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Revision as of 18:45, 27 March 2014
Aloria is host to many unique and interesting races, both alive and extinct. You can learn more about the cultures, backgrounds and histories of the playable races, their homelands and much more. You will also be able to learn about the races of ages ago, forgotten forces that influence Aloria to this day.
Yanar
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Pronunciation | Yah-nar |
Classification | Magus |
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Languages | Modern Altalar, Nātl, Common |
Naming Customs | See Language section |
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Distinctions | Plant-like humanoids with a mysterious past and open future |
Maximum Age | 500 years. |
Height | from short to tall, depending on Floral Shift. |
A syncretic Race that once lived alongside the Elves in the Allorn Empire as one of its many non-Elven minorities, the Yanar are a Race of plant-like humanoids that have been around for about as long as the Elves have, but have since Cataclysm detached their entwined fate from the legacy of the collapsed Elven Empire. Many still foster ..→
Ailor
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Pronunciation | eye-lor |
Classification | Human |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Varied, see Ailor Naming |
Naming Customs | Varied, see Ailor Naming |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | A culturally diverse people conquering both each other and the world. |
Maximum Age | 100 years |
Eye Colors | Brown, green, grey, blue. |
Hair Colors | blond, ginger, brown, black, grey. |
The Ailor are the most widespread and equally most disliked Race by other Races across the world. Barely an upstart population of tribes several thousand years ago, the Ailor have rapidly multiplied and spread across the world, founding dozens of Kingdoms and autocratic realms, creating empires and destroying faraway nations that would soon be forgotten by ..→
Qadir
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Nation State | Al-Alus |
Ruler | Technocratic Council by Examination |
Other Present | Regalian Empire |
Languages | Zahram, Common |
Religion | Unionism |
First Recorded | 10,000 BC |
Demonym(s) | Qadiriq |
The Qadir Ailor are a Lineage of Ailor that shares a common ancestry with Ailor, but diverged at a point in history when their people moved northeast into the unforgiving deserts of Ard-al Nur. Lineages sit somewhere in between a Culture and a Subrace, meaning the Qadir are not quite as distant from Ailor so as to be a full-fledged different Race altogether, but ..→
Slizzar
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Nation State | Sarakand |
Ruler | The Duarchy |
Other Present | None |
Languages | Zoram, Common |
Religion | Draconism |
First Recorded | Pre-Allorn |
Demonym(s) | Slizzar |
Perhaps the oldest kin to have continuously ..→
Songaskia
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Pronunciation | Song-gah-ski-an |
Classification | Human |
Subraces | N/A |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Sofaal |
Naming Customs | Malian names found on earth [1] |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | Half-Draconian descendants of the Bronze Dragons |
Maximum Age | 250 |
Eye Colors | Amber/Orange reminiscent of fire |
Hair Colors | Jet black, snow white, sandy brown/blonde, or dark-muted-brown. |
Skin Tones |
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Humans
Maraya
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Pronunciation | Maa-raa-ya |
Classification | Maia |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Shalota |
Naming Customs | Fluently flowing names with frequent usage of Ls and Ms |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | Ancient sleeper Race re-awakened by the Cataclysm |
Maximum Age | 250 |
Height | Average to Tall |
A people caught out of place, out of time, the Maraya are tiefling-like with distinct unique features that make them also appear rather fae-like. They belong to an ancient civilization called the Meraic Civilization, sometimes also called the Fourth Civilization, that existed long before the Elves united under Talea, and founded a vast sci-fi world-spanning civilization with a high ..→
Sihai
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Pronunciation | Seehai |
Classification | Human |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Wai-lan |
Naming Customs | See Language section |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | An Eastern Human race of loyal Dragon-worshipers who uphold their principles to the bitter end. |
Maximum Age | 250 |
Eye Colors | Varying per Kingdom |
Hair Colors | Varying per Kingdom |
Skin Tones | Varying per Kingdom |
To be Sihai is to know reason and calm, to uphold proper custom even when the world has gone mad, and to follow the word of the protector Loong, Dragons caught in slumber. They reward the special attention and protection the Loong give them with a rigid belief in their lessons, and wherever they go, hold to them with a stiff-backed resilience that ..→
Extinct Races
- Aloria has beheld many Races over the millennia of civilizations that have risen and fallen across its many diverse lands. Some have reigned long while others lasted only for a very short ..→
Asha
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Nation State | The Ashal States |
Ruler | N/A |
Other Present | N/A |
Languages | Ibeth, Common |
Religion | Baskarr |
First Recorded | 20,000 BC |
Demonym(s) | Ashal |
The Asha are the oldest continuously ..→
Dwarf
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Pronunciation | Dwoh-rf |
Classification | Human |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Barrudh |
Naming Customs | Old Norse with permutations |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | Stout, mountain-dwelling people who show unerring perseverance and skill with crafting |
