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Races of Szeretem
Human
Humans,
once a proud race of Szeretem tore the land trying to claim it with all
the other races. King Garon, hated the other races of Szeretem thinking
they dirtied the beautiful land. When choas spilled over Szeretem he took
it as an opportunity to stretch his kingdom further. He did not heed his
priest's warning from the gods. That their war will tear apart the land.
He pushed his great armies across Szeretem bleeding the land of its treasures
and its people. Kingdom after kingdom fell under Garon's banner. When he
came to the sea, he knew he'd be no match for sirens or the sea elves. Knowing
their age old war between them, he pitted them against each other. He gave
them his arcane science. As Szeretem crumbled in Garon's hand the goddess
of the light cursed humanity to embrace its demons. The evil in mens hearts
drove them mad killing one another and their families. After the cataclyism,
only one kingdom of actual humans remain, The fueding kingdom of Garos.
Having learned nothing from the gods warnings they still seek to reverse
the curse upon them and reclaim the rest of Szeretem once more.
Sire-Alu-Tel'Quessir - Sire Elves
In
the days long before remembrance of the surface races. There where two undersea
peoples that honored the goddess of the sea. Both fair and just peoples. However
both varied on key points of religious doctrine. Over time this led to a great
and terrible war between the two races. The first of the two races was the lovely
and very sensual Sirens and the Haughty Sea Elves. Both had their own special
gifts. The sea elves glided effortlessly through the water. The Siren’s possessed
the gift of song and seduction as well as a natural sense of echo location like
dolphins as well as the ability to shape shift into dolphin form to avoid detection.
Thus armed the two races fought each other viciously for almost 300 years. With
the coming of arcane science, given to them by the King Garon, came new more
devastating weapons of war. Arcane siege weapons including the Sea Elf’s infamous
shark submarines, became siege weapons capable of leveling cities on a scale
comparable to ancient sea dragons and these large naval vessels didn’t need
to eat or sleep. Only occasionally replacing the arcane crystals at the heart
of the ships which allowed their arcane machinery to work. It would soon become
clear to the Sea goddess with the creation of these weapons. It would not be
long before both races of her children soon wiped each other from the face of
creation. Since the beginning of the war the goddess sought a way to bring about
a lasting unity between the races. Finally she found one as two streams merge
together to form a mighty river so too would her children merge to form a new
race a stronger race a pure race. The goddess then spoke of her intentions to
her high priest among the Sirens. In the capitol city of the Siren nation, the
city as it was about to fall prepared to activate a devastating new weapon,
an Entropic sphere. However it was at this moment that Dalmacia the High priest
began the sea goddess’s ritual, huge tidal currents came to the priest’s call
as the goddess’s power surged through every one of the elves and siren present
merging them into one race. When they awoke hours later they found they where
no longer enemies but brothers and sisters. Whole and complete. Thus the dominant
race of the sea was born. They also no longer remembered arcane science.
Calling themselves Sire-Elves these beings are very long lived. They are graceful powerfully lean creatures. Males tend to be lean and powerfully built both sexes enjoy a highly condensed musculature when on the surface the first thing humans would note is how fast they move. As they move as normally as a human does on land underwater. On land these elves are incredibly fast. However the longer the elf remains on land his body will begin to adjust his muscles becoming out of shape and thus when he or she returns to water they will find themselves hindered. Just as a human would. Males while graceful and lean are normally well muscled fat Sire elves are unheard of. Females of the race are sultry and beautiful to behold their bodies are well muscled and smooth but also well curved the song of a Sire elf maid has been known to drive surface and even aquatic males insane with desire. Thus it is rare one will travel without armed escort especially noble women.
Sire elves are natural Amphibians able to breath air as well as from
gills located on their sides. These gills are very sensitive to the touch
and are generally left bare in most Sire elf clothing. Touching the gills
is considered to be a very personal gesture.
Kentauro(Centaurs)
When
the land of Szeretem was whole no greater strength was found than in the
hearts of the Kentauro. Their elegance and grace across the plains was unmatched.
They lived in peace for many years spanning the land of the plains. There
were five tribes that spanned across the plains and forest and soon growing
lax and desired for battle they squabbled between their lands and fought
with the humans who ventured to hunt in their lands. Then the armies of
Garon came and asked them to surrender their land. The proud Kentauro were
insulted by the pitiful humans and challenged them to battle. The Kentauro
are fierce fighters but they were no match for the arcane siege that awaited
them. The ground was red with blood, The tribes were quickly wiped out.
With their numbers small the broken leader Cernas approached Garon and offered
him their land in exchange for peace to live out in their forest. Garon
ruefully and without honor slew him where he stood. Putting his head on
a pike as a reminder of his superiority. They slaughtered the Kentauro,
the few left fled into the forest and hid deep within. They now seek to
replenish their numbers and reclaim the plains.
Dragons & half-Dragons
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Deities of Szeretem
Goddess of the light - Sa`agrael
Appears in the form of a swan, or a beautiful blonde woman in white, and cystals that adorn her body.God of the dark - Ba`athael
Appears as a black wolf, or as a man in black.Goddess of the sea - Ta`naera
Appears as a white dolphin, or as a mermaid.God of the earth - Ca`nunis
Appears as a handsome male buck with golden antlers or as a man in green.