Demi-humans ｢亜人族, demi hyūman, lit. "sub-human race"｣ are the various sub-species of humans that exist. They exist primarily as a result of Twilight Valentine's various experiments with genetic engineering and cross-breeding. Since they are subspecies of humans, rather than outright different species, demi-human species are capable of reproduction with each other and regular humans with zero issues.
Types[]
Sprites[]
Sprites ｢半妖精族, han'yōsei-zoku｣ are demi-humans who can trace their origins back to elementals. They tend to possess longer life spans and stronger magical force the purer their blood is. Some of the purest members of its races live almost a millennium long just from their innate power.
There are four primary families among the sprites that can each trace their roots back to a specific element:
- Dwarves ｢地人族, dowāfu｣ representing the earth element and derived from the high dwarves ｢地精人, hai dowāfu｣.
- Merfolk ｢魚人族, māman｣ representing the water element and derived from the sirens ｢水精人, seirēn｣.
- Kijin ｢鬼人族, kijin｣ representing the fire element and derived from the enki ｢火精人, enki｣.
- Elves ｢耳長族, erufu｣ representing the wind element and derived from the high elves ｢風精人, hai erufu｣.
Beastfolk[]
Beastfolk ｢獣人, jūjin｣ are demi-humans who can trace their origins back to magic beasts. The original and predominant member of their family are lycanthropes who possess extraordinary physical capabilities and the ability to shift from a human form to their inner animal form, as well as a hybrid between the two. Various other races, such as kobolds, orcs, and rabbitfolk are degenerated lycanthropes who over time lost their ability to shift between man and beast, resulting in a permanent mix.
While the lizardman and dragonewt races bare no direct relation to lycanthropes, their part-beast nature is shared and their powers are functionally identical as a result, just with a draconic nature.
Others[]
While demi-humans are predominantly filled with subspecies that have adapted to magicules and gained tremendous powers as a result, there are some races among them that were not so fortunate and are nearly identical to humans in terms of power. This might have historically been seen as a blessing in disguise due to the immense prejudice towards anything magical in any capacity, but the recent era of demi-human rights established during the events of Territory Seizure annuls this.
Classification as monsters[]
Due to the prejudice of early humans, as well as the policies established by the Western Holy Church, demi-humans were regarded as monsters for nearly all of human history. Anything remotely magical, even some mages, were often seen as evil and therefore offered no human rights. Thus, many demi-humans who often wielded fantastical magical abilities that made them resemble monsters were treated with the utmost disdain and classified as monsters on principle.
During the events of Territory Seizure, due to the emergence of Tempest, demi-humans were officially recognized as members of humanity and given proper rights by the Western Nations. The dwarf and elf nations had been previously tolerated by the church, but even they were not officially recognized until this declaration.
Evolution[]
There are two mainstream evolutionary paths available to human and demi-human species: enlightenment and majinization. There is a third in the form of awakening the power dormant in ones bloodline and returning to a purer form of their subspecies or even becoming a fairy, but this is only normally available to certain demi-human subspecies and only during special circumstances.
Known demi-human races[]
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| Beastfolk | Dragonewt (Lizardman • True dragonewt • Soul dragon • Dragon majin • Divine dragon) • Lycanthrope (Soul beast • Divine beast) • Kobold • Okami (Tengu) • Orc (High orc (Orc Lord • Orc Disaster • Soul boar • Divine boar)) • Rabbitfolk | |
| Sprites | Dwarf • Elf (Dark elf) • Goblin (Evil goblin • Hobgoblin • Goblina) • Halfling • Merfolk • Ogre (Kijin • Death oni • Oni (Wicked oni) • Soul oni • Divine oni (Divine fighter)) | |