A Guide to the Nations

The Fae

The word “fae” comes from elvish, as far as anyone has been able to determine, and has entered unchanged into all the Europan tongues. This is a little unfortunate because several different kinds of peoples are grouped together as if they were all related. Among the elves, the word means, more or less, “not us” […]

Introduction

For these essays we will look at humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, ogres, orcs, trolls, and the various smaller folk collectively known as the fae. You can expect to find at least a paragraph on their appearance and character, their society, culture, politics, economy, and their use of magic.

Gnomes

The Gnome nation, their character and history.

Trolls

All about trolls–their history, their culture, and why they behave so badly.

Ogres

Newly-revised article on ogres, their nature, magic and history.