics and their enchanted blades decimated the ranks of the Karatikan Alliance. General Roreth was very particular with his drow, and treated them well text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:01+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:duergar&rev=1632844201&do=diff Duergar The duergar (sometimes known as the derro) are a race of dwarves that went deep into the earth, long ago. The duergar have little interaction with any other species, tending to be xenophobic, photophobic, and very aggressive against outsiders text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:01+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:dwarf&rev=1632844201&do=diff Dwarf A dwarf is a powerfully built, subterranean, bearded humanoid with a penchant for mining, smithing, and fighting. The plural form is dwarves, the adjective is dwarven. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:01+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:dwarves&rev=1632844201&do=diff Dwarves Nearly all dwarves worship the dwarven god Galgiran, otherwise known as the Soul Forger. Dwarven legend states that when the dwarves emerged from the earth, there were no humans or dragons or many other intelligent races. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:01+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:eladrin&rev=1632844201&do=diff Eladrin The 'high elves' of Gaeleth may be the original elven stock from which all other forms originated. Most Eladrin do not even consider themselves the same species as the other elves, and quite a few hostilities resulted from the overly-noble Eladrin's views. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:02+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:frost_orc&rev=1632844202&do=diff Frost Orc The frost orcs of Gaeleth tend to have a number of adaptations to living in the glaciers and tundras of Gaeleth. Their hair tends to be gray or white in color, and rather thin and dry. Frost orcs tend to have thick, leathery skin that ranges in color from light gray to light blue, with several shades in-between that blend in well with snowy and icy backgrounds. Because they have been exposed to the extreme brightness of the snowy days, the frost orcs have lost their light sensitivi… text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:02+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:goliath&rev=1632844202&do=diff Goliath A race of humanoids ranging from seven to eight feet tall. Their skin is gray or brown, mottled with darker patches, and speckled with lithoderms, coin-sized growths of bone that appear like pebbles, studding their arms, torso, shoulders, and head. The males tend to have no hair, and females tend to have dark hair, worn long and in braids. Most are very athletic and muscle-bound, even the females. They live almost entirely in the text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:02+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:goliaths&rev=1632844202&do=diff Goliath A race of humanoids ranging from seven to eight feet tall. Their skin is gray or brown, mottled with darker patches, and speckled with lithoderms, coin-sized growths of bone that appear like pebbles, studding their arms, torso, shoulders, and head. The males tend to have no hair, and females tend to have dark hair, worn long and in braids. Most are very athletic and muscle-bound, even the females. They live almost entirely in the text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:02+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:hill_dwarf&rev=1632844202&do=diff Hill Dwarf The hill dwarves of Gaeleth are those most commonly seen on the surface, with dark-colored beards and eyes. They tend to have somewhat more rounded features than other subraces of dwarves, and are less likely to be agoraphobic. Many hill dwarves actually live on or even in mountains, but truly are a separate subrace from the text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:02+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:hill_dwarves&rev=1632844202&do=diff Hill Dwarves This the plural of Hill Dwarf in the Common tongue, although the dwarven tongue does not seem to differentiate between the two. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:03+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:home&rev=1632844203&do=diff Races The races of Gaeleth are broad and varied. Some argue that many of the races of Gaeleth -- orcs, elves, humans, dwarves, and others -- all descended from one ancestral race many millennia ago. The argument fails when talking of the other races text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:03+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:merfolk&rev=1632844203&do=diff Merfolk The aquatic elves of Gaeleth are perhaps the most numerous, living as they do in the water, breathing through gill slits in their the sides of their throats and in their ribs. Aquatics tend to have webbed fingers and toes -- fingers and toes that are quite long. They also have retractable spines with additional webbing along their forearms and calves. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:03+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:mountain_dwarf&rev=1632844203&do=diff Mountain Dwarf The mountain dwarves of Gaeleth tend to be the largest of the subraces, topping out near five feet in height and some ten stone in weight. Mountain dwarves tend to stay within their mountain fastnesses -- and sometimes below them -- creating massive mining complexes and foundries. They trade with the surface world for food and furs, using their metals text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:03+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:mountain_dwarves&rev=1632844203&do=diff Mountain Dwarves Plural of Mountain Dwarf in the Common tongue. The dwarven language does not, apparently, make a distinction between the two. