Races(story background)

There are eight major races created by the All-Father. They are listed here with a brief description of their traits:

1). Elves- the aristocrats of the world. They value gracefulness, beauty, order, tradition, style

2). Orcs-the "common man" of the world. They value practicalness, usefulness, effectiveness.

3). Dwarves-the craftsmen of the world. They value family, and work.

4). Giants-the "loners" of the world. They value independance, self-sufficiency and ease

5). Gnomes-the playful guardians of knowledge for the world. They value knowledge, magic, fun, people. They are outgoing and seek knowledge to better others

6). Herminks-the serious guardians of knowledge for the world. They value knowledge, magic, reflection and study. They are introverted and seek knowledge for knowledge sake.

7). Halflings-the peacemakers of the world. They value harmony, peace,conformity.

8). Quees-the questioners of the world. They value non-conformity, questioning the status quo, individualism.

There are many minor races created by the All-Father. Two have seats at the Council, listed as "others." They are animalkins, and humans. Animalkins is actually a large category comprised of many sub-races, like Muck-rakers and Drakonfluers. Humans were a single race at the creation, but over history, they too develop sub-races, although not as diverse as the animalkins.

There is one other group that can't accurately be classified as a race. They are the group created by the All-Father to be His personal servants, the Alenge. They do not reproduce. The All-Father created a large number of the Alenge at the time of creation, and often creates new members as He sees fit.