Tom
Istar
Hey, I just wanted to tell someone about the races in my WIP so I figured I'd see what you guys think of them.
The first race is the Ulinjad. They're about 7 feet tall, muscular, with red-brown skin, black hair, and yellow eyes with slit pupils. They naturally have long horns, but when they're born their horns are removed with an acid because they're considered unattractive. They live about as long as humans.
There's the Balsgor next. They're sort of a humanoid species of dragon--they have wings, but are usually flightless. They have smooth, leathery skin instead of scales, small rounded horns, tails, and small fangs. They're considerably beautiful (besides the horns and fangs) because they have fine, glossy black hair, large eyes, and delicate oval faces. Most stand a little shorter than 6 feet and live about 150 years.
Then I have the Mreke. They're my selkie race (I love selkies). They stand at roughly 4 feet, are slightly built, and have sleek black hair, ice-blue eyes, and white skin. Like selkies, they shapeshift into seals, but they don't need seal-skins to do so. They live about 100 years.
I also have dwarves and elves, but please don't come after me with battleaxes.
The elves have split off into three major groups: the northern elves, the southern elves, and the marsh elves. The northerners are taller (around 6.5 feet) and stronger than the other two groups and have a tendency toward the redhead gene combination. The southerners are olive-skinned, usually dark haired and gray-eyed. The marsh elves can't really be called elves anymore because they've mingled with the other races. They're usually shorter than the other elves (5 feet) and slighter built. All elves live about 500 years (immortality is so cliche!).
My dwarves stay true to their roots in Norse mythology as far as appearance goes, but I've made them taller than usual, about 5 feet, slimmer, and longer in the legs. They have true black eyes, with no distinction between iris and pupil, and are usually pale-skinned and have blond or light brown hair. They live around 250 years.
I've also tweaked humans a bit. My humans live roughly 100 years, and when they first made contact with the elves, the elves were scared of them because they have rather large canine teeth. They're also strongly tied to the earth element, so I don't think you'll find any humans trashing nature in my storyworld.
So, what do you think? (This is a really long post!)
The first race is the Ulinjad. They're about 7 feet tall, muscular, with red-brown skin, black hair, and yellow eyes with slit pupils. They naturally have long horns, but when they're born their horns are removed with an acid because they're considered unattractive. They live about as long as humans.
There's the Balsgor next. They're sort of a humanoid species of dragon--they have wings, but are usually flightless. They have smooth, leathery skin instead of scales, small rounded horns, tails, and small fangs. They're considerably beautiful (besides the horns and fangs) because they have fine, glossy black hair, large eyes, and delicate oval faces. Most stand a little shorter than 6 feet and live about 150 years.
Then I have the Mreke. They're my selkie race (I love selkies). They stand at roughly 4 feet, are slightly built, and have sleek black hair, ice-blue eyes, and white skin. Like selkies, they shapeshift into seals, but they don't need seal-skins to do so. They live about 100 years.
I also have dwarves and elves, but please don't come after me with battleaxes.
The elves have split off into three major groups: the northern elves, the southern elves, and the marsh elves. The northerners are taller (around 6.5 feet) and stronger than the other two groups and have a tendency toward the redhead gene combination. The southerners are olive-skinned, usually dark haired and gray-eyed. The marsh elves can't really be called elves anymore because they've mingled with the other races. They're usually shorter than the other elves (5 feet) and slighter built. All elves live about 500 years (immortality is so cliche!).
My dwarves stay true to their roots in Norse mythology as far as appearance goes, but I've made them taller than usual, about 5 feet, slimmer, and longer in the legs. They have true black eyes, with no distinction between iris and pupil, and are usually pale-skinned and have blond or light brown hair. They live around 250 years.
I've also tweaked humans a bit. My humans live roughly 100 years, and when they first made contact with the elves, the elves were scared of them because they have rather large canine teeth. They're also strongly tied to the earth element, so I don't think you'll find any humans trashing nature in my storyworld.
So, what do you think? (This is a really long post!)