[CENTER]NYMH[/CENTER] [i]Very Cowboys and Samurai aesthetic[/i] A world built upon the ruins of a world that came before the present and the worlds before it. Cities and towns built upon the ruins of castles, fortresses and more. Anachronistic society, medieval in some aspects, while firearms and electricity coexist alongside magic and blades. Steampunk aesthetic with airships sailing the sky, while horses race along plains below. The First Age belonged to the dragons, but they razed the globe in their own arrogance only for the Keeper to wipe them out. In their wake, the Keeper crafted mountains and volcanoes that replaced the mighty dragons. The Elves ruled the Second Age. The Elves were curious and long-lived, searching the globe, mapping it and building sprawling cities and walls. They began to unlock the secrets of the world and discovered ancient artifacts left behind by the dragons. The Elves were so long-lived that they eventually became the trees of the forest, and so the Keeper was forced to start again. The Third Age was defined by diversity. Where only a single sentient race occupied the first two ages, the Third Age introduced a new race of Elves who favoured the seas, the mountain-dwelling dvergr dreki Drekigr The Height of the Fifth Age Dwarves (Lepus Meles): Incredibly tough skin, ability to turn invisible, resistant to fire and frost. finely-furred skin, horns, long ears and claws. Hoarders, master metal workers. Short to average height in stature with pointed faces and often protruding front teeth or canines. Elves (Mer): Tall and lean, with pointed spiny ears that flare and move with expression and mood, smooth, finely scaled skin made up of dermal denticles that runs between rubbery to almost leaf-like like depending on the climate. Able to commune with the 'trees'. Retractable elongated canines (snake-like, pop for hunger, anger and arousal), beak-like face with narrow slitted nostrils, sharp features and marble-like complexions. Two pairs of lungs, one for land, one connected to gills, which are located along either side of their ribcages. Spiny fins are located along the back of forearms and calves. Completely hairless and often adorn themselves with clothing and jewelry which mimics the appearance of hair. A completely androgenous species lacking in mammaries, nipples or any obvious genitalia, Elves are synchronous hermaphrodites and function as either sex simultaneously. Elves are incredibly sensitive to changes in the environment. [img]https://media.craiyon.com/2025-07-11/1QmuGan-TEyUIXhEUfAnzQ.webp[/img] Swashbuckler Gunslinger Zorro meets PotC meets LotR meets PoE meets Spaghetti Western