Races of Illia

The Races and Civilizations once properous before the Necromatic Event have mostly fallen, many formerly rare races coming to the forfront of the population, and new ones growing within the ranks of the living dead themselves. These are all the playable races and their current situations.

Most Populous Races
Humans, Orcs, and Half-Orcs Humans have survived due to the same traits they prospered with before the fall. Adaptabilityand the will to grow, Humans are in control of at least half of the living settlements. Orcs and Half-Orcsshare this pool, their populations surviving through the harsh environment and shaping the new society.Due to the requirements to work with the rest of the living, while Orcs have kept many warlike andfeirce traditions, their relations with other races and general moral structure has changed drastically.These changes have put Half-Orcs in a partial section of the best of both worlds, where in the old worldthey belonged to none in the new they belong to all.

Populous Races
Halflings, Dhampirs, Aasimars, Teiflings Halflings have managed to slip by rather unnoticed in the new world, fitting in with Human and Orc communitieswith the natural ease they have always shown. A handful of Halfling communities have sprung up, but moststill cling to the stable larger communities for safety. Due to the leftover Divine and Profane energiesthroughout Illia, Aasimars and Teiflings have both become much more common. However they are shunned even more soby society than they were before. Many are taken in by the Church or the various Cabals of Mages toprotect them, and the world from them. Finally Dhampirs have become incredibly populous in part to theconstant contact with undeath, and of course trists with vampires. After centuries of rising populationsa Dhampir being born is no longer seen as a curse, but rather an extra protection against the dead world,and adapting to the new environment. ==Uncommon Races== Gnomes, Half-elves Gnomes have not faired well in the new world. Their investigative nature has been the death of manya too curious gnome. Nevertheless their population has stayed stable, where the Half-Elves has slowly dwindled away.Due to the fact that Elves themselves are secluded to their forest, there are of course less Half-Elves being born,and Half-Elves themselves only sometimes birth members of their race. Seen as a curiosity and with pity, half-elveshave gotten the short end of the stick. ==Rare Races== Dwarves, Elves, and the rest When the Heroes of old failed their mission the Dwarves receded into their holds, caveing in the entrancesand never returning. To this day, the entire race has fallen into obscurity and legend, on the mainland at least.The Elves meanwhile fought tooth and nail to protect their homes, now the last of the elvesremain in Ghostwood Forest, waiting for the last Necromantic Lords to attack in full force. Other races eitherwere small to begin with, have diminished from the carnage, or are simply in hiding.