The vested and Vaenir races

The Vaenir made creatures of chaos and passion. Several are recorded here; the full roster with lifespans is in the species reference.

Elves, dragons, and trow

Elves are a Vaenir race whose hatred for the Celeste runs deepest of all. Dragons are effectively ageless at the eldest, and — with the trow — are among the few Vaenir who do not hide among mortals in the present age.

The trow are shapeshifters, in the manner of Norse folklore: very beautiful, and given to hiding their true face from all but their spouse. Their shape-changing is innate rather than worked through a vestment, unlike the vested races below.

The vested races

The vested races change shape by means of a magical garment, the vestment. Putting it on or taking it off moves them between forms.

• The Celeste wear a feathered cloak that becomes wings, and are nearly immortal.
• The selkie wear a sealskin, in the traditional manner.
• The merfolk and the naga are also counted among the vested races; their vestments and lifespans are not yet established.

Whether the selkie, merfolk, and naga share the Celeste's near immortality, or whether lifespan varies from one vested race to another, is an open question for the Dungeon Master.

The lobine, by contrast, are an Aesir creation: wolf-like guardians descended from the first Great Wolf. They shapeshift by an innate, honor-bound art of their own, not by a vestment, and are noted here only to distinguish them from the Vaenir shapeshifters.