Shadows Graveyard Races

The first original creations of light essence, angels have wings and the ability of flight. Though not all angels remain of the lighter essence after their fall, all begin as angelic forms of goodness. In the choice of becoming an angel your alignment can be either good, bad or neutral. Depending on the choices you make in your characters history of your fall from grace (heaven), you will decide whether or not the character you play is tainted by darkness, held true to pure essence, or conflicted and remaining neutral.

Angels tend to keep long hair and have bright eyes. All angels have an angelic form that is an essence, this essence is contained inside a mortal body. Angels have the ability to use wings, though those angels that have remained apart of the physical realm for a long time often find that they forget how to make their wings appear for use, and thus no longer use them. Most angels can be passed off as mortal with very little effort.

Angels do not know death the way mortals do, when they have remained on the physical world long enough their angelic essence grows week and it returns to the heavens, thus their physical body dies here on earth. They are immortal to the ailments of man, but can still be killed by the sword.

Skills: Flight, Lore, Magic

Starting Strength Points: 10

Disposition to Magic: 6

Elf Angels are a very rare and unusual breed of elves. These beings tend to be always good aligned. They are found with the characteristic marks of pointed ears and big eyes, but often with the wings of the angelic beings. About the normal size of your average human, these Elf-Angels tend to find indifference among the elven community due to the elven loyalty to it's race.

Elf-Angels often sport large wings, varying in hue but tending toward the characteristic white of Angels. They retain their elven appearance, sharp pointed ears and large slightly tilted eyes, though they vary in color. Most Elf Angels  born with wings do not have any great skill in flying, but are able to learn to become quite adapt at it. Wings in Elf Angels are not always apparent at birth but come about during puberty. Some Elf-Angels are born with no wings at all, depending the strength of the elven blood.

Skills: Lore, Magic�, Flying,

Starting Strength Points: 11

Disposition to Magic: 6

Demon Angels are a very confused lot, often of having the misconstrued appearance of both beauty and the beast. These beings generally take on the traits of both bloodlines together. Their conflicting emotions towards good and evil often find them of neutral alignment with a tendency to bounce back and forth to either the good or the bad.Demon Angels have immortality and often live on the physical realm for thousands of years before their essence passes on into one of the two other realms, however most essence of Demon Angels never enters the heavens.

Not all Demon Angels have wings. Some are birthed without wings, others are birthed with dark wings and/or leathery like that of bats with great bone structure and clawed ends. Demon Angels tend to have darker pigmentation and many have deformities such as horns, hooves and/or scales. Most Demon Angels have red, black or dark eyes and indecisive temperaments. Not all bad, but most have the tendency towards darkness.

Skills: Flying, Apathy, Perception

Starting Strength Points: 12

Disposition to Magic: 7

With blood lines of both Angel's and Mortals, these beings are said to be the giants among men, yet the forgotten. They tend to be loners, keeping to themselves in the realms of lost cities where they are no longer remembered.

The Nephilim are the cursed, they are the first of the union of Angels to Mortal woman and thus have existed for centuries. They have immortality that stretches thousands of years and do die, or lose their essence after a time. The essence of the Nephilim travel to the heavens, though often if they turn to darkness never make it to the halls. Highly intelligent and beautifully created, the Nephilim do not bare wings. The children born of the watchers and mortal woman are barren, their bodies unable to recreate and thus the race of Nephilim are a minority, a failing race in the blood lines.

Nephilim range in height, some traversing well above 6 feet. They often have pale complexions due to their time spent within the shadows. They vary in coloring, though the first of the birthed Nephilim were said to be pale of hair and eye color. The Nephilim are a sullen race, torn between their creation and of the oldest known beings in the lands.

Skills: Lore, Awareness, Empathy

Starting Strength Points: 10

Disposition to Magic: 6

Of the blood of Angels and mortal woman, these beings of the supernatural have also accepted and been embraced by darkness. This does not always mean their alignment is evil, though it tends to lean that way. Most Vampiric Nephilim seek the embrace for no more then a world by which to expose themselves and live.

Cursed as Nephilim, the dark beings of the forgotten adapt well to the life of the undead and make loyal Vampires. Many become great masters, scholars of study for their extended live times and their rather romanticized view on life. Vampiric Nephilim are fierce warriors, with all the supernatural power of the Vampire. They tend to remain sullen and within the shadows, observing and absorbing.

Vampiric Nephilim carry the trait of the Vampiric sires, the pale skin, longish nails and hair and translucent eyes that change to red when hungry. They bear the sharp fangs for making wounds in which to feed, and yet are the Vampires that are said to retain a soul, perhaps only due to their sullen nature carried into their dark life from that of their Nephilim one. Most Nephilim Vampires remain alone or begin a group of their own kind, a kinship. Kinship's are as families and the Vampiric Nephilim's bestial nature and fierce loyalties become apparent when tested. Most Nephilim embraced, become thus if only to find an acceptance with one race.

Skills: (One of the following may be chosen upon embrace) Perception, Apathy, Empathy, Intimidation, Alertness

NOTE: You cannot choose this as a starter race, you would choose Nephilim angel and then strive to become a Vampire in the RPG!

Of mixed blood, generally birthed angelic these Vampiric Angels are fallen and taken into a dark embrace. A interesting combination, these beings are generally caught within a conflict of race, and lost to the battle of good vs evil, tending to remain neutrally aligned.

Angelic Vampires are those born or created Angel, fallen to the physical realm (earth) where the Angels end up in the embrace of a Vampire. Like when a mortal is crossed over, an Angel's blood lines become crossed with the thread of Vampiric blood, this fully enhances the Angelic Vampire. It heightens their senses, and further increases their agility and endurance. Angelic Vampires are rare and often a conflicted lot due to their mixed blood lines.

Basic characteristics of an Angelic Vampire are wings, either white, grey or black. Their already pale pigmentation becomes more statuesque like and grows even more thin and taunt as they age. They vary in height and basic hair color. Their eyes will alter generally between a crimson, yellow or orange when hungry and needing to feed, from their natural color at birth. Angelic Vampires have fangs of their top teeth, necessary in Vampires to make wounds for feeding.

Skills: (One of the following may be chosen upon embrace) Perception, Apathy, Empathy, Intimidation, Alertness

NOTE: You cannot choose this as a starter race, you would choose Angel and then strive to become a Vampire in the rpg!