Centaur

The centaur was a large creature that lived in temperate forests. They could live solitary lives or live in small tribes.

Basic Information

Anatomy

A centaur had the upper body of a humanoid, and the lower body of a large horse. They stood around 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall and weighed approximately 2,100 pounds (950 kilograms).

Civilization and Culture

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Elvish, Sylvan, Kentaur

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Centaurs were a strong and proud race. Although they typically strove to find peace and balance with nature, they could act with violence when the need arose. Despite this desire for balance, centaurs had to eat a lot to fuel their large bodies and were known to overindulge, especially with wine and ale. A drunken centaur was much more prone to aggressive and violent behaviour.

Although some were solitary, centaurs generally lived in tribal hunter-gatherer societies. Those that felt a sense of wanderlust to explore the world made excellent companions, and occasionally would offer a ride to allies. The suggestion that they be used as a pack animal however was met with derision.

Religions

Skerrit the Forester, who dwelt in the House of Nature, was properly the god of the centaurs, yet he was not worshiped by many centaurs actually living in Faerûn. Centaurs of Faerûn did not pay great heed to the gods at all, and those who did usually worshiped Silvanus, not Skerrit, or they chose one of the elven nature gods. While centaurs of the Realms were not very religious, the elven deities Corellon Larethian, Erevan Ilesere, Rillifane Rallathil, and Solonor Thelandira often called on centaurs to serve as agents for their purposes.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

They had good relations with elves, being as they were both creatures of the forest. They generally despised humans and dwarves but weren't actively hostile toward them and tolerated gnomes and halflings. It was said that centaurs had a superstitious fear of dragons and giants.

Lifespan

100 years

Average Height

7 ft

Average Weight

2,100 lb