Lineages of Power
These are the peoples currently present in the Vel’Nathar adventure. Each originates from, has settled in, or moves through the region — some long-rooted, others rare and half-remembered.
From the stone-sung highlands to the tangled wilds, these peoples have shaped Vel’Nathar and been shaped in return.
While many sapient cultures exist across Eldareth, only those listed here are part of the story as it stands.
Others may yet emerge as the tale unfolds.
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Aasimar
Aasimar are not born merely of celestial blood, but of cosmic necessity. They are the mortal echoes of the divine — manifestations of the will of the upper planes: Celestia, Elysium, and Arborea. When the world strays too far from...
Catfolk
The Ashera are feline-blooded people born from the sands of Malkaret and the moonlit shores of Akkareth, shaped by the wandering will of Dahruq, the Trickster-Wind. They are not a people of fixed borders or ancient empires, but of movement...
Changelings
Changelings are the living legacy of the Feywild’s forgotten edges — shaped not by lineage, but by potential. Their ancestors once served among the Courtless Fey, where identity was fluid, masks were truths, and form bent to emotion. Though generations...
Dragonborn
To be Dragonborn in Eldareth is not a matter of blood — it is a legacy of becoming. No Dragonborn is born into color or creed. Instead, they emerge into the world as the Unshaped — prismatic, mist-breathed beings of...
Dwarves
The dwarves of Eldareth are not the children of gods — they are the crafted heirs of giants, born not of clay or chance, but of vision. In the aftermath of the Titanfall, three mighty jarls of the giantkin stood...
Elves
Elegant, long-lived, and forever marked by their departure from the Feywild, the elves of Eldareth are a people defined as much by their ideals as by their ancestry. Though each lineage followed a different path into the mortal world—some through...
Faun
Fauns are the laughter between trees, the heartbeat of wild places, and the lingering echo of the Feywild’s joyous defiance. Though fey in origin, they are fully of the mortal world now — born not in courts or palaces, but...
Firbolgs
Firbolgs are the quiet giants of Eldareth — not born of thunder or rage, but of stillness. Though descended from ancient giantkin, their power was never carved from stone or fire. It was rooted instead in listening — to trees,...
Genasi
Born where the elements surge closest to the surface of the world, Genasi are living echoes of primordial power — fire, water, air, earth, and rarer forces still. While some might trace their lineage to genies or other sentient elemental...
Gnomes
Gnomes are quiet inheritors of the old magic; not shaped by it, but woven into it. They are seldom seen and rarely understood, mistaken by many for tricksters or curiosities. But beneath their whimsy lies a deep and steady wisdom,...
Goblins
Most think of goblins as feral and fickle — and many still are. The Murrkin, untamed and cunning, dwell in ruins and wilderness, living by instinct and swarm. But among the wreckage of the old world, one goblin lineage broke...
Goliaths
Forged in high stone and roaring sky, the Goliaths of Eldareth are children of both storm and silence — the last living echoes of ancient giantkind. They are not remnants. They are shaped by the breath of the peaks and...
Haflings
Halflings are not warriors of the blade or rulers of vast empires. They are something far more enduring: caretakers of joy, tradition, and the quiet magic of a well-tended life. In Eldareth, halflings can be found across fertile lands like...
Half-Elves
Half-elves walk the edge of two legacies. Born of both human and elven blood, they are often seen as bridges or diplomats, yet belong wholly to neither side. Some are raised in human lands, carrying a heritage they barely understand....
Half-Orcs
Half-orcs carry two legacies in their bones. They are born from crossroads—between cultures, between expectations, and between histories often written in conflict. Some are the children of treaties and shared visions. Others are the results of war, survival, or quiet...
Humans
Humans are the most widespread of the mortal peoples in Eldareth, but not because they endure more than others — rather, because they adapt faster. From the wind-beaten coasts of Celaine to the mountain-locked villages of the Northern Highlands, from...
Orcs
The orcs of Eldareth are not defined by a single culture or creed. They are a people of many paths, shaped by time, land, and the traditions of their ancestors. Some claim the distant touch of Yssarel, the Wildmother, whose...
Ringtails
The Rakkari, known in common speech as Ringtails, are a small, nimble race of raccoon-like humanoids known for their cleverness, adaptability, and deep reverence for memory. Originally hailing from the sacred wilds of Shahoya, they did not arrive in the...
Rootwardens
The Thal’Ruun are descendants of ancient druids who once walked the sunlit groves of Eldareth. During the Age of Divinity, when the Creeping Rot spread across the land, corrupting forest, soil, and sky, a circle of firbolgs and elves known...
Serpentfolk
The Ssith’katha are a serpentine people born of ancient pacts and ritual transcendence. Their origin lies in the depths of Zalthyx, the serpent kingdom south of Avermont, where forgotten temples still echo with hissed prayers and venom. Long ago, the...
Shifters
The Tavaska, or Shifters to the settlers of the Concord, are one of the oldest peoples of Shahoya, shaped not by empire or exile but by deep communion with the land itself. They are not werecreatures, nor beasts in disguise....
Tieflings
Tieflings are not merely cursed. They are born of legacy — the lingering consequence of ancient pacts, infernal unions, and ambition too bold to die. Their blood carries the touch of Hell, the Abyss, or older, darker sources that defy...
Venthari
The Venthari are a people born from remembrance. Their origin lies in a singular moment of quiet grace, when the last surviving Naerids—luminous beings of mind and resonance—chose not to fade alone. In their final act, they offered their essence...