Lineages of the Realms
These are the peoples known to live throughout Vel’Nathar. Some originated on the island, others settled here generations ago, while a few remain rare or are known only from scattered sightings.
From the Northern Highlands and the Lowlands to the deepest places beneath the Isle, each has become part of Vel’Nathar’s history.
Many other sapient peoples and cultures exist across Eldareth, but only the lineages listed here are currently available to players.
Others may become available as the story unfolds.
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Aasimar
Aasimar are mortals born with a connection to the Upper Planes. Their appearance is rare, and their births are sometimes accompanied by unusual signs such as vivid dreams, celestial visions, strange lights in the sky, or other events that families...
Catfolk
The Ashera are feline humanoids whose oldest known communities come from the deserts of Malkaret and the coasts of Akkareth. Their traditions are closely tied to Dahruq, the Trickster-Wind, a god associated with travel, change, and fortune. Historically, Ashera communities...
Changelings
Changelings trace their ancestry to particular Courtless communities of the Feywild, where changing one's physical appearance was accepted as an ordinary part of life. Courtless was never a single people or culture. The term describes fey communities that recognize neither...
Dragonborn
Dragonborn begin life as the Unshaped. During this stage, their scales shift through prismatic colors, and their scales and elemental nature have not yet settled into the form they will carry through adulthood. That change occurs during the Zhar'vexin, an...
Dwarves
The dwarves of Eldareth trace their beginning to Thuradun, the vast complex known as the Forge of Wills beneath the mountains of Skorrheim. Its creators were Thalkor of the Stone Giants, Saaktar of the Fire Giants, and Thorden of the...
Elves
The elves of Eldareth share a common ancestry in the Feywild, though their lineages have followed very different paths. The Vaela'drin and Falha'drin left during the First Elven Exodus, the Sera'drin followed much later during the Second, while the ancestors...
Faun
Faun, sometimes called satyrs, trace their ancestry to the Feywild, though most families in Eldareth have lived in the Material Plane for many generations. The circumstances that first brought their ancestors across are not recorded as clearly as the great...
Firbolgs
Firbolgs descend from ancient giantkin whose communities settled in remote forests and highlands. Over many generations, they developed traditions centered on caring for the land around their settlements and maintaining relationships with the spirits believed to inhabit it. Most Firbolgs...
Genasi
Genasi are mortals born with a strong connection to elemental power. Most are associated with air, earth, fire, or water, though rarer manifestations linked to other elemental influences are also known. Their origins vary considerably. Some descend from genies or...
Gnomes
Gnomes are a small and rarely seen people whose oldest communities are found in secluded woodland regions. Illusion magic, herbalism, storytelling, and detailed knowledge of the surrounding land remain important parts of life in many of these settlements. Outsiders sometimes...
Goblins
Goblins trace their ancestry to the Feywild, though their earliest history there is poorly recorded. Some ancient goblin communities eventually crossed into Eldareth, and over generations their descendants developed the two broad cultural traditions now known as the Murrkin and...
Goliaths
Goliaths descend from the ancient giantkin who once ruled parts of Eldareth. Many of their oldest communities developed in remote mountain regions, where difficult terrain and long winters made cooperation essential. Their giant ancestry remains an important part of clan...
Haflings
Halflings are found throughout the settled parts of Eldareth, particularly in fertile regions such as Eastmarch, the southern vales, and the lower highlands. Their communities are commonly built around farmland, orchards, rivers, and small market towns. Many halfling settlements remain...
Half-Elves
Half-elves are born to human and elven families and are most common in places where the two peoples have lived alongside one another for generations. Their upbringing varies considerably. A half-elf raised in a human community may have little direct...
Half-Orcs
Half-orcs are born into many different communities across Eldareth. Their families may come from human and orc cultures that have lived alongside one another for generations, or from regions where those relationships are more recent. Their experiences depend heavily on...
Humans
Humans are the most widespread people in Eldareth. Their communities can be found in nearly every region, from the coasts of Celaine to the villages of the Northern Highlands. There is no single human culture. Language, religion, clothing, food, government,...
Orcs
The orcs of Eldareth belong to several distinct cultures, each shaped by its own history, homeland, and traditions. Some traditions trace their earliest ancestors to Yssarel, the Wildmother. Others place greater importance on clan history and the experiences of their...
Ringtails
The Rakkari, commonly called Ringtails, are raccoon-like humanoids whose oldest known communities come from the wilds of Shahoya. Some of their oldest stories connect their origins to Feonar, though the nature of that connection is unclear and accounts differ between...
Rootwardens
The Thal'Ruun descend from the Elaren Enclave, a druidic circle that disappeared from the surface during the Age of Divinity. Fragmentary records suggest the Enclave may have included elves, firbolgs, humans, and orcs, though too little survives to confirm its...
Serpentfolk
The Ssith'katha are a serpentine people whose oldest known communities come from Zalthyx, the serpent kingdom south of Avermont/Shahoya. Their traditions describe ancestors who underwent ritual transformations through ancient pacts. Over many generations, those altered bloodlines gave rise to the...
Shifters
The Tavaska, often called Shifters by settlers of the Concord, are one of the oldest peoples of Shahoya. Their communities existed long before the arrival of the Concord and before the rise of the serpentfolk kingdoms. Tavaska traditions developed through...
Tieflings
Tieflings are mortals born into bloodlines marked by the influence of the Lower Planes. The source may be an old pact, a distant fiendish ancestor, prolonged planar exposure, or another event that altered a family and left traces capable of...
Venthari
The Venthari descend from the monks of Rimecliff who encountered the last surviving Naerids during the Reckoning Years. After the crystalline vessel Ithis Veyra crashed at Lake Morren, the monks brought its survivors back to Rimecliff. With their people dying,...