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 |  Subject: Races Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:33 pm | |
| | Elves: | | |
Possibly the oldest race in Elmesia, the Elven Race has some of the most intricate history in the whole land. Because they've been around since the very creation, (or damn near) of Elmesia, many Elven Families have very high standing in the Countries politics.
Zyean
A relatively new cross breed between a High Elf and a Forest Elf. Caryn, the first known Zyean Elf lived in the era of the Old Kingdom before its fall in the civil war 150 years prior.Since then the kingdom has enjoyed a time of peace under the Felesian rule.
Cael’Vanna
One of the oldest subspecies of elves, the Forest elf or Cael’Vanna live deep within the forests. Known mostly for their talent with a bow, dagger and sword they are the warriors of the species.
Ama-vain
The High Elf, Ama-vain are most noted by their strength of will. Considered unchallenged in the arts of magic, Ama-vain are some of the top sorcerers in the realm.
Fir-lon
The Dark Elf, specialized in the art of combat, these elves are remarkably talented in the use of double blades or anything that consists of a sharp edge. |
Shape-Shifters
A relatively young race in Elmesia, Shape-Shifters have the power to turn into 3 types of animals. Typically the forms always include a type of flying, defense and speed attack type of animal.
| Were-Animals: | | |
There are two types of Were-Animals, the Arcadians (born as a human and able to turn into animal form at puberty) and the Katagaria who are born the polar opposite (born as animals and at puberty can take the shape of a human) All Were's can be just about any kind of animal.
This race is based off of the fictional people in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series and by no means belong to any person on this site!
The beginning
Lycaon, King of Arcadia, had a beautiful wife and two sons. Not knowing his wife was of the Apollite people (cursed by Apollo), he watched helplessly as she died horribly at the age of twenty-seven. Realizing his sons would meet the same fate, he attempted to circumvent the curse. Gathering as many Apollites as he could find, he began using arcane magic to change the people, trying to find a way to fool the gods.
Using these magicks, King Lycaon began splicing the essence of the Apollites with that of predatory animals, creating the first Were-Hunters. His experiments succeeded in circumventing the curse. Instead of living only twenty-seven years, they now lived for close to a thousand. Choosing the most powerful of the animals on which he had experimented, King Lycaon blended his sons with a dragon and a wolf.
For defying the will of a god, the Fates demanded that Lycaon kill his sons as punishment. When he refused, the Fates cursed the new race saying, "They will spend eternity hating and fighting until the day when the last of them breathes no more."
Whenever Lycaon blended an Apollite with an animal, he ended up with two new separate beings: one with an animal's heart and one with a human's. Thus the Katagaria and the Arcadians came to be.
Those directly descended from King Lycaon took the surname of Kattalakis.
Katagaria
The Katagaria are the animal-hearted Weres. Born as an animal, they can only become human at puberty when their magical powers are "unlocked." The Katagaria are very mistrustful of the Arcadians, because they believe humans are often deceptive. Katagaria follow the law of kill or be killed, preferring to attack when they feel threatened as opposed to waiting to be attacked themselves. The Katagaria only kill to defend themselves, their pack, or their territory.
The Katagarian Strati are a sort of soldier that seek out Rogue Arcadians, but will not engage an enemy unprovoked. On the other hand, there are some Katagaria who are unable to reign in the hedonistic impulses of their animal soul and succumb to maddness. These Katagaria are referred to as Slayers.
It is a common Katagarian tradition to mount their first kill on the wall of their home. It is also polite to refer to the Katagaria by their animal selves, though referring to them by the term Were is extremely insulting.
Arcadians
The Arcadians are the human-hearted Weres, born as humans and can only become animals and harness their magical powers at puberty. The Arcadians feel that the Katagaria need to be closely monitored and controlled as to prevent them from being emotionless animals capable of killing without reason.
Arcadian soldiers, Sentinals, usually travel in groups of four, and make it their main duty to track and kill Slayers. Only a few Sentinals are born to each patria and they are chosen by the Fates. Sentinals can be recognized by a geometric design covering one side of their face. The design is a birthmark that appears at maturity, though most prefer to use their powers to hide them.
Mating
Mating is a serious affair in the Were-world. Mating is not just sex: it is the discovery of a soul mate. That soul mate is one chosen by the fates. As many animals mate for life, the prospect of finding a soul mate for most Weres is as natural as breathing.Once the soul mates have discovered each other, beautiful Greek scroll-markings burn themselves into the palms of the male and female after they have sex. The markings mirror each other exactly, showing parental lineage and the ancient cipher can only be read by another Were. It looks a bit like a delicately detailed henna tattoo.
While they bear the mark, the couple must be careful as each will carry the scent of his or her mate. This complication has put a Were in mortal danger more than once. Once an enemy has pegged a Were, that Were will be tracked by his/her scent. A Were’s scent is the one thing he cannot change or hide with magic.
Once the mating marks appear, the couple has three weeks in which to consummate the mating - an act over which the female has total control. She is the one who must decide whether to take her partner into her body and accept him as a mate.
This is a tribute to the first law of Weres:”Nothing a woman gives is worth having unless she gives it of her own free will.”
If for any reason she does not, and the couple does not consummate their relationship within the allotted weeks, the Fates have declared that they must live out the rest of their very long lives without another mate.
Such solitary damnation has less of a biological impact on the female of the species. She is still able to copulate with whomever she pleases-she just won’t ever be able to have any children.Those are only the Fates’ laws, however. The clan laws are not so benevolent. They are strict about who and what they will allow into their patria, Fates be damned. In certain Arcadian groups, punishment for a female mating with a despised Katagria male is that she be “given” to the unmated men of the clan. Few women survive such a punishment.
The male of the species must face if he decides to reject his chosen soul mate is just as cruel. He is rendered not only sterile, but also unable to perform the sexual act with any other woman, ever again, so long as his rejected mate lives.
To make it worse, it’s not something the couple can just change their minds later. The couple must make the decision within the allotted time, and they must make the right one. It’s forever. Their future depends on it.
Now, once mated, there are two classification of how strong the bond between each couple could possibly be: claimed mates and bonded mates.
Each couple is given the chance to decide whether or not to claim each other. Like almost every other decision in a Were’s life, the decision to bond or not to bond is once again eternal and irreversible.
In order to bond, during the consummation of their love the couple must clasp their mating-marked hands together. Then, each must recite the words of the Bonding Spell:
"I accept you as you are, and I will always hold you close in my heart. I will walk beside you forever."
Directly after the bonding spell, the Weres succumb to the thirio-their passionate animal instinct. They give in to their wild side, and their canine teeth elongate.
At this time, the couple can officially bond with each other by mutually sinking their teeth into each other, drinking their partner’s blood, and combining their life forces.
Just as it is the female’s choice to claim her mate, bonding is also totally within the female partner’s control. It’s easier to resist the thirio than resisting a soul mate.
The act of choosing to not claim her mate is more common practice among the indecisive female Arcadian Weres. Very few Katagaria females refuse their mates. To them, claiming your mate is simply accepted as the way things should be.
Once formally bonded, if one of the Were couple should die, the other will die as well. The only exception to this is if the female Were is with child. If a Were is pregnant when her mate dies (or is killed), she will outlive her partner only long enough to give birth to her litter. If the couple is not bonded, then when one mate dies, the other is free to mate again. |
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