My30dayworld: Day 25 to 27

City in Shadows

Which are the most misunderstood playable races?

Those who are tainted by the curses are the most misunderstood among all the playable races. The curse of a Demon place a taint over those who are in service of such patron. The curse of vampirism also make people look at them with suspicion. Those who are cursed are not well received among certain groups of entities. Some Fae are also put aside due to their mischievous nature.

Those Cursed by a Demon: One can't be born cursed by a Demon; but can be Demon blooded if the circumstances are right. Demon blooded are rare usually the product of a Demon with a Mundane produce another mundane or in the best of cases a Wizard of minor talent. This beings are not considered inherently evil despised their birth. Those who bear the mark of the Demon Pact on the other way are not look at with good eyes among others who are not their kin. The Demon Pact seals and links the soul of one being to a Demon as its new master. A demon may seal many pacts at the same time and feed of their souls as much as he wants. Those tainted by the demon start to become less and less of their former self the more they use their demon lord power. In the end those who abuse of the mark tend to become a lesser demon of the court of their Demon Lord.

Vampirism: There are a lot of versions of how the first vampire came to be. Some claim it was Cain, others that it was the son of some immortal bitten by a bat. The truth is that we can't be certain such elder vampire are either sleep or slain. Nonetheless what we do know is that they are a highly infective specie. Depending on the vampire race you may find that the infection advance faster or slower; and present various different symptoms. Ultimately those bitten by a vampire become part of such vampire race. Those who are newborn can disguise themselves as humans because they don't show any of the vampire race manifestations. There are certain concoctions wizards make that can avoid the full transformation of a newborn into a full vampire, yet the suspicion exist that many throw themselves at the embrace of such beings for eternal life in exchange of any information prior. There have been cases of wizards turning into vampires to prolong their lives and thus creating obscure branches of magic that no mortal dare to practice.

Which Deities dwell in your world? How much they interact with?

Deities no longer dwell that much in the world. Although they can be called upon. All legends in certain points of history have been truths. Celtic gods, Egyptian gods, Pagan or Norse gods existed at certain point of human history. Some may still exist others may have fade into oblivion. Gods without worshipers tend to disappear over time. Following this rule new gods may also been born in modern nights. The most overwhelming god presence that still exists to these days is the one of the Christian god which grants a power that grants its followers the power to fight the things who lurks in the dark. Such power is Faith, and true faith is something hard to acquire and maintain.

Direct interaction with the world are rare. Only when something of Doomsday proportions its about to happen Gods manifest themselves to choose or help a champion in its quest to save reality itself. The Others have been considered as gods by some cults and cultures which was how they find the way to enter our reality the first time. Thousands of years of worship empower them and they are still worship, just less notoriously nowadays than in antiquity.

Did any people revere nature? How deeply?

The Skin Changers are the ones who are more deeply connected to the world. They are part of what they called Mother Gaia the more deep their connection the more power they can gather from it. Without going into to much detail of their deep traditions and how they interact with the world they are the ones who protect the world more ferociously from the advance of the industry and pollution. Many ambientalist groups have Skin Changers among their ranks without realizing it. Skin Changers despise all other race because they feel they are murdering the great mother. In one way or another they are right. They Welcome certain circles of wizard among them those who feel the same connection to the mother as them. Such circles are most commonly known nowadays as Wiccans although not all wiccans are true wizards.