The first Mortal Races

Circa 160,000 CE

Seeing the Seldarine and Oriki and Orcs, other Divine wished to have their own Mortal races, and found ways of forming them. Many of the Divine were growing uneasy about the Material Plane, and even though it was filled with horrors, would send their mortals into that realm to try and claim space for their Lord in that realm. The first was Aoura, who filled the Divine realm of Arborea with all kinds of creatures, and allowed them to spread to anywhere in the realms where they could. These were the first animals.


  • Pentharion and Tarah with the help of the Celests formed the Empyrean's, celestial beings of near immortal lives. These were the least "mortal" of all the beings to come.
  • Lord Aegis raised an army of Goliath to fight for him, and settled them in Arcadia.
  • Eris descended into the Feywild, and brought the Eladrin there with her. Along side Eris, Aeyr and and Eros came as well into the Feywild, and together formed the Leprechauns, Firbog, Satyr, Harengons, Dryads, Faries, Pixies.
  • Phasteus sent the Dwarves into many of the worlds, and taught them to mine deep into the worlds, and build great wonders there.
  • Rem raised the Loxodon from Elephants, the most peaceful and wise of Aoura's Beasts.
  • Sartan formed the Doppleganger, and set them loose among the other races.
  • Prospero and Tarah crafted humans together, adaptable and clever and brought them into the material plane.
  • Gaia made the Gnomes and Treants, and settled them around the forests of the material plane.
  • Avandra created the Halfling race, and settled them near but away from the other races in the Material Plane.
  • Vashnar, Artemis and Agethis formed the Dragons, enormous beings of pure power. He formed them with portions of power from the Elemental Planes, and put them in places to defend the other mortal races in the material plane against the Primordials who also dwelled in the Material realm. Vashnar alone also formed the Dragonborn hoping to make a race like the dragons by himself, that could live on par with the other mortal beings..
  • Artemis brought forth the Kobolds and Troglodytes, but abandoned them to the worlds, having only half formed each, caring little for them.
  • Apollyon created the Tieflings among the lands of Shadowfell.
  • Lupus invited those with bloodlust, and the thrill to hunt from the other races, and changed them into the first Lycans.

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