-Humans: Humans, having never really advanced to 'modern' Earth society due to the advances of other races, mostly live in a sort of half-Colonial style(1800's style), half-Pseudo Knightly society. They are one of the largest populations and mostly inhabit the Western lands, but small human 'tribes' or small settlements can be found throughout the continent. The human capital city is known as Senrand.

-Daemons: Major players in Aurethia, Daemons inhabit the Ether, a small pocket dimension, the (currently sealed) entrance to which is said to be located in the planets core. Occasionally a Daemon can slip out into the Mortal realm, either via an Etherway, a small 'glitch' in the fabric of the universe that serves as a temporary gateway between dimensions, or they can be summoned using sorcerous magics. Daemons have several 'Houses' of Humans in the city of Shade that follow their commands and breed with them to spawn Half-Daemons and Tieflings. House Zalyth is the largest and most influential of these houses. Daemons, needless to say, are not very kind beings. They are not very common creatures, do to being mostly sealed into the Ether, but the occasional daemon can be found wandering the wilderness.

-Half-Daemons and Tieflings: Half-Daemons are the result of a Daemon and a Human mating and having a child. The resulting child is part daemon and part human. Being part human, it cannot be sealed into the Ether unless it is elevated to full daemon status. Half-Daemons are, for the most part, only half as strong as an actual daemon, but in some cases half-daemons can be more powerful than some lesser daemons.
Tieflings are the occasional result of two humans that have daemon ancestors mating and having a child. They are essentially the same as a Half-Daemon, but usually less powerful. Half-daemons are usually found in the city of Shade, but they can also be found practically anywhere.
Half-Daemons and Tieflings look exactly like humans, but with minor differences. They have horns protruding from their foreheads, their eyes are usually red, and they have jagged, shark-like teeth. Most Half-Daemons and Tieflings found outside the city of Shade wear some manner of headgear to hide their horns.

-Angels: Beings that are only legends, the Angels are said to inhabit a chain of floating islands surrounded by a funnel of clouds called The Flotilla. It is said that they were once the archenemies of the Daemons, waging eternal war against them. But the daemons overpowered and outnumbered them, and now their race is almost extinct. As such, they are recluses and do not commune with outsiders...if they exist.
Angels are found only in The Flotilla.
Angels look almost exactly like humans, only taller and with large white wings.

-Fallen: Fallen are exiles from the Angel Kingdom of Haven, the capital of The Flotilla. They are Angels tempted into the darkness, turned evil by greed, lust, or ambition. They strongly resemble Angels, but with strange mutations, such as bat wings, extra limbs, sharper teeth, tentacles, spikes...really, practically anything.
Fallen are also recluses, and since most Angels are benevolent and untempted by darkness, they are rare and few in number. It is said that a society of Fallen can be found beyond the Sea of Blackest Night in the Northern Seas, in the dead center of a ring of jagged spires jutting from the seas, on an island known as Ubelheim. Fallen are currently ONLY found on Ubelheim.
Fallen look like Humans, but with pale skin and various mutations.

-Dragonborn: Dragonborn are the results of a human/dragon mating. These beings have grown increasingly rare due to the rapid death rate of dragons. Dragonborn bear all the powers of a dragon- long life-span, firebreathing, flying...and more. They usually resemble humans, but with sharper teeth, lizard-like eyes, and scaly skin. There are VERY few of them left in existence, maybe less of them than Angels.

-Tyrran: Pronounced Teer-ihn. The Tyrran are a species of Golem. They strongly resemble muscular humans with skin made of rock or clay. They live in caves deep in the Southern Jungles, creations left behind from a civilization that has long since died out. The Tyrran, creations of this species, during their long period of isolation due to the absence of their creators, have gained sentience and set about rebuilding the empire of their creators to use for themselves. Tyrran are gentle giants(literally giants, as they tend to be 8 to 9 feet tall. The tallest Tyrran ever recorded stood at 12 feet, 10 inches tall) and usually very friendly towards the other races. Tyrran are also notorious for being very wise.
Some people wonder if they were creations of the Dwarves, as Dwarves are known for their excellent craftsmanship with stone.
The capital of the Tyrran cities in the Southern Jungles is Terra.
The Tyrran also have a minor mining settlement known as Gregore’s Gorge out in the Eastern Desert.

