All humanoid (including humans) races were created by the Ageshkir as weapons to use against the Ditani. The Ditani made deals with demons to kill the Ageshkir, and the humanoid races were turned loose on the world. All non-human races are referred to as the Bestial Races by humans. They include:

• orcs - Brutal tribal bands who wage endless war for sacrificial victims

• Hobgoblins - Brutal tribes who spend their whole lives training for war. They mercilessly kill the weak so only the strong may survive. They sell their services as mercenaries, often to lords eager to keep their people safe from orcs.

• Trolls - Monstrous creatures that live in the mountains. They possess the rudiments of speech and have a clearly defined social structure, but no culture to speak of. A troll tribe is composed of a single male and several females. When male offspring mature they either kill their father or flee the tribe. Trolls can heal nearly any wound.

• Goblins - Little guys who have been utterly conquered by orcs. They’ll flee before they fight, and groups of them will often escape bondage and form sedentary family groups in old ruins or caves. They rarely attack human settlements unless provoked, but will set upon travelers if they have a large numerical advantage.

• dwarves - No living person has seen a dwarf, but everyone knows someone whose great-great-grandfather swears he did business with them. Their artifacts still turn up in markets from time to time, metalworking of unsurpassed quality. After the war with the Ditani the Dwarves retreated into their mountainholds. Over hundreds of years their xenophobia grew, until they finally sealed their fortresses and stopped having any contact with the other constructed races.

• ditani - Extinct progenitor race.