Druas

The Druas are the most enigmatic of the humanoid peoples. Nobody is sure where they come from: some scholars trace them to the Korupira, the forest devils, others call them a cross of elf and demon, and still others think they are the last of the legendary first human race of the dark continent of Mu. Alone among humanoids they have no homeland, and scattered individuals and small groups share no common culture or faith. A dwarven folk tale says their ancestral home, Talislanta, sank beneath the sea after the first cataclysm, and that they must roam the world until it rises again.

In build they resemble elves or nymphs and move with the easy grace of the Sidhe. All have coal-black skin, white hair and no facial hair, with steel-gray eyes whose irises are flecked with silver. Their unnerving stare leads superstitious folk to speak of the evil eye.

Their temperament is unlike any other humanoid's: most seem absorbed and dreamy, even mid-conversation. Most lean toward neutrality, though evil groups and cults, both chaotic and lawful, exist. All have inborn psychic gifts and a natural bent for the mystic arts, and like elves they live very long. Some hunters and adventurers claim to have found Druas settlements in the most remote wilds, made of ring-shaped structures of smoothly cut stone much like the Druidic temple of Stonehenge in Alba, but there is little proof, and such stories are doubtful.

In play every Druas has infra-vision and gains +2 on saves vs PER and +1 on saves vs WILL. Once a day a Druas can make a Sending, a silent message of no more than seven words passed by thought to a single person. Distance does not limit it, but it cannot cross from one dimension into another. Druas may become Bounty Hunters, Hunters, Martial Artists, Monks, Mystics, Rogues, Warriors, Witches, Witch Hunters or Wizards.