-Narryt: Pronounced Narr-iht. The Narryt are considered a subspecies of Tyrran. Narryt are Tyrran that have decided to walk the path of darkness, or Tyrran that have mysteriously gone insane. Narryt are either killed, or banished from Tyrran cities(insane ones are usually killed, evil ones are banished. From then on, if seen, a Tyrran will attempt to kill the banished Narryt on sight). Narryt are recognizable by the fact that they’re evil...plus corruption causes the Narryt’s appearance to transform to be more sinister, with their bodies sprouting stone spikes, horns, sharp teeth, and claws, among other things. Narryt can be found wandering the Southern Jungles(these ones are usually insane, as the ones that are evil retain intelligence, and therefore know it’s smart to get as far away from the Tyrran as possible), but a good deal of them can be found inhabiting the Badlands or even the Eastern Desert. Narryt are sometimes found working as bodyguards.
Recently, more Narryt, ones that the Tyrran cannot identify, have begun appearing in the Badlands. They speculate that this means somebody has discovered the method of creating Tyrran and is using it to construct new Narryt. But who, and why?

-Mecha: The Mecha are a species of humanoid machines living on a heavily polluted and industrialized island off the coast of the Badlands known as Technicia. They are, without a doubt, the most highly advanced species on the planet. They have small settlements on or near the coast of the Badlands, the largest of which is Cog. They are open to outsiders, and not reclusive at all. However, they are unwilling to share any of their technological advances.
Many people wonder if they were created by the Angels, who are said to be the second most technologically advanced species to exist. After all, they are a machine race, so somebody had to have built them.
The appearances of Mecha individuals vary depending on what task they were created to perform. For example, a Civilian Mecha will closely resemble a human made of metal. A Warrior Mecha will be more heavily armored with multiple weapons, somewhat resembling a mechanical knight or other type of warrior.

-Decti: Decti are a race of bipedal humanoid spiders. Where the Tyrran inhabit the Southeastern part of the Southern Jungle, the Decti inhabit the Southwestern Jungle. Decti are known to be rather neutral towards the idea of outsiders in their land- they’re just as likely to kill you as they are to welcome you with open arms. Due to their unpredictability, ferocity in combat, speed, and stealth, their land is usually avoided at all costs. Decti are ruled by a Widow Matriarch, a single Queen who rules the entire species.
Decti can be found throughout the world, perhaps out ‘adventuring’ or finding work amongst other species, though they are not commonly sighted. Their capital city is Arachnid’s Grip.

-Trolls: Mostly inhabiting the Badlands, the Trolls are horned, large, brutish humanoids. They have a crude tribal society in which the strongest is leader. Most of them are not very smart, but some of them can be intelligent. Trolls are considered more beast than sentient, and as such are not found in any cities aside from their own Tribal camps. They will usually attack and try to kill Non-Trolls on sight.
Trolls resemble very tall, muscular, somewhat portly, gray-skinned, sunken eyed, horned humans. From the neck down, they look very human, with five fingers and toes, as long as you don’t count the sharp claws. Their faces resemble that of an unusually sharp-toothed bull, sort of like a minotaur. They are usually dressed in strange patchwork armors created from cannibalized machine parts and animal hides.

-Nomads: A curious race, the true name of the Nomad species is unknown, and for some reason they will not state their kinds name. Nomads are just what the name implies, a species of wandering tribals inhabiting small tent-cities that are moved to a new location daily. Their appearance is also unknown, as they wrap themselves in cloaks that cover up all parts of their bodies except for their eyes. From what has been seen they appear to have completely milk-white eyes and a hard, black carapace. They are friendly to outsiders, and seem to bear a ‘Don’t bother us, and we won’t bother you’ relationship with the Locustmen.
Nomads mostly inhabit the Badlands and the Eastern Lands.

-Goblins and Hobs: Goblins are squat, big-nosed, big-eared, pale green skinned humanoids. They have a crude society much like that of the Trolls. The Hobs are much the same, only they are larger and more muscular than the Goblins, and their skin is a sort of burnt orange color with hog-like faces. The two species have long since merged into a symbiotic society, living together in Goblin/Hob cities and working together. Often Hobs are dull-witted and brutish, and Goblins, surprisingly, tend to have an almost human-level intelligence. Goblins are physically very weak, and not very skilled in combat. However, they are very swift and make excellent thieves or assassins.
Hobs are large and slow, very strong, and skilled in combat. They make good mercenaries or bodyguards. Goblins and Hobgoblins(referred to as Hobs) mostly inhabit the Grand Plains, Eastern Plains, and parts of the Badlands.
The Goblin capital is Hundor, in the Eastern Plains.

-Dwarves: Dwarves are a subspecies of Human, living deep underground. They are short, but very strong, tending to be stronger than most humans. They are open to outsiders, and welcome other races with open arms and hospitality. Despite this, they rarely leave their Dwarven cities. Most of their cities can be found below the Western Lands in a series of caves, and there are some beneath the Badlands as well. Dwarves are notoriously short-fused and quick to anger, which is a bit of cruel irony if you ask me.

