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 The mortal races are those races that either evolved or were [[wp>​Uplift (Science Fiction)|uplifted]] from existing creatures within the [[Mortal Plane]]. While they are on their native plane creatures of the [[Shadow Realms]] are able to generate spiritual power. The default plane of the game is the Mortal Plane. The mortal races are those races that either evolved or were [[wp>​Uplift (Science Fiction)|uplifted]] from existing creatures within the [[Mortal Plane]]. While they are on their native plane creatures of the [[Shadow Realms]] are able to generate spiritual power. The default plane of the game is the Mortal Plane.
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 +The defining characteristic of a mortal over an animal or intelligent being is called [[wp>​sapience]]. There are many different [[wp>​sentient]] creatures on Miranda, but not all of them are sapient. This is defined as a creature that is able to act upon its own judgement with the wisdom of their own intelligence. To contain a spark, however small, of the [[lore:​Shadow Realms]].
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 +It is possible for an individual of a sentient species to gain sapience; although it is uncommon. It is even more rare for an animal to gain sapience, but not completely without precedence.
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 [[creatures:​Elf#​True Elf]]: The first sentient species on this world, they were created from the [[lore:Well of Life]] by Ellowyn, a [[wp>Aos Sí|Sidhe]] Queen. With fae spirits bound in truly immortal bodies they spread the power of the fae lands across Miranda, changing the very nature of the world to match their own nature. There are still True Elves upon this world; although they tend to keep apart from all other mortal species - including their own cousins the [[creatures:​Elf#​Great Elf|Great Elves]] who see to regain their lost heritage. [[creatures:​Elf#​True Elf]]: The first sentient species on this world, they were created from the [[lore:Well of Life]] by Ellowyn, a [[wp>Aos Sí|Sidhe]] Queen. With fae spirits bound in truly immortal bodies they spread the power of the fae lands across Miranda, changing the very nature of the world to match their own nature. There are still True Elves upon this world; although they tend to keep apart from all other mortal species - including their own cousins the [[creatures:​Elf#​Great Elf|Great Elves]] who see to regain their lost heritage.
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-[[creatures:​Giant]]:​ Created by the devils during the war with the gods. These massive humanoids stood no less that fifty (50) feet tall and occasionally towered over three hundred (300) feet with bodies fashioned from rock and stone. When the power of the devils was driven out most of these creatures returned to the mountains and slept, awaiting the call of their creators. This changed for some of them during the [[lore:Age of Legends]] when they were changed and their rock bodies twisted into flesh, bone, and blood. 
  
  
 [[creatures:​Jundari]]:​ Air spirits brought from the [[lore:Land of Clouds]] by [[lore:​Aesir]] and given winged cat bodies. Like other ancient races they were physically changed by the Age of Legends and the Dark Age that followed. It was not until Aesir returned that the jundari regained their stature. [[creatures:​Jundari]]:​ Air spirits brought from the [[lore:Land of Clouds]] by [[lore:​Aesir]] and given winged cat bodies. Like other ancient races they were physically changed by the Age of Legends and the Dark Age that followed. It was not until Aesir returned that the jundari regained their stature.
  
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 [[creatures:​Canum]]:​ This was the first mortal race created by the Sha’rek’ta after they discovered the power of the Black Gates. They used this power to a manipulate a semi-erect [[wp>​Canidae]],​ giving it manipulative hands, greater intelligence,​ and true sentience. It is believed that this species is now extinct with the last known reference during the [[lore:Age of Man]]. [[creatures:​Canum]]:​ This was the first mortal race created by the Sha’rek’ta after they discovered the power of the Black Gates. They used this power to a manipulate a semi-erect [[wp>​Canidae]],​ giving it manipulative hands, greater intelligence,​ and true sentience. It is believed that this species is now extinct with the last known reference during the [[lore:Age of Man]].
  
-[[creatures:​Hashan]]:​ 
  
 +[[creatures:​Hashan]]:​ A refinement of the shaktar, the hashan were lifted from a ancestor of modern [[wp>​Mustelidae]] (sea otters). Physically they are the smallest of the species created by the Sha’rek’ta and the closest to their original form with fur, whiskers, and scent glands.
  
  
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 +The Cataclysm at the end of the [[lore:Age of Legends]] and the unstable [[lore:Dark Age]] that followed changed many of the species that had once thrived upon the world. Not only were those born in the crucible of unstable power changed, but the after effects were devastating. These are the sapiens who survived these tumultuous eras.
  
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 +[[creatures:​Centaur]]:​ Centaurs were once a species of highly intelligent horses created by the Sha’rek’ta that roamed the earth, but were changed by first by the Legendary power of the Black Gates and again by the elves of the world. The Centaurs that lived through the Dark Age were twisted and misshapen beasts wracked by pain. The elves healed their bodies and restored their minds. ​
  
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 +[[creatures:​Gnome]]: ​Once small earth spirits, the Cataclysm at the end of the Age of Legends warped the earth and many of the creatures tied to them. Gnomes now wander the world unable to settle down in any one location. Most people would consider them dangerously unstable as there seems to be no time between thought and action.
  
  
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-[[creatures:​Merfolk]]:​+[[creatures:​Merfolk]]: ​Like the Centaur these also began as an intelligent species of fish created by the Sha’rek’ta,​ but forever changed by events. Unlike the Centaurs, the Merfolk were not twisted or driven mad by their change, but in fact thrived and expanded during the Dark Age.
  
  
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