
# Eruvenian

The imperial line of the Epicentral Empire consists mostly of those with an
Eruvenian ancestry. In the last age, the Eruvenians controlled most of the face
of Oshanal, and this positioned them to retain their power when the first of the
Hanging Towers were first raised.

Today, the Epicentral Empire of the Eruvenian people is in decline, with the
many cultures of the Tower States naturally fragmenting as the people of the
monstrous world grow and change. However, the Eruvenians still bring up their
children teaching of their powerful heritage, which they believe gives them
inherent sovereignty over the people of Oshanal.

## Imperial Elf Ancestral Traits

Imperial elves are a people who have come to expect the prevalence and, for lack
of a better term, natural supremacy, of elvenkind. They have long enjoyed a
mostly uncontested control of the world where they dwell, and to some degree
they have actually earned that control (or at least defended it). As an imperial
elf you have the following traits:

**Age.** Although imperial elves reach physical maturity at around sixteen years
of age, imperial elven people are long-lived and tend to live for hundreds, if
not thousands of years. The average imperial elf lives up to 900 years of age,
but this varies considerably: a truly healthy imperial elf could last up to 2000
years through a combination of cultural, mystic, and biological advantage.

**Size.** Imperial elves are not particularly large, but they are often tall. A
typical imperial elf will range from 6 to 7 feet tall, with a slender frame.
Your size is Medium.

**Speed.** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

**Twilight Vision.** As an old ancestry from the last era, imperial elves have
developed a sharp twilight and dim light vision. You can see in dim light within
60 feet of you as though it were bright light, and you see in darkness as if it
were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

**Keen Senses.** You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

**Trance.** Imperial elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply,
remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. This is referred to as a “trance”.
While meditating, your mind briefly unspools into the greater sorcerous
consciousness of the cosmos, providing you with strange mystic curiosities to
reflect on when you arouse. After resting in this way, you gain the same
benefits that other humanoids do from 8 hours of sleep.


Imperial elves, the Eruvenians have conquered, destroyed, and again saved the monstrous world over the ages.

Eruvenian


## Guargolan

Wreathed in the impenetrable mists of the Gorgon Bay, deep within the sunken
gulf of the Pit, the Children of the Ghost Light dwell. The guargolan, chitinous
and alien, hold their grim courts with the glittering starlight demons, in their
ominous cities of tarnished brass.

Deeper still, the roads of the pit thicken with these brass structures until at
last one reaches the great sunken city of Old Ora, the lost palatial temple city
of the extinct elves of Meneilas. Here, the guargolan have laid their seat of
power, a council of immortals in blatant service to the star devourer Qetamoch,
forever may she reign.

## Devil Elf Ancestral Traits

Devil elves are a curious ancestry, having become something different than
living in the continual baleful radiance of the City of Brass, yet not quite
dead or even undead. You gain the following traits.

**Age.** Devil elves do not reproduce, and neither do they die of old age. Many
are ancient beyond reckoning. Yet, the strange lights of the cities of brass
deepen knowledge past comprehension, and many of the devil elves have long
abandoned their old memories in the pursuit of more and more magical knowledge.

**Size.** Devil elves are not necessarily impressive in stature, despite the
striking appearance of their gleaming chitinous frames, they stand somewhere
between 5 and 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

**Speed.** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

**Darkvision.** You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as though it
were bright light, and you see in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t
discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

**Profane Transformation.** If devil elves were humanoid once, that time has
long past. Your creature type is Aberration.

**Glimmering Chitin.** You are resistant to fire, radiant, and necrotic damage.
Any attempt to target you with a ray spell is done with disadvantage.

**Trance.** Devil elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply,
remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. This is referred to as a “trance”.
While meditating, your mind opens entirely to the Thirsting Light of Qetamoch,
where it is scoured to its abstract atoms and rebuilt entirely in each passing
moment. After meditating in this way, you gain the same benefits that other
humanoids do from 8 hours of sleep.


Devil elves, the Guargolan traded their mortal lives for magical knowledge, succumbing to the terrible vast lore of the goddess of magic, Qetamoch.