-Locustmen: The beings dubbed ‘Locustmen’ by other species due to their locust-like appearance, are a species of large, bipedal insects with a human-level intelligence. They are very hostile to outsiders and guard their lands fiercely. It is rare for them to allow someone into one of their cities...and even rarer for the person they let in to come out alive. The Locustmen have strong telepathic abilities, most, if not all of them, are able to use telekinesis. All of their weapons are psychic, and to be hit by one of their Psyblades is to not only be damaged physically, but mentally. The Locustmen take orders from the Locust Queen, a large, obese, monstrous female Locustman(Or as the case may be, a Locustwoman). She is the last female Locust left alive, and she cannot age, both for reasons left unknown, effectively leaving her immortal so long as she is not killed by someone. To kill her would be to drive the Locustmen to imminent extinction. As such, she is fiercely guarded, never let outside of the city, and she gives birth to all the Locustmen. All Locustmen are male. They tend to inhabit the Eastern Deserts, but rarely a smaller settlement of them can be found elsewhere, in places like the Southern Jungles or the Badlands.
The capital city of the Locustmen, where the Locust Queen can be found, is called Hive.

-Vampires: Vampires are a humanoid species of creature. Unlike the Vampires of lore, they get their blood in a different manner. They rip their victims open with their teeth and begin drinking all of the blood that pours from the wound. After the wound bleeds out, they are finished and the victim is left to die, if he/she is not dead already.
They inhabit the Hollow Lands to the South, where they are constantly in conflict with the two other Hollow races. They are rather friendly to outsiders, but they are not to be trusted. Their society closely resembles that of Human society, only slightly more primitive.
Vampires take on the appearance of sharp-toothed, pale-skinned humans. This is to cover up their frightening actual appearance, that of an enormous, hideous bat. How they are able to shapeshift like this is unknown.
Most Vampires do not leave the Hollow Lands, but on occasion they can be found in cities across the continent.

-Werewolves: A species of enormous bipedal wolves. The Werewolves are easily the most hostile of the Hollow species, and without a doubt the most likely to kill you just for the sake of killing you. In battle they are fierce, being both fast and immensely powerful.
Despite their almost primitive bloodlust, Werewolves have managed to put together a society that almost mirrors that of the Humans and the Vampires.
They inhabit the Hollow Lands, where they are constantly at war with the Vampires and the Undead. They are NEVER found outside of the Hollow Lands.

-Undead: A species composed of the living dead of multiple other races. Undead consist of both zombies and skeletons. Despite being reanimated, the Undead are not mindless, and retain all of their intelligence from before they died...except they remember nothing of their previous existence as a living creature.
The Undead welcome outsiders and are rather friendly, perhaps the most friendly of the three Hollow species.
The Undead are ruled by an enormous undead skeleton easily the size of a house called the Lich Lord, a powerful mage.
Undead are most commonly found in the Hollow Lands and rarely found in human cities, due to an old wives tale that the Undead are mindless beasts that devour the brains of other creatures. They can be found in the cities of other civilizations that know better, however.

Please refer to this crude map for the locations of all important cities.

-Western Lands: The Western Lands are your typical 'open world RPG' style setting, a grassy green, hilly and forested land where the birds are chirping and the sun is shining. This land is controlled by the Humans, though other species such as Dwarves and Half-Daemons have settlements here.
IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
-Senrand: The Human capital city. Senrand is a large, circular shaped city with three 'layers' to it. Outer Senrand, the outermost ring of the circle, is a large slum where poor people squabble over food scraps and struggle to survive. Inner Senrand is the middle ring of the circle, where the middle-class citizens dwell and lead happy lives. And Upper Senrand is where the disgustingly rich and snooty citizens dwell. In the exact center of the circular city, in Upper Senrand, is Castle Sen, where the King of Humanity rules.

-Iokos: Iokos is a major port city ruled by Humans, and a bustling hub for interspecies trade...and trafficking. Slavers have a nice foothold in the Dock section of the city.

-Shade: Shade is the Outcast City, a sprawling settlement inhabited by those who have been excommunicated from the Empire of Humanity, kicked out of their very species and no longer deemed human. Most of the citizens of Shade have turned to daemon-worship, and as such a large percentage of the population consists of half-daemons and tieflings. The rulers of the city are House Zalyth, one of the four Daemonhouses, the great families that have signed a pact with the Daemonic Overlord and given themselves to the ruinous power that is the daemon.

-Ug'Rolth: The Dwarven Capital, buried deep beneath the Northern Mountains and extending into the Badlands, a city where everything is carved from stone and inside an immense cave and a series of tunnels.

-Midwestern Lands: Much like the Western Lands, the Midwestern Lands are also controlled by humanity. Due to its close proximity to the Grand Plains, this area is less forest and more open plain. Tribal human settlements, regular human settlements, and the occasional Goblin settlement can be found out here.

