Races-

Slayers

A Slayer is usually described as having extensive knowledge of monstrous creatures hiding among them, including their powers and weaknesses, and uses this knowledge to effectively combat them. They simply humans with more than average knowledge about the supernatural world, while in others they are themselves supernatural beings, having superhuman abilities and a vendetta against the other supernaturals.

Mermaids/Mermen

A marine creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful young maiden/man and with the lower body of a fish. They can be found in seas and lakes, or lying on a rock. Merfolk sometimes foretell the future.

According to myth, they lure sailors by singing and with lovely music. They live in a kingdom on the bottom of the sea, and it is here they take their prisoners to. From this story, the fear amongst the sailor grew and they thought that seeing a mermaid would cause bad luck: it could predict death by drowning. Making them a target for the hunters.

Unlike it is commonly thought the Merpeople can get out of water and gain legs as long as they spend a few days in the water. The are decent fighters but more often come to for the visions they get.

Fairyfolk

fairies are divided into the Seelie Court, the more beneficently inclined (but still dangerous) fairies, and the Unseelie Court, the malicious fairies. While the fairies from the Seelie court enjoyed playing pranks on humans they were usually harmless pranks, compared to the Unseelie court that enjoyed bringing harm to humans as entertainment.

They are smart and cunning creatures become one of the first races to be hunted down by the slayers for the common myth that they had a neck for stealing children.

They are fearless in battle,and willing to put their life on the line to save a loved ones.

Werewolves

For some, it is a birthright; a genetic gift (or curse) passed down the family line. For everyone else, a bite is required, and that bite is usually deadly. Very few humans survive, because when most werewolves bite, they bite to kill. Then there's the ordeal of surviving the transformation itself, both physically and mentally. Unlike myth a werewolf can change at will not by the phases of the moon.


Vampires

The 'facts' we believed about vampires are actually myth. Vampires can walk in daylight, they do not have superhuman strength, but they are stronger then a human, and they are unable to turn into a bat and flit away in the face of danger. They seem human, lacking protruding fangs (unless feeding), and usually have sun-kissed skin. They have souls and emotions. The slayers are hunting them down for the myth that they are cold blooded killers, they in fact just kill once a year. That isn't to say they don't feed when they get hungry. (That isn't to say that some in fact are killers and do kill as often as they like)
Sub-race in the Vampire race are wraiths

Wraiths

Wraiths are reanimated Vampires, Souls of those who died with much anger left in their hearts, and cannot find rest after being slain.Wraiths are often confused with Ghosts, the difference is Wraiths return to the mortal realm with a physical body,though that body no longer requires the substance, as a Vampire would require. Wraiths feed of the souls of mortals, Human or otherwise. Wraiths still hold many weaknesses that Vampires had, but gain a few unique strengths. Phase Shifting, as many refer to it as, allows the Wraith to shift back into the Realm of the dead, preserving their lives in dire situations, though returning to the mortal realm is difficult, Most Wraith reserve this as a last ditch effort for survival. As well, the Wraith no longer requires Blood to live. Because they can siphon the soul of their victims, feeding is much more easy, and undetectable. A wraith can sustain itself for many years off of one host alone, or they can empower themselves by draining a targets soul at once, giving them a burst of strength, that often educes great physical weakness and fatigue after-wards. Wraiths are often vengeful and don't get along with others, they are great actors often also getting confused with the succubus and incubus alike.

Gryphons

A Gryphon is half lion, half bird. Their front legs are a birds, with claws at the end, and the back legs are lions paws. A Gryphons body is like a lions, except for the wings sprouting from the shoulders. Gryphons have been used for riding through the skys, battles, and hunting. Some Gryphons are able to talk, transform into humans, and have power. A gryphon has been known to control the gift of fire, or wind once they find a element stone. Many of the remaining being the type that can change into human form to avoid the slayers, like the fairyfolk have been hunted, or caught and used against their will.

"Beware the griffon. Those vorpal talons will rend human flesh as easily as the skin of prey animals. Voracious, ferocious, and cunning, the gryphon will come out of the sky with the sun at its back, and take one of your party before you even know it’s upon you. Take heed, then, in the open places." A quote pulled from a Slayer's hand book. Thankfully for this race the human accept of them, is a well guarded secret.

Kappas

Kappas are typically depicted as roughly humanoid in form, and about the size of a child. Their scaly, reptilian skin ranges in color from green to yellow or blue. Kappas supposedly inhabit the ponds and rivers, and have various features to aid them in this environment, such as webbed hands and feet.They are sometimes said to smell like fish, and they can certainly swim like them.Their most notable feature is an indentation on the top of their head that holds water; this is regarded as the source of their power. This cavity must be full whenever a kappa is away from the water; if it spills, the kappa will be unable to move. Though kappas are dangerous, they are also extremely polite, and a human can outwit them by bowing deeply to them; the kappa will be obliged to return the bow, thus spilling their water and rendering them immobile.

Kappa are usually seen as mischievous troublemakers. Their pranks range from the relatively innocent, to the evilly sinister.As water monsters, kappa have been frequently blamed for drownings, and are often said to try to lure people to the water and pull them in with their great skill at wrestling.

They love cucumbers. It is said that if you carve your family name onto a cucumber and throw it into a river, the kappa living in that river won't harm your family

Faun

The faun is a half human - half goat (from the head to the waist being the human half, but with the addition of goat's horns) manifestation of forest and animal spirits which would help or hinder humans at whim. Slayers believed fauns inspired fear in men traveling in lonely, remote or wild places but were also capable of guiding humans in need.
The fauns aligned with the Slayers at the start of the mass killings to have themselves and now act as spy.

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