Damsel & Dragons Races - Part Three
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jeriendhalPossible other races, which I might use if I can find a reasonably amusing place for them:
Beast-Kin: Mage-created chimeras, with both human and animal traits, designed to serve as slaves for human wizards. At the command of the High King however, the Beast-Kin were recently freed, and have wasted no time in joining en masse the International Union of Overlord Support Personnel (IUSOSP) aka "The Minion Union." While most of them still work for their former masters, the ability to wave a union card in their boss's face has made personnel dynamics... fascinating.
Orcs: Orcs are, to put it simply, green, smelly, ugly, warty, scabrous...
...and quite possibly the finest scholars on the planet. This is rarely noticed, since most folk can't get past the green, smelly, ugly bits, but Orcs have a rich oral and written tradition dating back thousands of years. Even the roughest Orc clan's cave is filled with voluminous tomes examining the rich diversity of life across the continents, and observations of the movements of the stars and planets in the sky. Orcish children spend half their life sitting in front of skalds and scientists, learning the history of the natural and political worlds, and the rich culture of their people.
Oh, and they also don't bath much, believe maggots add 'flavor' to their food, have a propensity towards wearing spiky leather armour, and consider clubbing someone across the skull with a spiked mace a friendly greeting, but everybody has their quirks.
Beast-Kin: Mage-created chimeras, with both human and animal traits, designed to serve as slaves for human wizards. At the command of the High King however, the Beast-Kin were recently freed, and have wasted no time in joining en masse the International Union of Overlord Support Personnel (IUSOSP) aka "The Minion Union." While most of them still work for their former masters, the ability to wave a union card in their boss's face has made personnel dynamics... fascinating.
Orcs: Orcs are, to put it simply, green, smelly, ugly, warty, scabrous...
...and quite possibly the finest scholars on the planet. This is rarely noticed, since most folk can't get past the green, smelly, ugly bits, but Orcs have a rich oral and written tradition dating back thousands of years. Even the roughest Orc clan's cave is filled with voluminous tomes examining the rich diversity of life across the continents, and observations of the movements of the stars and planets in the sky. Orcish children spend half their life sitting in front of skalds and scientists, learning the history of the natural and political worlds, and the rich culture of their people.
Oh, and they also don't bath much, believe maggots add 'flavor' to their food, have a propensity towards wearing spiky leather armour, and consider clubbing someone across the skull with a spiked mace a friendly greeting, but everybody has their quirks.
