Information About The Races
On the planet Charitas, there are six distinct races. Here's some info about them:
VampiresVampires are the leading race on Charitas in that they have taken control of the monarchy there. They're very powerful.
Vampires are naturally intelligent and good-looking. It's a means of surviving; if they're smart and attractive, they can lure their prey of gullible humans. Vampires can't survive off of animal blood. They can only drink human blood.
There are four levels of vampire;
PurebloodAs the name implies, this type of vampire has no human in his or her bloodline. They're extremely powerful, but extremely rare. They tend to be very vain and arrogant.
Purebloods are immortal. They can only be killed by being stabbed through the heart.
If a pureblood vampire drinks the blood of a human, the human will either die or become a vampire.
AristocratAristocratic vampires have very little human blood in them, although the specific amount can vary.
Aristocrats tend to live anywhere from 1,000 to upwards of 5,000 years.
CommonerCommoners have a considerable amount of human in their blood.
Commoners typically live anywhere from 500 to 2,000 years.
Former HumanA former human is a vampire who was born human, but was transformed when a pureblood drank his or her blood.
Former humans tend to drink the most blood of any class of vampire. They live anywhere from 100 to 200 years.
The vampire's greatest natural predator (and, therefore, greatest natural enemy) is the lycan.
LycansThe layman's term for lycan is werewolf, and lycans go by both on Charitas.
Lycans can shape-shift at their will, but their power to do so effectively and stay in wolf form for long periods of time is greater at night.
Lycans tend to live in clans in remote, wooded areas with enough mammals to sustain them.
In their human forms, lycans tend to be stocky, muscular, hairy, gruff and quiet.
When a lycan shape-shifts into his or her wolf form, he becomes a full-blown wolf. The color of his or her fur depends on their skin and hair color in human form.
Lycans live longer than humans. Full-blown immortality can be achieved by drinking the blood of any vampire other than a former human. Thus explaining the deep-seated hatred between the races.
BendersThere are eight separate classes of benders. No bender can be in two classes; that is to say that a metal-bender cannot also be able to manipulate fire.
EarthEarth-benders can manipulate dirt, rock, stone and mud.
WaterWater-benders can manipulate water in all of its forms (solid, liquid and gas). They can also make water change forms (ice to liquid water to steam, for example.).
AirAir-benders can manipulate the air currents and wind around them.
FireFire-benders can spontaneously create fire. They can also manipulate fire.
MetalMetal-benders can manipulate anything made of more than 50% of the coinage elements (nickel, copper, zinc, silver, platinum, gold, tin and aluminum).
ElectricityElectricity-benders can change and manipulate electric currents. They can also spontaneously create lighting bolts.
Carbon-Based Life FormsCarbon-Based-Life-Form-Benders (also known as life-benders) can make any living carbon-based life form move. They CANNOT, however, control the thoughts of any other life form.
PsychicsThere are six main classes of psychic.
TelekineticsTelekinetics can move anything by power of their minds. They are different from benders in that they can control any element in any state, whereas benders are more specific.
Mind-ReadersMind readers can read the thoughts of others. Sometimes, this is manifested through voices in the head; in other cases, people literally "read" the thoughts of others through floating text in front of their eyes. The latter is much rarer.
Aurics and Auric ManipulatorsThis category is rather vague. It includes those that can see the human aura, as well as those who can manipulate its size, shape and frequency. Aurics are often powerful healers.
Future-SeersThis one's really self-explanatory. Future-seers posses foresight, and have visions of what will happen in the future.
Mind-ControllersMind-controllers can control the thoughts and willpower of other humans.
EmpathsEmpaths possess psychic empathy. They can sense the true emotions of others. They also tend to feel the emotions of others for themselves. This makes them highly emotionally volatile.
Witches and WizardsWitches and wizards can specialize in two areas of magic; defensive and offensive. Defensive magic includes healing and shielding spells. Offensive magic includes attacks.
AnthropomorphicsAnthropomorphics can, at will, take on the traits of animals. (Think along the lines of Cooro and the gang from Natsumi Mukai's manga series +Anima)
The most common types of anthropomorphs are fish (this is the origin of mermaids and mermen), birds, dogs, cats and wolves.
Hoo boy, that's a lot! Have any questions? PM me.
