Mysteries Past and Present (CCW)

Humanity has much to learn about the peoples that inhabit this earth. But those Strangers that populate the world today have not always been dominant. Some of the greatest races to walk this earth are long dead. Others have disappeared, or perhaps live in areas we have not yet encountered.

Extinct Peoples
All humanoid peoples are thought to have descended from a much older race, the Evindals, and are therefore collectively called Evinkind, or the Evinkin. As the stories go, the Evindals were peaceful and prosperous and spread across the world until they were infiltrated by a race of Demons. The Demons led the Evindals astray and into war with one another, stealing their immortality and cursing them to speak, act, and look differently from one another.

Other races have come and gone: the Shanadu, also known as the Mille went extinct over two thousand years ago. By that time they were a priestly race, entirely dedicated to maintaining mountain temples and healing centers. The Zanher, died out long before that, likely in competition with the very similar humans and Wynder. The Immortal Baluor disappeared even longer before that, likely at the hands of the Guiyants, their closest kin.

There are also the Frysts, who are told of in many Old World stories. They were supposedly a race of non-humanoid monsters, each one vastly different than another. They certainly existed, but their scientific relation to each other is dubious—or else their origin was not of this earth.

Other Peoples
The earth is vast, and the universe infinite. Ancient historical documents are poorly understood. There may yet be other peoples undiscovered or forgotten to us. Who, for example, are the Jutagani, or the Heclariasi, mentioned in a four thousand year old Enekhite religious document? Or the fabled Elehelim, who are referenced vaguely as some sort of perfect incarnation of the Evindals in mythology across the world. We are slightly more certain of the existence of a people called the Nagu, giants who dwell on the ocean floor, but nothing concrete is known about them. And then there are the Yllir, who leave a clear archaeological record, but simply disappeared six thousand years ago. Stories tell of a great migration, possibly off world.