Race

The various races of Elanith are vast. The common races include humans, elves, gnomes, kobolds, giantmen, dwarves, the erithian, the aelotoi, the krolvin, and more.

Playable Races

There are thirteen playable races in GemStone IV, including some of the above and some combinations thereof, such as half-krolvin and half-elves.

Aelotoi

A species similar to humans, but with thin membranous wings similar to insect wings. They were modified by the kiramon while being enslaved to them for thousands of years.

Dwarf

Dwarves are a hardy race, short, strong, and stout. They're quite fond of mining, forging, and ale.

Elf

Elves are a graceful, beautiful, and haughty. They've little body hair, generally incapable of growing facial hair (though, there are a few individuals in Elanthia who are quite elven and manage to sport a full beard). Elves generally lack discipline due to their long lifespan.

Elf, Dark

The Faendryl and the Dhe'nar earned their dark skin due to the time they spent near the mana foci in Rhoska-Tor. The Faendryl are not received well by the unmodified elves due to crimes committed several millennia in the past, such as in the Battle at Maelshyve during the Undead War and the destruction of Ta'Ashrim. The Dhe'nar, being similar in appearance to the Faendryl, seem to suffer from the same prejudices.

Elf, Half

Being mixed with both human and elven blood, half-elves are not well received in Elanthia due to the dislike of humans by elves and elves by humans.

Elf, Sylvan

While the majority of elves left the forest to found the Elven Empire, some remained behind and these became the sylvankind. They favor the forests above anything else, many of them spending their entire lives there.

Erithian

They recently arrived on Elanthia from a continent across the sea. They are a graceful race, using finely crafted weapons such as the katana and sai.

Gnome, Burghal

Burghal gnomes are fond of tinkering, mechanical engineering, and scavenging. They often live in, near, or underneath cities.

Gnome, Forest

Forest gnomes are hunters and gatherers, skilled at scavenging much like their burghal gnome cousins. Unlike their cousins, they prefer living in the wilderness.

Giantmen

Giantmen are huge, strong, and hardy. They are very similar to humans in appearance, except bigger. They're a tribal race, though there is evidence that there once was a great giantman empire near the modern cities of Vornavis and Solhaven.

Halfling

Along with the gnomes, halflings are among the smallest races of Elanthia. They enjoy the simple pleasures in life, usually resulting in a rotund belly. Halflings are well known for their hairy feet, which they are quite proud of.

Krolvin, Half

Krolvin are blue-skinned ape-like creatures, and are known to be raiders, often engaging in piracy. Half-krolvins are often the result of their raids, though a large number of them came from a breeding program on the Isle of Glaoveln. Half-krolvin often share either human or giantman blood, as other races either die before giving birth to a half-krolvin child (such as elves and halflings) or are incapable of conceiving from a krolvin (the dwarves).

Racial Heights

RACE	HEIGHT RANGE
Giantmen	6' to 6.5', max 7'
Erithian	5.5' to 6.5', max 7'
Sylvankind/Elves/Dark Elves	5.5' to 6', max 6.5'
Humans/Half-Elves/Aelotoi	5' to 6', max 6.5'
Half-Krolvin	5' to 5.5', 6' max
Dwarf	4' to 4.5', 4.75' max
Forest Gnome	3.5' to 4', 4.25' max
Halfling/Burghal Gnome	3' to 3.25', 3.5' max

External Links

• Races, on Play.net

See Also

• Town racial bias (saved post)