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Every character in Willowdale is Valenra. There is no race to pick at creation and no racial variants to weigh against each other.

What a Valenra is

The Valenra are Elunari born with a thread of the Aether in them. It shows up in childhood, and nobody has ever explained why one child carries it and the next does not. A Valenra looks like any other villager. The difference is reach. They feel the Aether, work it in small ways, and can stand in places where the boundary between the world and the Aether runs thin.

The first of them appeared around Turning 312. There are still few enough that a village remembers the one who was born there.

The restlessness comes with the thread. The Elunari are content in their villages. The Valenra leave. That is why you can walk into country the rest of the world leaves alone.

The eight lineages

Six peoples woke beneath Tathann, the First Willow. A seventh was never born at all, and the eighth arrived long after the others.

  Sulhenni - the Wind-Born. Wanderers of the high cliffs and open plains.
  Myrralyn - the Water-Kin. River and lake folk, serene or raging by turns.
  Thalrun  - the Earth-Bound. Stoneworkers who cut halls into the mountains.
  Aellonir - the Flame-Touched. Smiths and firekeepers of the hot country.
  Galadwen - the Willow-Guardians. They tend the Heartgroves and the borders.
  Liravell - the Aether-Touched. Spirits with no bodies, drawn to the willows.
  Elunari  - the Plainfolk. Farmers, smiths and traders. The most numerous.
  Valenra  - the Spirit-Blessed. The Elunari who carry the Aether.

The lineages are not factions to join. They are the shape of the world, and they turn up in the eight Mires of the calendar and in the spirit vessels you find out in it.

Size

Size decides how a body handles weapons.

  Small  - 1-Handed weapons require 2 hands. 2-Handed weapons cannot be used.
  Medium - Can use 1-Handed weapons with a shield, and sometimes dual-wield.
  Large  - 2-Handed weapons require 1 hand. Can sometimes dual-wield them.

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  Race Name:   valenra
  Description: The Valenra are Elunari born with a thread of the Aether in them.
               It shows up in childhood, and it brings a restlessness that keeps
               them out of the villages they were born in.
  XP Scale:    100%
  Size:        medium
  Unarmed:     fists (1-4)
  First Aid:   Yes
  Gear Slots:  Weapon   Offhand  Head     Neck     Body     
               Back     Belt     Gloves   RingmainhandRingoffhand
               Legs     Feet     
  Stat Gains:  Body: 1   Mind: 1   Spirit: 1
  Buffs:       None

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