Humans: These are the humans we all know and love. The first of the races to master technology, they have become quite powerful since the Revolution, even attempting to destroy the other races twice.
Elves: The race that is the most magic-prone, it is the elves who discovered the use of magic in the early days of the world, and used it to shape the vast desert region they live in into a more habitable environment. Most people figure that the elves would live in the woods, bringing them closer to nature, but in fact it is the opposite. The elves tend to love the desert heat, and the challenge of transmuting the sand and other things into soil for them to plant on. They are naturally taller than the others.
Dwarves: By far the most prosperous of the races, it was the dwarves who forge the first swords, and created the first mines. Naturally short, they are very hardy, and tend to live inside of the mountains. Their greatest love is that of forging, for they feel closest to their gods when creating a sword in the fires of the "Great Anvil".
Shape-Changers: The second rarest of the races, they were almost entirely wiped out by the corrupted Archangel Azriel with extreme prejudice. All shape-changers have three shapes, one that is the shape of one of the other races (allowing them to become a part of any society), a battle form that depends on their personality, and a travel form, usually that of a Cheetah or bird. Their humanoid form is typically that of a Human before they turn twenty, when they acquire their permanent form. Only one out of ten times will you be able to find a shape-changer in a normal crowd. This is because of two factors, their rarity, and the fact that they seem like any other person on the planet.
Automatons: The most mysterious and feared of the races, automatons were discovered in an old cave nearly a decade after the Revolution, dating back to almost a millennia before. It is unknown how new Automatons are created, although it is not in the same fashion as humanoid children, that much we know. It seems that their population never changes, and new Automatons only appear when one is destroyed or deactivated permanently. Automatons tend to be larger and more durable, but they are much slower, causing them to be referred to as "walking tanks". There is an extremely small amount of the Automatons, numbering only in the hundreds, causing them to be extremely rare. They are the only race of the Three Races to have been discovered after the Revolution, and are the only that were not at all damaged by Azriel.
Mariners: The race with the fourth highest population, the mariners are extremely elusive, considering that many do not leave their underwater cities. They are the only race that has not bothered to reach the stars, preferring to stay underwater, and those that do leave on the occasional ships leaving must have a "Water Tank" strapped over their gills, allowing them to stay out of the water for a time. The mariners are second only to the Elves in their mastery over magic. The greatest center of magical learning is located in their capitol, containing records of nearly everything that has happened and the census records.