The Lessers
The poor areas and slums are mainly inhabited by humans, but all are either in servitude to a particular clan or vampire or are families or individuals attempting to scrape a living serving the other lessers as food salesmen, herbalists, healers and underground priests.
The forests are overseen by trusted human guards with lower ranked vampire foremen who are merely there to ensure the slave race of elves that live there tend the sparse and sick woods, cutting lumber for the clans to use as furniture and building.
The farmlands are, again, tended to by human serfs with overseers. The land is only used to raise crops and breed cattle. It is understood by the clans that this is necessary in order to keep the populace of lesser alive. They are, after all, the main source of food for the clans.
The mines are toiled in by the dwarves. Still overseen, the dwarves are pretty much left to their own devices, they enjoy their work and mine for stone, gems and other building and precious materials. A few mines are directly owned by the clans, these are mainly the silver mines. Silver is a huge commodity, only able to be mined by licensed clan members. With the werewolves around, it is an important metal and very, very highly sought after.
The forests are overseen by trusted human guards with lower ranked vampire foremen who are merely there to ensure the slave race of elves that live there tend the sparse and sick woods, cutting lumber for the clans to use as furniture and building.
The farmlands are, again, tended to by human serfs with overseers. The land is only used to raise crops and breed cattle. It is understood by the clans that this is necessary in order to keep the populace of lesser alive. They are, after all, the main source of food for the clans.
The mines are toiled in by the dwarves. Still overseen, the dwarves are pretty much left to their own devices, they enjoy their work and mine for stone, gems and other building and precious materials. A few mines are directly owned by the clans, these are mainly the silver mines. Silver is a huge commodity, only able to be mined by licensed clan members. With the werewolves around, it is an important metal and very, very highly sought after.
Creating a Lesser
Human, elf and dwarf characters are welcomed and encouraged. The scope for such characters in the city and surrounding lands is massive as there are many opportunities for advancement. Usually it would be understood that no-one in a “slave” or “serf” capacity should have any great raining in anything and, as such, the character shouldn’t have any stat over 8, and even then, only one.
Elves should be fair of skin (no drow) and of the woodland realm. Calculation of elf years should be an approximate x3 of the human equivalent. For example, an elf with the maturity and growth of a 17 year old human should be 51 (Ish), an elf who looks and acts similar to a 30 year old human should be around 90.
Dwarves should all be short and stocky, of gruff nature.. they are only semi-serfs and left to their own devices and, as such, tend to act aloof to the other “lessers”. Height should be no more than 5’, ages calculated similar to the elves, but x2.5 instead of 3.
Human, elf and dwarf characters are welcomed and encouraged. The scope for such characters in the city and surrounding lands is massive as there are many opportunities for advancement. Usually it would be understood that no-one in a “slave” or “serf” capacity should have any great raining in anything and, as such, the character shouldn’t have any stat over 8, and even then, only one.
Elves should be fair of skin (no drow) and of the woodland realm. Calculation of elf years should be an approximate x3 of the human equivalent. For example, an elf with the maturity and growth of a 17 year old human should be 51 (Ish), an elf who looks and acts similar to a 30 year old human should be around 90.
Dwarves should all be short and stocky, of gruff nature.. they are only semi-serfs and left to their own devices and, as such, tend to act aloof to the other “lessers”. Height should be no more than 5’, ages calculated similar to the elves, but x2.5 instead of 3.
