Help Index :: Races :: racial_dark The listing of racial traits for those races that serve the darkness: - - - - - Humans The basic race type, we should all be familiar with this one. Height: Male about 5 feet 2 inches - 6 feet tall on average Female about 5 feet- 5 feet 10 inches on average Hair: Ranging in colors primarily of blond, brown, black, red (rarely white or gray unless advanced years) Eyes: Brown, Blue, Green or Gray (rare) iris White around the iris unless very sick. - - - - - Vyan Height: male about 4'8"-5'8" (' means feet) female about 4'6"-5'6" (" means inches) Hair: typically stright. Pale (white/gray/silver) to Black. brown or blond (extremely rare). NO FACIAL HAIR. Eyes: Almond-shaped / up-slanted eyes in colors of primarily violet or amber. Though other colors such as brilliant blues or grays to black are not uncommon. Note: Skin tones range primarily from midnight black to pale, wan colors. The vyan with the healthy glow of sun burnished skin is almost completely unheard of. Note: Vyans age very slowly. You probaby won't see wrinkles before they reach at least a good 500-600 years old, and even then it would be very faint and hard to notice them for another few hundred years. - - - - - Orcs Height: males about 5'2" - 6'6" females about 5' - 6'6" Hair: Orcs typically don't have the greates of manes. What hair does grow tends to be black and coarse. Ocassional shade of dark brown or the infrequent shade of ruddy redish-brown do occur. Eyes: Typically dark shades of brown or black irises. The area around the iris is a sallow yellowish or grey-white at best. Note: Orcs frequently have dusky-hues skin tending towards shades of browns and reds. Warts are commonplace and, in some tribes, considered marks of great beauty. Nothing's worse than plain smooth, boring skin. Note: Orcs have poor dental hiegene but also have hearty teeth that often grow in once lost. Enlarged, tusk-like canines often protrude from the lower jaw noticably. Noses are often upturned, giving them a pig-like or boarish appearance according to the nastier comments of so-called good races. - - - - - Ogres Height: males about 6'6" - 7'6" females about 6'4" - 7'2" Hair: Ogres have hair most frequently in browns, blacks, and reds and rarely gray. It is usually coarse, bristly or patchy. Facial hair is extremely rare, almost unheard of, though ear and nose hair as well as shoulder and back hair are common. Eyes: Ogres tend to have dull, beady eyes ranging in colors of mainly greys. Sometimes hints of red or black have appeared though rarely. Irises are large leaving only a little of the sallow to gray surrounding the eyes visible. Note: Ogres are often muscular, but odd protuberances as well as frequent patches of hair-covered warts can confuse the bulky shape. Most ogres have poor posture. Ogre skin is usually a dusky shade of grey-brown, sandy brown, or ruddy red-brown and is always somewhat rubbery. - - - - - Trolls Height: males about 6'4" - 7'4" females about 6'6" - 7' 6" Hair: Swamp trolls tend to black hair, not always on their head. Where hair grows it is either greasy or coarse. Ice trolls tend to have white hair, with at least some on their head more so than elsewhere. Eyes: All trolls have beady little black or red eyes with very small pupils. Essentially there is no iris, just the red or black around the pupil. Note: Trolls have green skin in varying hues (though none are what would be termed bright, neon, or electric green), They are often warty or have cancerous appearing growths though these do not seem to affect their health negatively in any way, rather it appears to be an excess of their ability to regenerate. Trolls almost never have scars, as they heal so incredibly well. For a race that is typically foul, corupt and evil they have the incongruous gift of incredible regeneration at the cost of a never-ending hunger. - - - - - Goblins Height: males and females about 3'6" - 4'4" Hair: Not all goblins have hair, in fact, many have none at all. What hair they do grow is usually black or brown and often caked in muck and fiflth. Goblins have no facial hair. Eyes: Like most of the dark races, goblins have eyes that are primarily black and beady, though some have turned up with shades of dark brown or reddish-brown. The iris extends to the edge of the eye with only a pupil which dilates between a pinprick in size to a large circle as lighting permits. Note: Goblins have craggy skin in colors of earthy greens and browns or patchy/mottled earthtone mixes. Though they have warts and protuberances less frequently than orcs, ogres, and trolls they are not completely infrequent in some clans. Goblins tend to have sharp teeth, though they are small and wouldn't ordinarily be called fangs. - - - - - Lizardfolk Height: male and female 5'6" - 6'2" Eyes: Reptillian eyes, vertically slit pupils surrounded by an all-enveloping iris in shades from red to amber to yellow. Notes: Lizardfolk, lacking hair for descriptions, often employ the descriptions of the various colors depicted by their scales. Much the way a snake's scales form interesting patterns, the lizardfolk develop patterns in many tones. Included are clans with anywhere from subdued, earthy tones to ones with vibrant hues of red, orange and yellow. Lizardfolk skin is typically soft and smooth like a snakes, though wet, fish-like skin and raspy crocodile-like skin has been noted before as well.