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Elemental Magic:

White/Light Magic:

Black/Dark Magic:

Gray/Silver/Twilight Magic: No, not that Twilight. This type of magic, no matter what you call it, is a perfectly balanced blend of white and black magic. It's very powerful, and very dangerous. Naturally, this is extremely difficult to achieve, and is only attempted by extremely skilled, and the extremely talented. It is also notably the native magic of the Silverwing race.

General/Neutral Magic: This is your plain, vanilla magic. It has no affiliation, it's just magic... period. A lot of weaker spells are general magic, but like all the other magic types... If you know how to use it, you can REALLY pack a punch.

Beast Magic (name pending): The innate magic a particular species has, the ebb and flow of which, while perhaps possibly reproduced in a spell, cannot occur naturally in any other but the native species. That is to say, fairy magic is not vampire magic is not dragon magic is not elf magic is not human magic. Each race has its own spin on magic - and not just in the cultural sense.

Angel:

Demigod: A demigod is the product of a god and a non-god (not just humans). They have some limited influence over their god parent’s dominion, usually, but sometimes they divert completely. They can also take on the powers of their non-god parent, and (if one or the other is not completely human), they will take some of that parent’s physical characteristics.

Demon: There are many types of demon, so you’ll have to specify what kind on your own. Generally, demons either live(d) in Hell or their parents do(/did). Please stick with this, because there are not many demons who live on Earth. Demons are usually stronger than humans, though not necessarily larger, and most of the time are animalistic. A demon’s attractiveness can often be a hint for his strength: as a general rule, the more attractive the demon, the weaker they are. Of course, there are still some who don’t follow this rule, but most do. Demons are not Dark creatures, just Hell creatures.

God(ess): Gods are a race of virtually immortal beings—virtually because it is possible, though very, very difficult to kill a god. A god is very powerful in many ways, but much less powerful than we give them credit for. Gods cannot do much magic in reality: Gods have control only over their 'dominion'—in other words, a war god can only influence war, not death or love. Likewise, a god of death can only control things relating to death. Of course, this does mean that there will be times these overlap. In that case, it means that any god whose dominion overlays into that situation can influence it. Also, gods do have certain abilities, like teleportation, entering dreams, telepathy, and excellent summoning skills. So a god cannot lift a plane with his or her bare hands (unless he or she is either a god(ess) of strength or airplanes).

Dragon:

Elf (Dark):

Elf (Light):

Fairy:

Fury:

Ghost:

Hanyou: While hanyou are not technically a race of their own, they are common enough in this roleplay that a separate notation is required. Hanyou are the product of a yokai and a human procreating, or just any character that would be a yokai, but has human blood in them that is greater than 1/32. A hanyou, unlike a yokai, does have outward characteristics of their ‘yokai’ form—things like ears, tails, claws, or fur are most common. As with yokai, their power changes with the moon, but when they are at their peak, they are often forced into their yokai form for the duration or that night; when they are at their weakest, they are completely human for the night. (Some hanyou, who have less human blood or whose human blood is magical, can still use some magic on that night.) Note: if a hanyou and a hanyou reproduce, the child will be a hanyou: half human and half yokai. If the parents are two different types of yokai, then they will be, for example, half human, one quarter fish yokai, and one quarter raccoon yokai.

Human: Humans are exactly what you think they are. Here, you can choose if they use magic or don’t, but other than that, they don’t have anything going on that you and I don’t. If you want them to have something special, give us a good reason and it’ll all be cool. Unless specified otherwise, a human can procreate with any race. Humans who have the ability to access their magic also have the ability to learn any sort of magic: light, dark, neutral, etc.

Imp:

Lizardmen:

Nymphs: Nymphs are humanoid creatures that are so intimately related with an element that they can control it and they, in some ways, resemble it. They can learn normal magics as well, but they are less adept than most magical beings. However, their mastery over whatever element they come from is unmatched when they are trained correctly. Nymphs usually can partially become either an animal related to their element, but it depends on the race of nymph. If they can, they usually resemble it. Water nymphs, for example, gain fish tails in water and have a rather scale-esque coloration out of water. Nymphs are generally androgynous, because elements have no gender.

Shapeshifter: A shapeshifter is a being that technically has no natural shape, and even no natural gender. Pure shapeshifters do usually take on the form of a human or animal (often creating one favored shape) more than their ‘natural’ amorphous state of being. Shapeshifters can shift into literally anything, though (for obvious reasons) shifting into gaseous, liquid, or edible objects is considered hazardous most of the time. Shapeshifters can mate with any race due to their abilities. A half-shapeshifter will have the natural state of their non-shifter parent, though they do have the ability to inherit the shifting parent’s powers. Stronger shapeshifters can sometimes even mimic another’s powers.

Silverwing:

Vampire:

Werewolf:

Yokai: Yokai are a branch of demon, technically, but they live on Earth rather than in Hell. Unlike most demons, all yokai can maintain their ‘true’ form for indefinite time periods without Hell’s magical influences. Yokai have lived on Earth for two millenia, approximately, and originally came out in Japan. Yokai cannot die of old age, but they can be killed through conventional means and by disease, so they are not, technically, immortal. Most yokai’s power will fade and grow with the moon—for example, a canine yokai (inuyokai) is at his or her strongest when the moon is full and weakest (though not to the point of human-weak) when the moon is invisible. Yokai do not have outward indications on their ‘human’ form of what their yokai form is.