Celestial Akhoata All female assigned species, like nymphs or muses, with inherent celestial or popular energies. Akka Akhoata who form magical clans. * Life...
Elemental Spirit Folk Fey beings from legends and stories with inherent elemental powers. Alisngaw Small folk of the tropical zones who come out during the wet s...
Fey Spirits Beings based on legends, stories, myths, fairytales, or folklore who use fey magicks. Abarimon: spirits that appear to be 4' tall people with their f...
Unaligned Faithful Those who wield unaligned magic via faith. Boccaforte Type: Preacher Boccaforti are preachers who serve the Travelers' Friend, an unaligned d...
Celestial Akhoata Female assigned species with celestial energy. Akka Akhoata who form magical clans. * Lifespan : 300 years * Diet: Common mortal fare ...
Spirit Folk Beings of legend and lore. Small Folk Fey folk under 6'. Barhana Spirit folk connected to their islands. * Alignment: Fey * Lifespan: 1,000 ...
Adanvdo The adanvdo are the spirit folk of western Palhur. note: split further into regions (southeastern, gulf coast, northern, great plains, western deserts, n...
Religions for the aetherial Divines are nature religions, usually but not always tied to pre class societies. Some have been co opted by states to control maj...
Akh Spirit folk who protect the gates of death. People of the Beyond, based on Egyptian mythology. Basics * Taxonomic Order: TheFolk * Alignment: Aeth...
People of the Beyond, based on Egyptian mythology. Ahks ("spirits") are nations who come from the Beyond (some have settled on Shem, mostly in remote locations) a...
All Spells These are the spells devised by wizard s the world over. Power levels are the amount of skill and mana required to use them. Power Levels: Beginner,...
Species Aos Si (also Daoine Sidhe or Sith, Sidhe, Sith, Aes Sidhe, the Good Neighbors, the Fair Folk, the Folk, Good Folk, People of Peace, Sleagh Maith, or the G...
Arnum Arnum is the energy of pain and punishment. Arnum The energy of pain. Primary wielders are ponomancer s, torturers who can scry by cutting the face...
The asduidah are spirit folk of western Palhur, called the invisible people by those mortals who know them. "Asduidah" is the nunnehi word for "open," as in an op...
Aurelia I don't imagine I got a horse. Quothar To the north are the subarctic forests of the ice elves. To the west are the wood elven forests the warzone. To t...
Bedrog The energy of deception and manipulation. Amaranth Bedrog The energy of deception. Primary wielders are illusionist s, esotericists who create...
Cartesian Grimoire A collection of infernal spells gathered by thaumaturge Waltheof Carter as a matter of study rather than use, but desired for the rare ...
Centaurs are people with the torso/head/arms of a human and lower body of an equine or similar. Their nations are nomadic. Besta fera (fanged horse) (hatred) ...
Species Guide This chart gives a brief overview of every species on Shem. Subguides: * Alien Guide * Animal Folk Guide * Dragon Guide * Fluer Guide ...
37 names have been put forth with reasonable backing clout claim as to who should next rule the Empire. 0. Perival Maraddon (Stonegaze) * Claim: Son of the...
Corrogatio The power of conquest, the energy gained by taking and occupying the realm of another, the energy of subjugating the indigenous. Arnum The energy o...
Cythreulig Descended from infernal powers, they are a privileged nation from Ansulym who are said to be related to demons . The plural of “cythreulig” is “...
Desumane Infernal emotion. Baleblood The energy of rage. Primary wielders are avenger s, warriors who control their rage for power. Primary species are the...
Diwata are rare spirit folk who derived from the struggle for freedom. Malayang Kaluluwa: spirit folk who are free Anito (liberation power) place spirits A...
Djedhefhor Grimoire A grimoire kept in the tomb of Djedhefhor , a pharoah wizard of Azet , who collected all the spells of his kingdom. Djedhefhor Born ...
Jinn are beings living past the edge of the senses in the fertile lands beyond the Great Golden Desert. Aicha Kardicha (water)Çor (fire) Div (hell) Hatif ...
Dvergars are the species most closely related to faeries, mystic little folk who are the precursors to both gnomes and dwarves. Alom begwi no sis (change) Ba...
Eldritch Energy Bad things happen, even without mortal will behind them. This is the power of the Eldritch. The original evil, the capacity for tragedy in the uni...
Elves are shapers of life, nature, creation. Any place ruled by elves will reflect their nature, as all life in the area will bend to their will. Elf (life)...
Fairies are empowered by fey energy , which is practiced via The Tradition , a form of poioumenonic craft drawn from the collective narrative of the world. ...
Fey Folk Fey folk are those descended of fairies and able to dwell within the realm of Faerie . The major genuses are * The Cunning : hidden peoples, o...
Aether Energies of the natural universe. Aether existed before the universe, representing the two fundamental powers chaos and order, anumun and viridian...
Celestial Essence Celestial essence is the energy of born from resistance to oppression or from communal care. Aemoa The energy formed by loving communities ...
The energy of celestial emotions, including all forms of love. It takes the form of jewels through which emotions are refracted in the form of light, creating spe...
Elysian essence is the shadowy essence of hope, confidence, aspiration, fulfillment, and miracles. It is the energy that makes wishes come true and causes miracle...
Euergasia The energy generated through the unified labor of the working class. Not all forms of labor are represented here; just the ones most commonly associate...
Hegnh The energy of the home and all that is connected to it. Amber Tubumaru The energy of the good harvest. Primary wielders are tuhtukitu s, farmers wh...
Infernal Essence The energies of harm and control. Arnum The energy of harm, of agony, pain, anguish, cruelty, and violence. * Primary species: abominat...