-Southwestern Jungle: The Southwestern Jungle is your typical jungle, full of exotic and dangerous beasts, dense vegetation, and tribals. The Southwestern Jungle is ruled by the Decti species, and as such they have multiple settlements. It is cool and rainy here, constantly wet and foggy.
IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
-Arachnid's Grip: The Decti capital city, it is rare for an outsider to ever be granted entrance. The city is made of web-woven houses in the treetops, connected to one another via bridges made of webbing.

The Hollow Lands: The Hollow Lands are an enormous swamp region located in the center of the Southern Jungles. Three races, dubbed the Hollow Species, fight an eternal war with one another for control of the Hollow Lands, forever locked in an epic stalemate. This place is inhabited by settlements of Vampires, Werewolves, and Undead, though a Decti settlement or two can be found as well. In the Hollow Lands, the barrier between the mortal realm and the realm of the dead is very weak and easily penetrated, as such spirits like Ghosts or Banshees are a common sight here. It is a popular place for Necromancers for the same reasons. Some say that the barrier is so thin, that a mortal can penetrate the spirit realm and enter the land of the dead. But surely this is just a story...
Right?
IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
-Alpha: The Werewolf Capital, named for the Wolf God, Alpha. It consists of a number of beaten-up looking wooden houses.

-Blettenvale: The Vampire Capital, which, humorously, resembles stereotypical depictions of Transylvania.

-Calavera: The Undead Capital, a city where the houses are built not from stone, but from bone. Even the trees here are undead, blackened and dead but still growing fruit and sprouting leaves. The Palace of the Lich Lord is located here, constructed from an enormous Dragon's Skull.

The Southeastern Jungle: The smaller half of the Southern Jungles, it is rather like the Southwestern Jungle, only where the Southwestern Jungle is cool and rainy, the Southeastern is humid and full of gnats, eugh. The Southeastern Jungle borders the Eastern Lands, and is the homeland of the Tyrran species.
IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
-Terra: The underground capital city of the Tyrran race, a series of tunnels and caves.

The Eastern Plains: Much like the Grand Plains and the Midwestern Lands, the Eastern Plains are open plains. But, with less vegetation and more sand, and it's much hotter due to the close proximity to the desert. The Eastern Plains are considered the homeland of the Goblins and the Hobs. Nomad tribes can be found in these lands.
IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
-Hundor: The Goblin capital city, constructed from cannibalized machine and building parts.

-Gregore's Gorge: On the border between the Eastern Plains and the Eastern Desert is a large fissure in the earth, where the Tyrran have nestled themselves and constructed a settlement in the caves dotting the cliffsides of the gorge. Gregore's Gorge is highly industrialized by Tyrran standards, playing host to a large mining operation.

The Eastern Desert: Your typical desert, hot, big, and full of sand. The Eastern Desert is the homeland of both the Locustmen and the Nomad species, though the Locustmen guard their territory fiercely and with extreme hostility. Be wary in this place, the Locustmen will not hesitate to kill you.
IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
-Hive: The Locustmen capital city is a large stone pyramid with a series of smaller pyramids surrounding it. The majority of the city is belowground. It is HEAVILY guarded and most trespassers are killed on sight.

-Gregore's Gorge: See the Eastern Plains section.

The Badlands: The northernmost part of the continent, The Badlands is a mountainous region where the sky is always dark, the air tends to be thin, and the land looks as though it were scorched by something. The Badlands are considered Outlaw Country, a lawless place where criminals can do what they like when they like. On the northernmost coast of the Badlands is the Mecha city of Cog.
Trolls are relatively common in this region, as are Bandits. Be careful!
IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
-Cog: A Mecha port city, where everything is mechanical, and very steampunk. Boats from Cog can take you to Technicia, the machine capital and homeland.

-Ug'Rolth: See the Western Lands section.

-Valon: Not on the map. Valon is a major city in the Badlands, a hub for outlaws, black market dealers, slavers, and more. It is located about midway between Ug'Rolth and Cog. It closely resembles the average human settlement, only more beaten and lawless.

Other:
-The Flotilla: A chain of floating islands protected by a funnel of clouds, these lands serve as the homeland of the remnants of the Angel species, floating over the sea to the Southeast of the continent. The Flotilla rarely, if ever, allows outsiders to enter. The capital city of The Flotilla is the largest island, deemed Haven, where the current Angel King, the Grand Overseer Denaethos, rules.

-Sea of Blackest Night: The Sea of Blackest Night is actually a Dark Magic Barrier surrounding an island known as Ubelheim. It cannot be penetrated by any means, and visitors must be invited in for the barrier to open. Ubelheim is the home of the Fallen species.