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--- from_gods_to_gold:the_eight_races [2012/11/25 09:46] – qu JasonP
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 There are clearly more women than men in this species, with a birth ratio of 2:1 in favor of girls. The women have a powerful standing with the Island Men, and are usually the ones in position of power (This is not to say that women in the other species are without rights or power, for the record).
-Island Men and Women can breed with any other race of man, and with the Farm Keepers and the Wise Ones.
+Island Men and Women can breed with any other race of man, and with the Farm Keepers and the Wise Ones. Only the Island Women can breed with the Wood Masters.
 ===== The Stone Hands =====
+The Stone Hands have been in contact with the High Mountain Men since all recorded history. These people are short and tough looking people, and could almost pass for dwarfs of men if it was not for their red eyes that glow mildly in dim or less light. This isn't their only obvious physical characteristic though, in addition their hands are particularly grey and are covered with a tough and thick skin. It is in this way that they got their name, as their hands can handle immense heat and aren't cut be even sharp blades. One of their arts is crystal shaping, which they do by melting a red crystal and shaping it with their bare hands. The crystal also glows in dim or less light, and most believe it is the same material that makes their eyes so special.
+It is unknown what races the Stone Hands will breed with, as they are quite closed-minded about such matters and keep to themselves. However, some Stone Hand women have had children with High Mountain Men, and these pairings result in offspring that appear as Stone Hands except they lack the red eyes (but have the hands).
 ===== The Wood Masters =====
+The Wood Masters appear almost exactly like the Valley Men, except for the following: their skin is cast with an olive hue, their ears are a bit longer and pointier at the top, and they weigh almost half what they appear to weigh. They have lived in the trees of the forests of the realm since as long as all can remember. As their name suggests they are experts at both growing and crafting wood. The pinnacle of their achievement in this craft is the creation of the Skylarks, which are ships that sail in the sky.
+The Wood Masters are the most secret of the races, and few ever get to enter their kingdom in the trees. While they are friendly and easy to deal with, they are most determined to keep outsiders out and will resort to force. To better facilitate their dealing with others, they have small towns on the ground at the edges of their lands.
+The men of these people can breed with all the five fantastic races, and with the Women of the Island Men. The women can breed with any race.
 ===== The Farm Keepers =====
+These are small people, even smaller than the Stone Hands, and otherwise appear entirely like humans. However, they have keen senses, and the ability to move nearly silently even when carrying quite large loads. In the end though, they are best known for their impressive stomachs, able to eat several large meals a day (and quite willing to do so I might add). They are avid farmers and gardeners and run most of the food production of the realm. These people have settled all over and generally right outside the towns of the Valley Men, where their farms can prosper.
+While they outwardly seem to be the least fantastic of the fantastic races, they have impressive and fantastic ability to mend. They do this passively, meaning just being in their presence heals and encourages growth. It may be something they secrete, or it might be old magic, so far know one knows. Its only been documented that this does indeed happen.
+The Farm Keepers can breed with any race of man, but no other fantastic race excepting their own.
 ===== The Forest Champions =====
+The Forest Champions are the most fantastic of the fantastic races, and are the only ones that don't breed normally. They have a wide range of appearances, and share only two traits overall: they are small like the Stone Hands and lightweight like the Wood Masters. Each individual Forest Champion has some animal aspect mixed into their form, ranging from wings to fur.
+The peculiar, fantastic breeding method of the Forest Champion is as follows: They swallow a pearl of the forest (a special smooth river stone they  must find) and then once they pass it, it is washed clean and given to their mate (or any gender). The mate then sleeps with it against their flesh for one moon, and then it is returned to their mate and that stone is buried by the same river. Nearly a moon later, a pre-adolescent Forest Champion crawls from the earth at that place, their offspring.
+The Forest Champions are still fully sexual and can partake of any such action (usually doing so for pleasure) but can't breed that way.
+The Forest Champions may breed with most any race, but the method doesn't always work unless both mates are Forest Champions. In essence, breeding with other races is a roll of the dice for them. Since the pearls of the forest are rare and special, this is a costly price to pay - a given Forest Champion may only find three such pearls in their lifetime.
 ===== The Wise Ones =====
+To be explicit, the Wise Ones don't exactly live in the realm, they live around it and fly above it. The Wise Ones are a  race of large birds that live on galleons of their own construction which sail about the continent that makes up the realm. However, once in the realm these birds often use ancient magic to take on human form, leaving a shroud of  feathers which they later reenter and resume their normal form. In human form, the birds look very much like Valley Men except their eyes are all black with double-lids.
+The Wise Ones are not a part of the realm in a distinct sense, but they love to meddle in its affairs. They have earned their title as being particularly long lived, so they tend to be quite wise. This doesn't mean they behave that ways always, but they do have many years of accumulated experience.
+This race has little problem breeding with any other while in human form, except all Wise Ones take the male form when they use the ancient magic. The female Wise Ones simply become rather feminine men.

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