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The Rogue's Way: The Path of Skill (ローグの道筋:技術の進路)

For those who know how to seize an opportunity, even these troubled times are full of promise. Some who become heroes work not for glory, or wisdom, or to exalt the name of a God or saint. Rogues strive for personal gain, looking only for …

The Mage's Way: The Path of Lore (メイジの道筋:伝承の進路)

Knowledge is power, and the magi of the world have long understood that the key to power and mastery in this world is the true understanding of its nature. Magi are scholars and observers, always delving into the tiniest and most ancient o…

The Healer's Way: The Path of Faith (ヒーラーの道筋:信仰の進路)

There are Primal Powers that exist Outside the world we know, who wrought the World and all the Universe in the uttermost beginning. Everything from the lowliest slug to the brightest Archon in Heaven is their handiwork. A trace of the div…

The Fighter's Way: The Path of Might (ファイターの道筋:豪壮の進路)

From the times before the First Dawning some Heroes have pitted their strength against their foes, overcoming adversity through force of arms. Ours has always been a Fighter's world, and our history is replete with examples of the warrior'…

Vampire Overview (ヴァンパイアの概要)

Ever since mortals first peered into the dark voids beyond the world, there have been those who have longed to serve the baleful powers that brood and hunger Outside. Whereas some were content to walk the path of the Necromancer, studying …

Shade Overview (シェイドの概要)

Denounced as perversions and abominations by the Temple of the Cleansing Flame, strange beings known as Shades are feared throughout the lands of Men. Debate still rages over the true nature of these beings, who seem Human, yet are afflict…

Nephilim Overview (ネフィリムの概要)

As the first century of the Age of Strife draws to its close, another strange, new race has emerged onto the face of Aerynth. Often called the Tainted Ones, most who are learned call them Nephilim, the name they use among themselves. The o…

Minotaur Overview (ミノトールの概要)

Born of sorcery and bred for combat, the strength of these half-breed Giants is matched only by their brutality. Originally created in the frigid Northlands, the Minotaurs served as shock troops of the Deathless Empire, but have since brok…

Irekei Overview (イレケイの概要)

The "Devilmen," little is known of these strange, fierce, red-skinned raiders of the desert. Folktales claim they are the descendants of a long lost family of Elvish nobles who were banished to the Burning Lands for their ferocity and warl…

Human Overview (ヒューマンの概要)

Wrought by the hands of the All-Father, Humans claim to be His truest children, and the rightful rulers of the World. Through their long history, the Sons of Men have known nothing but strife and struggle. Humans are the most varied of the…

Half-Giant Overview (ハーフジャイアントの概要)

While technically a misnomer, the name "half giant" is certainly appropriate, for these massive Men stand half again the height of an average Human. Half Giants are not the direct offspring of a Human and a Giant, but rather Men with a tou…

Elf Overview (エルフの概要)

Once the masters of the World, the Elves have been reduced to vagabonds and wanderers, the mournful descendants of their broken Empire. Arrogant, decadent, and cruel, Elves are still masters of the magical arts, but lack the discipline and…

Dwarf Overview (ドワーフの概要)

The Sons of Stone are unlike any other people in our World, for they alone neither age nor breed. Legends say that Dwarves are not born, but rather that their entire race was molded by the hand of Thurin the Strong, the truest of the All-F…

Centaur Overview (セントールの概要)

Proud and strong, the Centaurs are among the oldest of the peoples of the World, and their kingdoms still stretch across the heart of the plains, little changed from the nations they built in the first Age of the World. Nobility and honor …

Aracoix Overview (アラコイックスの概要)

Of all the new creatures encountered since the Turning, the avian humanoids who Men have come to call Aracoix are the most remarkable. At first many thought them to be nothing more than a strange, sorcerous fusion of Man and Hawk, perhaps …

Aelfborn Overview (アエルフボーンの概要)

The sterile offspring of Elf and Man, the Aelfborn are feared and distrusted by the both of the races that sired them. Creatures of passion, Aelfborn are driven to extremes of emotion and often are driven to madness by the imbalance in the…