Elves
The purest beings of Zirconya. Usually tall, slender and elegant. They were the first inhabintants and continue to retain their place as largest specie of man in Zirconya. There are many different races of elf. (dark elves, wood elves, high elves, rehn elves, etc)
Vacinians
Cross breeds of humans and elves. Very noble and brave beings.
Faeries
The small flying beings born of pure magic. Some are sweet, others are mischevious but the specie is generally trouble enough that others avoid it. (See Nahtaia)
*Step into a faery ring, deaf to beats of faery wing. No way out and none to call, then charmed to death until you fall.*
*Step into a faery ring, deaf to beats of faery wing. No way out and none to call, then charmed to death until you fall.*
Dwarves
Short in stature. Usually very homey, but not always the case. They reside in the hills and forests. Some are allied with the light; some with the dark.
Dragons
The giant flying reptiles. Most are good but there are the evil and dangerous ones as well. They typically reside on Dragon Island, to the far east of Zirconya. Those that are seen being ridden by warriors are typically the dragons that chose that fate. They hold strong to their allies and will fight to the death for them.
Aquinians
Though "Aquinian" typically stands for the Elven mermaids, the water elves - like Caelum, the Sage of Aluh'Nehn - are also referred to as Aquinians. The mermaids reside in Aquinia, an underwater city off the coast of the Elven woods and Water Willow. Living so close to the elves, they share the kind and gentle traits. There are those who pull with the evil tide, though.
Water Nymphs
When the Sage of Aluh'Nehn rests beside a bank or a pond, a water nymph takes up residence in that body of water and protects the vicinity. Waters with a living nymph are deemed blessed. You know there is a nymph if, when you dip your finger into the water, the ripples move from the outside, in. There can be a single nymph or many in one place.
Orna Trees
Orna trees, unlike dryads, can walk but cannot speak the language of man. They are usually gnarled and frightening. They are immense in size and have existed longer than dryads, walking Zirconya from the beginning of time. If one would listen closely enough, Orna trees can be heard groaning "in song." Some believe they've gone exinct but most do not know they can be heard in the Rehn Forest.
Dryads
Dryads are living trees; tree nymphs bound to their trees. If the tree is cut, the nymph will wither and die with it.
Their roots dig deep into the earth of Zirconya. Because they are fused with the planet, they feel everything the planet feels. They do not sense the passing of time as one would think, being bound to one place for all time.
Dryads live in clusters, usually in a circle around the "fount" or, "mother root." The fount is the first dryad in a cluster and the only one that can actually speak. The surrounding trees can speak through her as well.
Dryads cannot walk or move their limbs like Orna trees but they can turn their heads.
Their roots dig deep into the earth of Zirconya. Because they are fused with the planet, they feel everything the planet feels. They do not sense the passing of time as one would think, being bound to one place for all time.
Dryads live in clusters, usually in a circle around the "fount" or, "mother root." The fount is the first dryad in a cluster and the only one that can actually speak. The surrounding trees can speak through her as well.
Dryads cannot walk or move their limbs like Orna trees but they can turn their heads.
