World: Alfheim Diet: None Length: 12’10” Lifespan: Less than a year Habitat: Burned forests Activity Cycle: Cathemeral When Salamanders burn forests to expand their land, it is not a victimless conquest. Plenty of forest inhabitants die in the flames, and… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim, small populations in Midgard Diet: Aerial plankton Height: 4’3″ Lifespan: 100 years Habitat: Clouds Activity Cycle: Diurnal In Alfheim, you can visit the emerald skies. Simply climb the great tree in the center of the world and if… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim, small populations in Midgard Diet: Mostly fish and squid Length: Varies wildly Lifespan: 100 years Habitat: Ocean Activity Cycle: Diurnal When most people think of mermaids, what comes to mind is more like the beautiful undine. Their bodies… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Meat, preferably burned Length: 13’02” Lifespan: 80 years Habitat: Burning places Activity Cycle: Cathemeral The salamanders are the undisputed champions of their lands largely by default, for they only thrive where fire constantly reigns. Magically sustained fires… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Omnivorous Height: 2’9″ (14’7″ as giants) Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Underground Activity Cycle: Cathemeral From mere feet under the earth to miles deep, gnomes are everywhere in Alfheim, but rarely seen. Gnomes can pass through the earth… Continue Reading
World: Midgard Diet: Mold, rotting things, small animals Height: 1’5″ terrestrial, 0’9″ avian Lifespan: 5 years Habitat: Cities Activity Cycle: Nocturnal In old Tagask, a fantastical device known as the microscope and many clever experiments revealed that the root of… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Water and soil Height: 48’4″ Lifespan: 5 years Habitat: Plains, forests Activity Cycle: Cathemeral It takes an exceptionally hateful heart to spawn a hateseed. Only the very most bitter and twisted of souls, consumed with disgust for… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Anything, preference for meat Height: 16’4″ Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Plains, forests Activity Cycle: Diurnal Jotunheim does not have a natural seasonal cycle. There is no winter and summer, or cycles of wet and dry. Instead, winter… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Anything, preference for plant matter Height: 16’5″ Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Volcanos, plains, forests Activity Cycle: Diurnal The creatures known as fire giants have none of the inherent power over fire that their names might suggest. Rather,… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Any Organic Material Height: 9’1″ Lifespan: 3 months Habitat: Desert Activity Cycle: Diurnal There are no summer and winter in Alfheim, just wet and dry seasons. In the driest deserts, the wet season is usually extremely brief… Continue Reading