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:03+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:ograns&rev=1632844203&do=diff Ograns Ograns is a generic term for the orcs, ogres, and kobolds of the Ogre Nations. The term is generally used only in Rakore and Kur Maeth, as the three different races are rarely united elsewhere. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:04+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:races&rev=1632844204&do=diff Races Gaeleth hosts a surprising diversity of races, many of which are human-compatible species. Their genetic inheritance suggests that at one time, many of the 'humanoid' races may have come from the same stock. Other races, however, are completely incompatible with humans, and are probably of alien stock in form or another. Some species have been artificially created by powerful mages, or even the gods themselves. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:04+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:rock_orc&rev=1632844204&do=diff Rock Orc The rock orcs of Gaeleth tend to have a number of adaptations to living in the mountains and rocky hills of Gaeleth. Their hair tends to be gray or black in color, and rather straight and oily. Rock orcs tend to have thick, leathery skin that ranges in color from light gray to dark brown, with several shades in-between that help them blend in to rocky backgrounds. Rock orcs tend to be more hard-headed and meager of cogent thought than other varieties of orcs, but are significantly h… text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:04+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:sand_orc&rev=1632844204&do=diff Sand Orc The sand orcs of Gaeleth tend to have a number of adaptations to living in the deserts and high deserts of Gaeleth. Their hair tends to be gray or white in color, and rather straight and oily. Sand orcs tend to have thick, leathery skin that ranges in color from light brown, to green, to near-black, with several shades in-between. Sand orcs also tend to be more intelligent than other varieties of orcs, perhaps because of the intense competition for limited resources in the deserts. … text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:04+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:sholin&rev=1632844204&do=diff the Sholin The Sholin are the people of the sea. They live along the equatorial regions of Gaeleth, along the coasts, and in the sea, and are divided into three distinct peoples -- Coastal, Sea-Going, and Inland. All Sholin tend to have skin browned by a lifetime in the sun, dark hair, and dark eyes. Their hair tends to be thick and wavy, and of such a black color that it looks to have blue highlights in the sun. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:04+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:slate&rev=1632844204&do=diff Slates The Slate humans of Gaeleth tend to have pale skin, round eyes, and fiery colors in their hair and eyes. The Slate humans tend to be out of the arctic and antarctic climates, and dominate the lands of the Inquisition and Nabrolia. Their hair tends to be straight and thin, and ranges in color from blonde to red to brown. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:04+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:sylvan&rev=1632844204&do=diff Sylvan The Sylvan elves are the most uniformly known elves in the terrestrial lands. They tend to embody most of the more commonly known elven traditions and builds. Lithe of body, with light-colored hair and over-sized eyes, they tend to live in the woods or wooden environments, operating in hunter-gatherer societies with some small tendencies towards farming. text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:05+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:ticata&rev=1632844205&do=diff Ticata The ticata of Gaeleth are considered indigenous, although they probably originated from another world entirely. Ticata Sketch, Used with permission, Karen Boyd, copyright 2004. Centuar-like, furry, color varies from cool gray to fawn-brown, depending on the tribe and locality. Gray is more common. Hands have three fingers, plus a thumb. Average adult weight is about 150 lbs for females and 200 lbs for males, but their body form makes them significantly shorter than a human of simi… text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:05+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:tomanth&rev=1632844205&do=diff Tomanths Tomanths are both lethal predators and natural stewards of the forests, rivers, and lakes of their areas. Shy and cautious, they can be cunning and ruthless when their territory is encroached upon. They stand a little over four feet tall, but measure over six feet from the tip of their snout, to the tip of their tail; adults weigh in at nearly two-hundred pounds. Tomanths are built much like a bipedal alligator, with four-fingered hands and toes. They lack one of the knuckle-joints co… text/html 2021-09-28T15:50:05+00:00 http://sisterworlds.com/doku.php?id=gaeleth:races:wilden&rev=1632844205&do=diff Wilden It is said that the origin of the Wilden is from magic and need. In the dark reaches of time, when the ancient races were in their infancy, the land itself needed a protector against the atrocities of unnatural magicks. That need brought forth life in the form of the Wilden.