Dungeons and Dragons Project the World of Selve Non-Human Races

The Non-human Playable Races of Selve 

Elves

Once a great race elves numbers have declined since the god like disease “Black Mucus” appeared during the Great War. The last victims of the “Black Mucus” died over a thousand years ago, but since the rise of man the elves never returned to full glory. Elves are either from nomadic tribes all over the World of Selve or the small city-states that lie on the west coast of the Dantic Ocean. Elves in the World of Selve appear and act the same the ones described in the PHB. The elves have a main language of common eleven but there also tribe based ones for the nomads. There is also low and high eleven mainly befitting one social status as an elf.

Dwarfs

The dwarfs are race that is well known for their mines and craftsmanship of many things including weapons and armor. During the Great War the dwarfs served as an ally to the elves supplying many goods including weapons and armor but once the disease “Black Mucus” appeared the dwarfs supplied less goods to elves out of fear they would get the disease and hid in their mines. The orcs captured and enslaved many dwarfs forcing them to fight or make goods for the Great War. The dwarfs that ran away or survived the orc enslavement before the appearance of the disease appeared were welcomed home with great honors. Those who ran away or survived the orc enslavement after the appearance of “Black Mucus” were rejected from returning to the mines and were forced to join other races. It is unclear from historical records if any dwarfs had “Black Mucus.” The primary mines of the dwarfs are North of where the Shun-Wen humans come from. Dwarfs in the World of Selve appear, act, and speak dwarven as described in the PHB.

    Half-Orcs

    Half-orcs are rather varied how they came to be. Before the Great War orcs and humans occasionally reproduced with each other making half-orcs this would be from tribes meeting each other, invasion, and enslavement. Back during the crisis of the “Black Mucus” disease Barnok an orc wizard, noticed that humans were not affected by the disease and he started creating a new race of orc that was resistant to the disease. Orc Queen Ushat found out about Barnok’s experiment and put end to it because she felt like mixing orc blood with lowly human blood was a disgrace for all orc kind. Much like the time before the Great War half-orcs produced by human and orc interactions. Orcs  in the World of Selve appear, act, and speak orcish as described in the PHB.

Gnomes

Gnomes are a small race that have various pockets of small towns across Selve. During the Great War gnomes were split on which side to ally with, so many groups choose their own side rather than a collective decision. Towards the end of the war a lot of gnome groups started to see that the orcs were using them and/or enslaving them. Gnomes  in the World of Selve appear, act, and speak gnomish as described in the PHB.

Dungeons and Dragons project the World of Selve Part II

Here are the rest of the human sub-races that appear in the World of Selve and these are a work in progress so suggestions would be nice.

• Kennet: Racial group that lives on the northwest coast of the Dantic Ocean on the tundras. They proud are warrior group believes in honor through battle. Physically they are of average height but they tend be larger at the top. They have typically have blonde or red hair with blue or green eyes. Men tend to have beards because of the cold weather. One of the ways they see honoring the gods is practice of honorable battles and deaths. The Kennet speak Cennetian and their written language is made of ruins. 
• Lungite: Racial group that resides on the east coast of the Dantic Ocean in the deserts, jungles, and mountains. They are one of the oldest groups in all of Selve, some even think humanity started with them. A rather mixed race but the some standards for them are tall dark skinned with black hair and dark eyes. Some are nomads and some live in cities and towns. Religion ranges from passing interest to fanaticism. Gender roles have seemed to flip within some of bands of the Lungite. The main language is Lungite but there are a few bands that have their very language. 
• Shun-Wen: Racial group that resides on the east coast of the Dantic Ocean in the mountains, jungles, and deserts. Like many of the other races they seem to be rather mixed but there are some groups that have secluded themselves off from others. Physically they can range from lighter to yellowing to tanned skin tones. Their hair is mostly black and eye are mostly dark, some have large amounts of hair while some have very little natural body hair. Religion ranges from believing in the gods to a believe one can achieve harmony with the universe. The Shun-Wen have many languages but luckily to any adventure and/or trader they have a basic dialect they call Wan. Oriental Adventures can be used for character classes and weapons.  
• Zharko: Racial group that is resides in the deserts, mountains, and jungles of Selve. Some groups are mixed while others fit standard look of olive to tanned, dark eyes, and black hair. Their focus on religion from passing interest to extreme fanaticism, and some even pray several times throughout the day. Some groups are male centered with the exclusion of females from everything outside the house. The main language used by the Zharko is Ablan but some bands refuse to use it because it is to modern.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday 

 

Do you know the origin to U2’s Sunday Bloody Sunday? I didn’t know until today.

 For years I knew there was a back-story U2’s Sunday Bloody Sunday but I didn’t know what it was. Today while listening to U2s infamous song my brain told me to check out the song. Wow my mind was shocked I didn’t know anything about this tragic incident. 

For those like me who were let down by the American education system here is a short summary. For years Catholics and Protestants of Ireland were at each others’ throats on how to run the country and who ran it among other issues. There was a combination of violent and non-violent protest on both sides of the issues. Finally the British sent in troops to hopefully control the situation but things spiraled out of control leading to a few deaths on Catholics and Protestants and the British military. 

January 30, 1972 a group of Roman Catholic protestors met up with the intentions of making their way to Guildhall. The protestors’ way was blocked by a blockade made by the local troops and some of British military. While the main group of people moved in another direction by those leading the protest and efforts of the military. Some protestors still remained and the control forces got the order to get the remaining protestors to move out to prevent anything from getting out of hand. And this is where things are fuzzy. 

The control forces claimed they were fired upon after possibly firing warning shots. More shots were fired possibly only fired by the military forces. When the smoke cleared 13 men were dead and several more injured including one who would later die. Not much is known on what exactly happened but from a couple after incident investigations it appears that at least most if not all people who died were un-armed. Some of the initial people who were hit by bullets were trying to flee the scene. There are also a few known cases where people who were killed were actually trying to help the wounded (based off eyewitness accounts and footage from the scene). 

Okay rock fanatics I know Sunday Bloody Sunday, is U2 singing about two different events dealing with massacre that fell on a Sundayin Ireland. I feel like the massacre on Jan. 1972 has a bigger part on development of the song. At the time of the incident the lead singer and song writer Bono was roughly 12 years old at the time of the incident which was highly covered in the news media. You cannot tell me that this massacre of possibly innocent people who look just like him did not have an everlasting affect on a young Bono. 

Rest in Peace

Patrick ‘Paddy’ Doherty, Gerald Donaghey, John ‘Jackie’ Duddy, Hugh Gilmour, Michael Kelly, Michael McDaid, Kevin McElhinney, Bernard ‘Barney’ McGuigan, Gerald McKinney, William ‘Willie’ McKinney, William Nash, James ‘Jim’ Wray, John Young, and John Johnston 

Disclaimer: Any images shown are not mine and are used out of respect for their owners.  I know my grammar and spelling is rather poor that's what happens when you have dyslexia and a brain that thinks faster than your hands can type. 

 

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