Editing LetsBuild5e:Demographics and Society (section)

==Every Race and Kindred under Heaven==

All the player-character races described in the ''Player's Handbook'' are found in non-trivial numbers in Axalvo. Gnomes are most numerous, but no race is vanishingly small. Although the races are generally intermingled and at peace, there are many tensions. The elves had a great empire on the current dark side when it was last the light side. They've never let anyone forget it, and recently an irredentist movement has emerged, arguing that elves should rise up and take land and resources on this side in preparation for a glorious reconquest of their ancient empire. This has made elves increasingly unpopular among the other warm-blooded races. Dragonborn are new to the area in any significant numbers, and tend to live apart from the warm-blooded species. They're popularly associated with the tyrannical elder-dragon-god - according to legend, the dragonborn were already on the light side when the warm-blooded elder-race tried to tunnel through. It's generally held that the dwarves left the current dark side swiftly and in good order the last time the world flipped, without helping the other nations; dwarves are often blamed for the resulting hardship and death. And among the smaller peoples, halflings and gnomes often clash - halflings have a culturally ingrained love of simplicity and clarity, whereas gnomish culture has tended value the elaborate and baroque. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19338216#post19338216]) Gnomish civil society is predominantly matriarchal, which is reflected in a slight bias towards female identities for the gods. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19408519#post19408519])

So-called dark elves exhibit a range of skin-colours from light grey to ebony. They speak a form of elvish, but they are often found living alongside orcs and speaking their language - which is a major source of tension with other elves. Aasimar, tieflings, and perhaps genasi are found throughout other cultures, races, and societies - their special natures occur as genetic throwbacks, and they rarely if ever have distinct settlements of their own. Dragonborn speak a form of Draconic, in addition to any local languages. Dragonborn live mainly in mountain foothills, where they have a very tense peace with the dwarves and gnomes. They are loosely organised into regional clans: The red-copper clan in particular lives in the mountains, the blue-brass clan lives in the deserts, the white clan is up in the cold steppe, the green-black clan is forest-based, the bronze clan lives by the sea, and the silver-gold clan is always urban. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19317929#post19317929]) The numerical breakdown is as follows (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19337669#post19337669]):

Gnomes: 20%<br />
Dwarves: 18%<br />
Humans: 14%<br />
Orcs: 12%<br />
Halflings: 12%<br />
Dragonborn: 9%<br />
Elves: 6%<br />
Half-orcs: 3%<br />
Half-elves: 2%<br />
Tieflings, aasimar, and others: 4%<br />

While the concept of 'having an adventure' has some cultural recognition, there are almost no professional adventurers. It would be seen as a deeply peculiar career choice. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19381133#post19381133])