Post your fantasy race/cultures, Share your ideas Options

[IIomenII]

Thought it would be fun and help stimulate ideas if people share ideas they had on fantasy races and cultures.

This could be a template for those who wish to use it.

Name of people:
Physical appearances:
Environment they live in:
Religion:
Additional info:

Thought I'd get the ball rolling with two races I have in my game ( that seems like I will never finish lol )

Name: wartscale clan goblins

Appearances: typical red and green goblins with ugly facial features and short in size. Wield small blades and axes and are know for their fearless battle charge into battles.

Environment: mountainous regions of Rath

Religion: they worship dragons

Additional info: their leader is Granny Wartscale, a very old but lively goblin woman who founded the clan. She raised a dragon from birth which believes her to be it's mother. The dragon is a type known as a broodmother which is born pregnant and gives birth to many offspring through out it's life. These offspring too are very protective of granny wartscale and have turned this tribe of goblins into a deadly force.


Name: The Shivan

Appearances: could pass off as human in a crowd. They have bright yellow snake eyes and patches of their human like flesh are scaly. They have no hair on their body and snake like tongues .

Environment: live in jungle like villages that are always near water.
Religion: they worship a six armed serpent goddess who wields magic weapons in each arm who vanished ages ago with promises of returning.
Additional info: the leaders of the shivan each hold one of the six weapons of the goddess. The shivans are said to be able to paralyze and even hypnotize those who stare deep into their eyes.

~Merged double post, please wait 72 hours before posting twice in a row.
-Harryb412

This post has been edited by Harryb412: Jan 3 2011, 11:09 AM

[elliott20]

without proper context, it's kind of hard for me to brainstorm something really interesting. I kind of need to know what kind of environment I'm working with here.

Here's a quick one
Name of people: The nation of Luces Mundas
Physical appearances: Resembles most ethnic humans who have created a culture in desert areas. Luces Mundas can sometimes seem like a cross between Caucasian features mixed in with Arab traits.
Environment they live in: In the desert area of The Probatius, huddling around various oasis and connecting rivers.
Religion: It's namesake, the Luces Mundas, "Light of the World"
Additional info:
The people of Luces Mundas are a proud, stubborn, and incredibly resilient people. Their early ancestry was drawn mostly from various tribes driven from their more fertile lands onto the desert. Unfortunately, various tribes traditions did not survive assimilation, as much of their ways were lost during the unification wars. The harsh environment plus relentless predators that dwell within the sands have made the people of the Luces Mundas incredibly fatalistic and they often see life less as a thing to be celebrated and more of a test of rights for the afterlife. To the Luces Mundas, the afterlife offer it's rewards to those who face tribulation and does not cower. This has produced an incredibly hardy people.
Within the Luces Mundas religion, one of the most important elements is the ying-yang like symbolism of water and fire. It is believed that the prophet of the Luces Mundas was able to create water from flowing sand, and turn barren soil into teeming oases. Conversely, he also smites his enemies through the use of the cleansing flame. And often, relationships can be described using terms that describe temperature and water. To share a cup of water with another is a display of great trust and friendship.