Races of Lambda
Personhood in Lambda[]
These are separated into three major different ways of thinking:
- Alda's Faction are fundamentalists who seek the annihilation of Vida's races, whom they do not consider people. Only three races classify as people, according to them: humans, elves, and dwarves. (This is why Alda said that Lambda’s total population is less than 100,000,000, but in reality, including Vida’s races, the population is over 100,000,000.)
- The believers of the neutral / peaceful gods of Alda's faction, i.e. most normal people, so to speak. They consider the above races people, in addition to Vida's races without monster ancestors, such as Dark Elves, Titans and Beast-people. The largest number of people use this definition compared to the other two.
- The last is the inclusion of races that have monster ancestors, such as Vampires. This definition is least used.
Because there are those such as Vampires who work for evil gods, very few consider all races to be people, even if they are believers of Vida.
Half-breeds[]
Other than half-Elves and Dhampirs, the statuses of children born to parents of different races usually display the race of one of the parents’ races. However, in many cases, the special racial traits of the parents manifest on the body. A human man born between a human and a dwarf would have good vision in the dark and grow a plentiful beard, possessing exceptional physical strength and an affinity for the earth and fire attributes. A Titan born between an Elf and a Titan would have a large body easily surpassing 2.5 meters in height, but their ears would be pointed and they would possess the qualities for spiritual magic from birth. There are other similar examples. Although these aren’t reflected in skills or Attribute Values, sometimes there are cases where scales grow on the body or feathers grow on the arms. Lifespans can differ on a case-by-case basis, but they can be roughly estimated by averaging the expected lifespans of the parents.
Also, there are cases where children born to parents of the same race are born with special characteristics of other races, or even born as an individual of a different race altogether. In the past, the mother’s faithfulness was questioned in such cases, or sometimes this was called the prank or even a blessing of a god, but this is now known to be a result of atavism.
The above examples do not include half-breeds with monsters such as Goblins and Orcs.
Notes[]
This is a simple explanation of the monsters collectively known to the Adventurers’ Guild, Mages’ Guild and Tamers’ Guild, as well as a reference for how powerful each Rank of monster is. This information can be found in the reference room of each Guild.
- Those referred to as “average people” in this explanation are people with creation-oriented Jobs such as Farmer or Blacksmith, with average Attribute Values. This does not include those such as retired soldiers and knights, or chefs who were once part of a special forces unit.
- It must not be forgotten that monster Ranks are simply one reference for determining how threatening and powerful a monster is in battle. If you are a Heavy Shield-bearer capable of beating a Rank 7 Earth Dragon to death, you can still be defeated by a Rank 5 Wyvern that flies freely in the sky. This is the nature of battles against monsters.
- The way an Adventurers’ Guild treats Vida’s races with monster ancestry varies depending on which country and region the Guild is located in. In the western region of the Bahn Gaia continent where the Amid Empire lies, they are treated as targets to be exterminated. But because friendly tribes are acknowledged as having human rights in the Orbaume Kingdom, causing them harm is a crime that carries punishment (possibly as severe as execution or enslavement). One must be wary of this when traveling to other countries and other continents. Also, the Rank values of Vida’s races are determined by their race, but as they can acquire Jobs like humans, it is dangerous to estimate their strength through their Rank alone.