Juaih The energy of protection. Banaru Protection of children. Primary wielders are umvikeli s, warriors who are empowered by clan blood bonding to pro...
Paradoxical Energies The energies generated when two realities conflict with one another. Complexity The energy of infinity, of numbers, of mathematics. *...
Radiance The rainbow energy of empowerment and celestial dreams. Elysian Essence The ebon shadow of the rainbow. Primary wielders are the miracleworker s, ...
Ujjval Aatma The inner power of equilibrium that comes with fighting for and attaining true equality, equity, egality. Aemoa The energy of gender equality. P...
Giants represent strength and nourishment, the epitome of the ordinal power of the body. Giant Template Big (10' 13'): Ama ron (story) Chahnameed (misch...
In the beginning, gnomes and dwarfs were dvergars, tricksters living deep beneath the earth. Some bonded to the stones and earth itself and became dwarfs, or eart...
Goblins are small, troublesome beings who once were related to fairies; they are the nightmarish counterparts thereof. Goblin Template Alux (harvest) Bau...
Infernum The energy of perdition. Ardentilapis Infernal stone. Primary wielders are maurer s, mason artisans who work in infernal stone. Primary species ar...
Jaqi Spirit folk of eastern and central Palhur. * Runakuna : spirit folk in eastern Palhur. * Wekufue : mostly infernal spirit folk in eastern Palhur...
Chinese and Korean spirit folk. Dokkaebi (flux), beings that change between inanimate objects and people Gasin (hegnh) Gunungsin (d'qiarsea) Inmyeonjo ...
Kayinat Kayinat are the spirit folk of Mahad, northern Taggarus, western Dabusen, and some parts of Ansulym and Wymmera. * Akhs : spirit folk of the Taggar...
Lear and Ophelia were brother and sister, fraternal twins. Their parents were actors in a traveling acting troupe. Their father, also the director of the troupe, ...
Professor Maynard at Toddbrook U was an idealist. He taught political science with a view toward changing the world for the better. Many people chided him for wan...
Na Kanaka The Island Bridge spirit folk. * Barhana : spirit folk bonded to the islands of the Reever Sea. * Iwi Atua : southern Island Bridge spirit...
The distinguishing feature of ogres is that they do, in fact, eat other sentient creatures. They generally like to eat raw meat of children, being that children a...
Amesnulfu The energy generated by innovation, curiosity, and the drive to invent and create for the betterment of people. Ailanthan Energy Celestial wood. Primar...
Ailanthan Energy Celestial plants. Primary wielders are baghaban s, botanicists who can plant and grow celestial plants, and primary species are dahono...
Celestial Essence Celestial essence is the energy of born from resistance to oppression or from communal care. It is usually called "popular magic" by the peopl...
Akhoata : species whose children are all assigned female at birth (all woman species, like nymphs and valkyries) Aliens : species from other worlds Animal Fo...
Spirit Folk Spirit folk are beings from folklore, legend, and mythology. General: Eloko : subterranean spirit folk with small stature found all over the world....
Ordo The energy of class society. Atrocity The energy of genocide. Primary wielders are legionnaire general s, military officers who are empowered by genoc...
Paradoxical Energies The energies generated when two realities conflict with one another. Complexity The energy of infinity, of numbers, of mathematics. *...
Runakuna ("folk") are nations of eastern Palhur who thrive off the well being of one another. Acalica (storm) Anhanga (fauna) Caipora (wood) Chullachak...
Celestial Akhoata All female assigned species, like nymphs, muses, etc. with innate celestial or popular powers. Akka Akhoata who form magical clans. * Lifesp...
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Simon Grimoire The most famous of all grimoire s, the ancient collection of Simon Island . It contains ancient and rare songs only the Simon family has ...
All Spells These are the spells devised by wizard s the world over. Power levels are the amount of skill and mana required to use them. Power Levels: Beginner,...
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Celestial Akhoata Female assigned species who have inherent celestial magic. Akka Akhoata who form magical clans. * Lifespan : 300 years * Diet: Common m...
Fey Spirit Folk Beings of legend and lore with fey powers. Barhana Spirit folk connected to their islands. * Lifespan : 1,000 years * Diet: Sunlight, soil ...
The Queen's Rose The Queen of All Fairies has declared that the person (or persons) who finds the Rose which holds her Heart and returns it to her will be provide...
Note: When eye color of trolls is discussed in the description, it refers not to their irises (which have more or less normal variation), but what would be the "w...
Holidays These are holidays relevant either to the city of Haenor, the empire of Endruin, the religions of the region, or the Griths. Aeristdeg Guthspell 1 The f...
Spirit Folk Species based on legends and stories. Small Folk Shorter fey and spirit folk. Bodach * Taxonomic Order: Spirit Folk * Alignment: Fey * Lif...
Völva Völva (pron. vorl VUH) are witches who wield ausa , the fey energy of the perspective and character, to see what might be from their own perspective or t...
Wekufe are malevolent nations of eastern Palhur who are ruled by or otherwise connected to the kalku . Anchanchu (filth) Anchimayen (stillbirth) Boto ...
Wild Hunt: Karnon , the horned men, those with counterpoint names, children of Cerunnos (kutsegula) Dyn Corniog , the black hunt, those with nightmarish names...
Magical beings that dwell on the boundary between the mortal realm and other realms. Murasakino: yokai of the first period Hitotsume kozo (unfugl) Kinoko (...
Central American spirit beings: Aztec, Maya, Olmec, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Talamancan Amamaniliztli (storm) based on the weather deities of the Maya and Zapot...
Zitelli (sing. zitellu) are "children" of the Fortunate Isles who never seem to age and seem to fade from view when perceived. Feito (luck) Irreale (misfor...