They are the most adaptable race. They almost can be found anywhere in Krynn. The Humans vary more than any other race in skin color, hair color, and even size. Typically they live no more than 100 years. Human societies are more diversified than any other races. Where the longer-lived races wait patiently and take a long range view of the worlds, The Humans tend to muster their efforts for immediate gain. The Humans were created during the Age of Starbirth by Gilean, the god of neutrality. During the Age of Dreams, one human named Vinas Solamnus formed a knighhood, known as The Knight of Solamnia. The Knights later became the most powerful force in Ansalon. But Humans later in the end of Age of Might cause a huge disaster in Krynn. One human, The Kingpriest of Istar, demanded that he should become a god, after all the efforts he made. The gods became angry and they destroyed Istar by throwing a huge mountain. This event is known as Cataclysm. In the end of Age of Darkness, the gods of Krynn, including the three gods of magic, was forced to leave Krynn, thus the magic vanished. The following years, in the Age of Mortal, Humans became the inventor of new magic, called Mysticism. Elves Slimmer and slightly shorter than humans, elves live to be up to 1200 years old. There are five subraces of elves, Silvanesti, Qualinesti, Kagonesti, Dargonesti and Dimernesti. The Silvanesti and Kagonesti are the oldest. The Elves were created by Paladine. In the Age of Dreams, they defeated the evil Dragons, and took the forest Dragons left as their home. In this area they formed a new kingdom called Silvanesti, under the rule of the first Speaker of The Stars, Silvanos. But some Elves decided to remain "wild", and followed their leader, Kagonos. They are known as Kagonesti. After the Kinslayer war, Silvanesti split into 2 factions, the older Silvanesti remaining in the forest named after them and the newer elves led by Kith Kanan moving west to the forest of Qualinesti. The new kingdom of Qualinesti is rule by the Speaker of the Sun. Kith Kanan became the first speaker. The Dimernesti and Dargonesti are Sea Elves, products of the Graygem. With the exception of the obvious, the Dargonesti resemble the Silvanesti in lifestyle and rule by Speaker of the Moon. The other Sea Elves, the Dimernesti are more like the Qualinesti and rule by Speaker of the Sea. Dwarves Stouter and shorter than either humans or elves, the dwarves are known for their great beards and their craftsmanship. They live to be about 250 years old. There are two races of dwarves on Krynn. Hill dwarves and mountain dwarves. Their names reflect where they live: hill dwarves live on the hills outside of the underground kingdom of Thorbardin, while mountain dwarves live inside the mountain fortress, Thorbardin. The two races are mortal enemies, on account of a dispute that dates back to the Dwarfgate wars, when the mountain dwarves refused admittance to the hill dwarves (who then tried to fight their way in). There is a third race of dwarves, known as Gully dwarves, who generally are not recognized by their short bretheren. They are amazingly tough as far as bruising goes (they can land on their head and get up a second later with no damage), but aren't very smart. They have trouble paying attention to anything for more than 30 seconds, generally cannot count beyond 2, and grovel and beg when confronted with any sort of adversity. Kenders The Kenders are small people characterized by an absolute lack of fear, and an insatiable curiosity. They posess a number of "unique qualities", such as the "handling" ability. Basically, kender are unwitting thieves (though they get incredibly offended if someone call them that). They were created by Graygem by corrupting Elves or perhaps Gnome. The preferred weapon of Kenders is Hoopak, part staff-sling, part metal-shod staff, which only they can use. Gnomes Basically the same in appearance as dwarves, gnomes talk very fast (sothattheirsentencesstarttolooklikethis), and, in fact, can talk and listen at the same time. Gnomes are given names which describe everything which every previous member of their family has done (thus, never ask a gnome what his full name is). At birth, each gnome is given a life quest, which they spend their whole life trying to accomplish. This usually doesn't work very well, because no invention a gnome might make will ever work. Besides, if a gnome's inventions do work, he is generally considered insane by the remainder of the gnome community. Gnomes live in Mount Nevermind, on the isle of Sancrist. Ogres/Irdas The Ogres are the race that were created by Takhisis. Originally they were very beautiful, intelligent and powerful. One thing that Ogres lacked is compassion. In the beginning of Age of Dreams, one Ogre, Igraine, learned compassion from their human slaves. The other Ogres didn't like this, and they called Igraine as an insane heretic and ordered his death. Igraine fled and he and his follower became Irdas. The rest of the Ogres became ugly and cruel, they lost their glory after a huge humans rebellion. On an island between Ansalon and The Dragon Isles the Irda hid. Some would occasionally sojourn across Krynn but for the most part they lived quietly out of the way. The Irdas became a solitary race, even to the point of becoming isolationalist amongst their own kind. Many years did pass as The Irdas watched the world. They were left alone until the Knights of Takhisis discovered their Island. The Irdas knew that their solitude was at an end, and thus did they use the magical power of an artifact they had captured to keep it from the people of the world who were endangered by it: The Graygem of Gargath. Cracking open the Gem to use its magic to save the Irda, they released a malevolent being, Chaos. He destroyed entirely the Isle of the Irda. No known surviving Irda are known, but it was common for them to leave the isle for a time so perhaps not all were killed. Minotaurs Minotaurs are huge, well over 7 feet tall, and quite broad and muscular. They have the head of a bull but the body of a human. Their fur is brown to black while their body coloring varies as would a normal human's. Clothing is minimal, usually a loin cloth or skirt. They are from the Blood Island of Krynn, Mithas and Kothas. They typically lives as sailors. They are intelligent and dangerous opponents. The Minotaurs worship Sargonnas, the consort of Takhisis. They were also created by Graygem.