Kobolds are wretched little reptilian creatures that stand around four feet tall, give or take. They usually travel in packs of thirty to fifty, not including the females. They tend to dwell within deep caves, caverns, or ravines, where their lairs and egg nests reside.

While they primarily hunt for wild game, they are known for attacking merchants, hunters, and other travelers. It has been proven that they are indeed man eaters, and are know to haul away the corpses of victims to feast upon and feed to the rest of the pack within the lair.

Interestingly enough, they have also been known to loot and hoard away valuable objects such as coins, jewels, precious metals, and basically anything else that shines in the light.
The reason for this remains unknown.

Kobolds are very primitive and simplistic creatures, using no strategy in combat and relying solely on outnumbering and overwhelming their prey and foes.

They speak a strange language of shrieks, grunts, squeals, and hisses that no one can understand aside from fellow Kobolds.

Kobolds are animalistic without reason nor empathy, and have a herd and self-preservation mentality. There is no reasoning nor negotiating with them, only violence. They are quite common all across the realms of Greater Earth, so it is no surprise to find them here as well.

Little is known about the barbaric bear-like humanoids known as the Gnolls.
In fact there are only four known realms in Greater Earth that Gnolls can be found in, with Salimwythyr being one of them.

Some speculate that they are an ancient race that is slowly dying away with time, while others believe that they are so rare because they have been hunted down through the centuries and slaughtered in masses because of their vicious nature, profane religion, and barbaric ways.

Neither of these theories have ever been proven, nor have they been disproven. So the origins and mysteries of the Gnolls remain as mysteries.

What little is known about them is as follows; they are a primitive race that resides in "villages" constructed of tents, lean-tos, and crude wicker-like huts.

They worship dark gods and spirits that are represented by strange and foreboding carvings and chilling alters and shrines.
Evidence of blood and flesh sacrifices have been found at such altars and shrines within abandoned Gnoll villages.

It has also been proven that they are meat-eaters, which includes other humanoids. Such has been taken into account by prisoners who have escaped Gnoll villages and compounds and by findings of human remains and bones within abandoned Gnoll settlements.

Gnoll weapons are very primitive, and made of stone and wood, such as stone daggers, stone hand axes, stone spears and arrows, stone clubs, and so forth.

Their "armor" and crude clothing are made from either thick hides sewn together or thick fur pelts worn over their own skin.

Gnolls "speak" in a strange language that consists of grunts, snarls, snorts, and grumbling sounds. Assuming this of course is in fact a language and not just some animalistic sounds.

They generally attack in war parties of thirty to sixty, and unlike Kobolds, have been proven to use tactics such as ambushing, flaming arrows, shield walls, and hit and run attacks.

They usually only attack weaker humanoid targets and settlements such as trading posts, small villages, trade caravans, and small parties of travellers.
Those they do not kill are drug off as captives to their villages to use as either blood sacrifices to their gods or as a feast for the village.

Gnolls on average stand around seven feet tall, give or take, and have a lean, muscular figure. They are quite agile for their size and are strong to boot, and not to be underestimated.

Cyclops are large one-eyed brutes that are from the same "family tree" as Ogres and Trolls, and are equally as aggressive and dangerous to boot.

They are usually monsters of solitary, unless of course they have found a mate, in which case they will be found in a pair, or potentially a larger group should they have offspring.

Their intelligence is rather low, despite the fact that they can indeed speak Common and understand it well.

Although they seem to have an art for crafting, smithery, and construction even, their wit and common sense are rather dull.

But make no mistake, they are not to be trifled with nor underestimated, as their average size of 10 feet and their hulking, muscular frames make them deadly in combat, both due to strength and durability.

A single Cyclops would require a small group of a good twenty men to be brought down easily, and even then there would be casualties.

A single person or even as many as five would be foolish to engage a Cyclops in melee combat.

The best gamble at slaying a Cyclops would be by ranged attack or some form of magic attack.

Cyclops are nearly always found either in extremely dense forests, or high within mountain and cliff ranges, and rarely anywhere else.

Their diet consists basically of anything that they kill.

They are generally found only in the Southern Realms, so it is rather odd to find so many of them so far to the East.

Harpies, as they are called, are vicious and unpredictable aerial predators that will attack and kill basically anything that is within their own size proportion, or smaller.

This of course includes all humanoids.

They tend to travel in pairs should they have a mate, if not however, then they hunt alone.

They are frighteningly fast and agile, and have the strength of a sturdy man, and are very territorial and protective of their nests and hatchlings.

Many who have stumbled upon Harpy nests or warrens accidentally have said that they were pursued for miles by the hellish creatures.

Harpies generally remain down on all fours when not in flight, and have a vertical height of around six feet.

They have keen eyesight and can spot prey from hundreds of feet in the air.

Harpies and their lairs and nests are usually found in very thinly forested areas, cliffs, caves, and atop mountains and peaks.

They are very common in the eastern realms and the Southern Hemisphere.
Being that Salimwythyr is an eastern territory, it makes since that they would be here.

The basic mandatory plot line for your character is that you are traveller who has made your way to Salimwythyr.

For what purpose though is entirely up to you.
Are you seeking fortune and adventure?
Are you fleeing persecution or capture?
Are you seeking a new home or a new life?

It is entirely up to you.

You will arrive via a large cargo and passenger ship at the small coastal town of Morkth, what you do from there is entirely up to you.

You can start your own adventure or embark upon a Quest Line.

Quest Lines are "canon" events, happenings, and situations that act as the "primary storylines" of the Roleplay and effect future events heavily as well.

While these are not mandatory, they offer the best opportunities for wealth, power, influence, adventure, and so forth.

Please note that you can discontinue or depart from a Quest Line at any time and choose a new path if you so wish.

While I will not divulge intense detail and-or key/critical information, here are a few of the canon Quest Lines;

-Ancient Evil (The Main Questline of the Story.)

-An Explorers Life (Treasure Hunting, Exploring, Documenting, and so forth.)

-A Thief's Path (Thieves Guild Storyline)

-Beast Slayer (Monster Hunter Storyline)

-Inquisition (Inquisitor and persecutor of Magic users employed by a secret order to be revealed.)(Dependent on voting outcome.)

As I said, these are just a few of the Quest Lines, and these and others to come will be regularly updated and further written by myself.

As for "Character Classes", these will be your options;
-Warrior
-Rogue
-Mage (Dependent on final vote about Magic.)
-Yeoman (Master Archer)

(If can think of any potential classes that I missed, please let me know! Or if you have suggestions, please let me know!)

Now for Races...

The following options are your only choices; (This is set in stone.)
-Human
-Almor (Wood Elf)
-Drow (Dark Elf)
-Orcismere/Orc
-Dwarf

Like to play an orc warrior,
name: Bar.
Title: Baron of the skullthrone blooddrummers.

Moving from Morkth to Sydgard as a first move.

Came to Salimwythyr (misspelled this 12 times :P) to spread the power of my horde.

All limited to a series of pools(like colors: Blue, green, red, black, yellow).
Each pool with a series of sub-sources(like conjuration, evocation, destruction, transmutation).
Each subsource with a series of spells(like summoning "gnoll"=> and whatever their names really are :P, phoenix-claw, Fire-ball, "become wooden").
Each spell with a weakness as big as the good effects. (like losing parts of blood, breaking many sweats, go limp, lose part of pool, require 14 hours of sitting still, needs to kill 42 kobolds=> and whatever their names really are :P,..)