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          Welcome to the Vain the Sword character generator, which will help you come up with characters of all the possible races, with looks customized to the specific race, as well as a quirk or additional character detail.       I will be adding to the generator, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know!      Made with the amazing Spwack 's List to HTML Generator , which made a very large project into something that only took me a few evenings. Learn about the races, peoples, and setting of the GLoGhack  Vain the Sword  created by the marvelous Phlox

A Vain the Sword Addendum (GLoGhack by Phlox ) Intelligent Peoples (of Holy Selmat and Beyond): Kaf-Tsadhi Humans Golems Gnolls Orcs Locusts Serset Hobbits Elves Eulogy Gnomes, Fae and Related Peoples Pre-Skeletons Talking Animals         Also known as “hyena men,” “jackal men,” and “People of the Strand.”  Large, muscular, furred bipeds with the general look of the ground-dwelling hyenas, most often with curved spines, lending them a hunched stature despite their height. Whether they were perhaps created by the same god that created hyenas is uncertain, even amongst gnoll folklore.     Gnolls generally have voracious appetites and a strong sense of smell, and most gnoll cultures and customs are based heavily around eating. Food is the most basic of considerations any gnoll can have, whether they are visiting a friend, packing for a trip, or going about their daily business. A gnoll that does not offer food to guests or friends, even to enemies, is often seen as selfish or weak,

  A Vain the Sword Addendum (GLoGhack by Phlox ) Intelligent Peoples (of Holy Selmat and Beyond): Kaf-Tsadhi Humans Golems Gnolls Orcs Locusts Serset Hobbits Elves Eulogy Gnomes, Fae and Related Peoples Pre-Skeletons Talking Animals       A varied people, typically bipedal, and distinct in manner of their birth, or rather, creation. Also known as “clay men,” “mudmen,” and “kolam.”     No two golems are the same, even if created by the same method, though they share some common aspects, notably, that they are a mechanical or otherwise articulated creation, usually of clay or stone, that is imbued with a soul and animated.     How this is accomplished varies - though magic is involved in all cases. This book is not meant to teach one how to create such a being, so I will not delve into the finer detail of the creation of golems, but the relevant details involve magic, time, and building the golem a body, as well as words of power most often written on the forehead (though they can

  A Vain the Sword Addendum (GLoGhack by Phlox ) Intelligent Peoples (of Holy Selmat and Beyond): Kaf-Tsadhi Humans Golems Gnolls Orcs Locusts Serset Hobbits Elves Eulogy Gnomes, Fae and Related Peoples Pre-Skeletons Talking Animals      Also known as “Grays,” “Orks,” “Orkean People,” and “the People of Gog”      A tall and often muscular race of bipedal peoples, with varied shades of green, grey, or blue skin. They are most often stronger and more physically inclined than your average Kaf-Tsadhi, for example, but not particularly more violent or blood-thirsty, despite the popular misconception.      Most orcs live in large towns or even cities, typically with little contact with outsiders and living strictly within their own means of farming and hunting, not unlike humans.     For the reference of those reading, I shall point out that when I use the framework of “male” and “female”, I am describing a biological presentation of a given species - people of the world are often awar

  A Vain the Sword Addendum (GLoGhack by Phlox ) Intelligent Peoples (of Holy Selmat and Beyond): Kaf-Tsadhi Humans Golems Gnolls Orcs Locusts Serset Hobbits Elves Eulogy Gnomes, Fae and Related Peoples Pre-Skeletons Talking Animals         This section is dedicated to Theobo of Bordton - your grit and determination to keep me away is to be applauded, only my ability to fly gave me any advantage over you. I am lucky to have another molt this coming year, or I may have wept more bitterly over the loss of my left hand to your blade .     Also referred to as “Halflings.”      Small, humanoid, bipedal people of roughly three and a half (3.5) feet tall. These small people are fiery-tempered, even compared to humans, and often find themselves hungry for food and good company, and less often, are struck with a strong need to hoard gold. Hobbits are often easily distracted, and are best at “living in the moment” compared to any other intelligent race.     Despite their small stature, the

  A Vain the Sword Addendum (GLoGhack by Phlox ) Intelligent Peoples (of Holy Selmat and Beyond): Kaf-Tsadhi Humans Golems Gnolls Orcs Locusts Serset Hobbits Elves Eulogy Gnomes, Fae and Related Peoples Pre-Skeletons Talking Animals                   Locusts: Also called “the Wing’ed” in some areas. Large, bipedal insects with two legs, two arms, two wings capable of short bursts of flight, and a chitinous exoskeleton. Locusts come in a variety of hues and shades of colour, and many have extraordinary patterns that develop through their adult life, reflecting their place in their life-cycle and their overall health. Notably, these people are long-lived, 600 or more years, and spend much of their lives in hibernation underground - though it varies from locust to locust, most remain awake for around a year, before hibernating for another seven years.      Unlike many other species of people, locust females are generally larger (sometimes more than a foot taller than males), have la