Maximum Age | 200 years |
Eye Colors | brown, gray, green, and blue. |
Hair Colors | Blond, brown, black, red, and (when older) gray or white. |
Skin Tones |
Secretive and proud, the Dwarves are the only known civilization to live underground in the world of Aloria, building their grand holds with vast tunnel networks that run like highways across the various continents. The Dwarves are ..→
Kathar
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Pronunciation | Ka-thaar |
Classification | Nelfin |
Subraces | Interchangeable Cults |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Pannarokh (Katharic) |
Naming Customs | See Language section |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | A Race hellbent on unlocking the next stage of evolution by any means necessary, with any ally gained or any enemy crushed. |
Maximum Age | 500 Years |
Eye Colors | Extremely Varied |
Hair Colors | Extremely Varied |
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The Kathar are a relative new Race, having only existed for roughly 300 years since the fall of the Allorn Empire and the last Void Invasion. What once was a cult of magical debauchery, eventually converted into a full-blown Race that would ..→
Fin'ullen
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Pronunciation | Feen-oo-len |
Classification | Magus |
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Languages | Altalar and in some rare cases Allorn. |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | Rough, passionate and militaristic nautical Elves. |
Maximum Age | 500 |
Height | Average to tall |
Eye Colors | Any shade of blue or green. Heterochromia is common. |
Hair Colors | Always black, though shades such as Raven Black or Midnight Black is possible. |
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Allar
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Pronunciation | All-lar |
Classification | Gorr |
Subraces | Many |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Pidato |
Naming Customs | Indonesian, not including Muslim/Arab names |
Racial Traits | |
Maximum Age | 200 years |
Eye Colors | Slitted pupil (some also round) with a yellow/orange/blue/green iris and white or dark-gray sclera |
Originating from the mysterious jungles of Sendrass, the Allar are a diverse and varied Race of reptilian humanoids known for their societal flexibility and scientific capacity, and their ..→
Urlan
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Isldar
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Nation State | Life and Death Isldar States |
Ruler | Tower Councils |
Other Present | Varied |
Languages | Altalar |
Religion | Varied |
First Recorded | 100 BC |
Demonym(s) | Isldar |
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Maquixtl
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Nation State | Tlan Iuitletl (Chantli only) |
Ruler | Emperor Suel (Chantli only) |
Other Present | Sovereign |
Languages | Nātl, Altalar |
Religion | Estelley, Dragon Worship |
First Recorded | 50 BC |
Demonym(s) | Maquixtl |
The Maquixtl (pronounced Ma-kwee-still, sometimes called Maquis by the Ailor) are a Race of Elves that used the power of science to rid themselves of their Magic addiction and decadence during the fall of the Allorn Empire, but then split on their attitudes on how to transform society afterwards. They are an incredibly versatile Elven Race that uses Life Magic and ..→
Bralona
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Nation State | N/A |
Ruler | N/A |
Other Present | N/A |
Languages | Brix, Common |
Religion | Varies |
First Recorded | 310 AC |
Demonym(s) | Bralonic |
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Teledden
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Pronunciation | Teled-enn |
Classification | Magus |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Altalar. |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | Careful, charismatic and wise high Elves. |
Maximum Age | 500 |
Height | Tall |
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Suvial
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Pronunciation | Soo-vee-al |
Classification | Magus |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Agasi and in some rare cases Altalar. |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | Contemplative, Spiritual, Demon taming Fire-Elves. |
Maximum Age | 500 (though functionally undying) |
Height | Average to tall |
Eye Colors | Any shade of brown and rarely green. |
Hair Colors | Any shade of dark Brown, Black, and Reddish Brown. |
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Solvaan
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Pronunciation | Sol-vaan |
Classification | Magus |
Common Nicknames |
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Languages | Altalar |
Racial Traits | |
Distinctions | Disciplined and military vanguard Elves of the Ailor Regalian Empire |
Maximum Age | 500 |
Height | Tall |
The Solvaan, sometimes also called ..→
Narim
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Nation State | Regalian Empire |
Ruler | Emperor Alexander I |
Other Present | Integrated People |
Languages | Common, Other |
Religion | Unionism |
First Recorded | 10,000 BC |
Demonym(s) | Narim |
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Mystech
- Mystech is an in-lore term that describes an artificial life form that is self-aware and has some form of consciousness, though not approaching the complexity of the souls of the living mortals of ..→
Lanlath
Lanlath | |
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Nation State | Lathan Empire |
Ruler | Varied Princes and Princesses |
Other Present | None |
Languages | Altalar |
Religion | Estelley |
First Recorded | 15,000 BC |
Demonym(s) | Lanlath |
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