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I didn't want to have people criticize me so here... It's a culmination of all the ideas.

Outline
Why don't we have a world that consists of one known continent, as it is believed that there is nothing beyond the shores of the continent. On the continent are two types of beings. These breeds are humanoid animals and chimeras - I'll explain the significance in a later paragraph. These two "factions" are in a constant struggle for dominance, which they try to gain through land disputes. These disputes have severed the land into three types of areas:

• Humanoid owned: beautiful and advanced; these areas are filled with nice stone cottages and castles, due the technological advancement (and appose-able thumbs) of the humanoids. These are both small communities and large scale Capital cities - each faction has at least 3. Forests are large, but fields are equally as large. Deserts are nearly impossible to find, while artics tundras can be found near the capitals - providing a natural deffense against invaiders.
• Chimera owned: these areas are filled with beautiful forests and hardly contain fields, as chimeras are more in tune with nature. Deserts are also in abundance, as this makes a suitable environment for the reptillian chimeras, while tundras are a rare find. The homes consist of mainly small huts and fortresses, that are filled with small communities.
• Contested: both factions live there and try to eventually own the area. The geography is at best chaotic, as they border between territories. There are no capitals, but at the most there are two villages of each faction.

Both factions are in another struggle as well; they both wish to find a power that will change the course of history - a power so great that it could annihilate (or enslave) the other faction entirely.

Humanoids

• Appearance: May vary; there are those that are human with the characteristics of animals; there are those who are what appear to be "furries"
• Advantages and Disadvantages
  • Advantages:
    1. Higher intelligence
    2. the ability to stand on two legs
    3. thumbs - allow the use of single handed weapons; resulting in many warriors and paladins
    4. Arcane affiliation - powerful arcane magic
  • Disadvantages:
    1. Scientific affiliation - loss of communication with nature, resulting in weaker nature based magics
    2. Civilized - less animosity in battle
    3. Single animal - while chimeras are many creatures fused into one, humanoids only have the abilities of one creature.

Chimera

• Appearance: May vary, since there are many animals in existence; there are just as many forms of Chimera
• Advantages and Disadvantages
  • Advantages:
    1. Animosity - ferocious in battle; able to take a hit and keep fighting
    2. Nature affiliation - powerful nature based magic; many shaman and druids
    3. Increased senses
    4. Many animals - have the powers of more than one creature
  • Disadvantages:
    1. Many creatures - internal conflict between species, causing confusion in tight situations
    2. Lesser Arcane knowledge
    3. lack of thumbs, resulting in mainly two handed weapons being used.

Both

• 3-4 capitals
• Reincarnation - not into the other faction
• 1 leader per capital - considered to be gods among the people.

No, this for Hana the Flower's guild. Sorry if I caused a panic XD