In Pathfinder most people dont know the Drow (Rymes with Toe) even exist... Only the surface Elves who are at war with them, and the Dwarves who quested for sky would have reccord of them if they dont have bardic stories of legend of them... The Orcs of Belkzen might have legends of them to scare their children... Drow rymes with toe acording to Gygax who brought them into the game ;)
Ya the Aasimar probably came from some divine haritage from many generations past. Perhaps hundreds or thousands, and some superstitious local farmer freaked and gave the kid to the chirch because of the blessed or cursed child was a bit to wierd. Ironbrier had Tsuto trained in thievery, and Tsuto met a Lawful Neutral or Lawful Evil monk of Irori and took more training... and later becomes an assassin...
Since Goblins ride Worges(monster wolves) and hate dogs as dogs attack goblins... and foxes simply shy away from creatures in general as they have super high senses and tend to hide from any predators... Goblins would tend to view foxes a lot differently than predatory dogs and wolves. Since a fox won't attack a goblin unless cornered. Dogs will hunt them, and a wolf pack will if necessary.
Well the all female soldiers of the queens guard of Korvosa dont have any skin showing, not even their faces. All platemail and full helms. Then there is Madam Mvashti who is the ugliest old crone I have ever seen who lives in Sandpoint and is a local Druid :) There is Mammy Graul who is a disgusting Ogre Decent Human woman in Hook Mountain Massacre... yugh... Merisial dosnt wear anything but leather armor, and she is mostly covered... The Red wearing blond sorsereres dosnt wear armor but has magical protection so it dosnt matter... The Half Orc Inquisitor is fairly well protected... and debatable for looks... The Witch is cute, but dosnt wear armor that isnt magick rings etc... So there really isnt much cheese as there were in the old 70`s and 80`s fantasy art :)
They tend to take their sources from all over the place, so they might have even taken right out of Oriental History for Thassilon. They tend to look at India, the Kelts, you name it. And historically I mean. Check out the Vudra blog on the message board, wow. Talking about adapting character classes to ancient Indian concepts, adding their Cast Systems, Mythology etc... Especially when various Historians get together with various Mythologists and start hashing things out... Anyhow, the Azlant have some decendents... the relativly pureblood Azlanti surface people... and the pureblood degenerate Azlanti Human Merpeople... Humans with the aquatic subtype... they all have a bit of the sharp featured look. Just check out the World Guide, Campaign Setting book. The Surface people mingle with the regular population, and are usually in places like Taldor.
In the Campaign setting and in Burnt Offerings it says The Great Wizard Xin was exiled from Azlant and took with him many people and some friends and founded the empire of Thassilon on the other continent. The Thassilonians have nothing to do with the Tiens... Totally the other side of the world... and the Thassilonians were a white non oriental race, though they did spawn the Varisians who are a more gypsie looking race... You can find all the stuff on the Pathfinder wikki just look up Thassilon... :) Check out Xin, and Azlant.
They would have Azlanti, Thassilonian being the lower dialect of Azlanti, later Shoanti and Varisian are the low dialects of Thassilonian... the Runelords are very long lived so the few thousand years between Azlant and the Fall of Thassilon is quite a span between those languages and their changes... and the Shoanti and Varisian languages and 10,000 years to change from the fall of Thassilon... But they would know, Ignan, Aguan, Auran, Terran, Infernal, Abyssal, Celestial, Azlanti, Thassilonian, Draconic, Aklo and Necril the Languages by the Azlanti hated enemy the Serpentfolk! Elven, Sylven, Gnome (They have been around as long as the Gods) She might even speak Old Osiriani...
Hey it`s your game, have fun and go with what you like to do :)
And the Elves from Mierani Forrest, as the Drow split from the elves millenia ago, have been fighting a secret war with them in their ruind city of Celwinvian and they havn`t been telling any body about it. Or letting outsiders in. The Elves from Kyonin probably dont even know. And as the Drow dont get above ground at all there arn`t any half Drow in Golarion yet, and surface people dont know about them yet. And the authors of Golarion make it known that the Drow are supposed to be the most EVIL you have seen. Even their prestige classes are nasty... Ich But hey, play it like you want :) If its not fun, its not a game :) These are just pointers. And nobody here wants to argue ;) Thats just my 2 coppers worth :)
Well done on the wood elf :) May I sugest Verduran forrest as its closest to Kyonin, and also some in the Shudderwood as its a nice remote and a good place for them to hide :) Tallfellows and Stouts are more like groups that lived with and changed over time than people that interbread. I think they are too different a species to do that. Thas my take anyway :) As their perceptions are more learned than inbread. |