Editing Skein of World:People (section)

== Races ==
While, on average, any one race only exists on about one or two planets, there are a few races that exist on many hundreds or even thousands of planets. First among these are the humans. One of the great mysteries though is exactly why humans are so numerous.

=== [[Skein_of_Worlds:Humans|Humans]] ===
Humans are by far the most numerous of the intelligent races. They exist across many thousands of worlds, or maybe farther. This is somewhat confusing though, since they seem to have absolutely nothing to do with other humans on different planets. They have no means of communicating. They do not share a belief in any one deity. If you were to ask them about humans on other planets, they'd probably think you were crazy. What, then, is the cause of their spread? One guess is that humans are, in fact, the oldest living race. They've simply spread though random chance over a vast number of years. It's the most convincing guess anyone's come up with, but it isn't very satisfying. If they've had all that time, why haven't they developed more as a civilization?

=== [[Skein_of_Worlds:Elves|Elves]] ===
Elves are the second most numerous, but in this case it's easy to see why. The deity Corellon Larethian has, over a great number of years, visited many planets. On each one, he created a race of intelligent beings very much like himself, and thus very much like each other. Each race was modified to better survive the new planet though. On a planet of mostly water, he created aquatic elves. On a planet of dense forests and jungles, he created wood elves. All elves, save a few, worship him. Thanks to the success of the elves, Corellon is one of the most powerful deities. Still, he spends most of his time carefully searching out new planets to colonize.

=== [[Skein_of_Worlds:Orcs|Orcs]] ===
The orcs are another relatively common race, but for a very different reason. The deity Gruumsh created the orcs to be a race of warriors, and he succeeded beyond his expectations. The orcs overran their hostile environment and all their enemies. From there, they developed magics and magical vessels capable of transporting great numbers of orcs across the vast distances to new systems. There, they conquered the natives, before building new vessels. Thus, the mighty orc civilization has spread. Unlike the humans and the elves though, the orcs are located in a few, relatively confined regions of the universe, though this is probably a good thing for most other races.

=== [[Skein_of_Worlds:Dragons|Dragons]] ===
Dragons are one of the few races capable of moving and living naturally in the Void. Their naturally strong magic allows them to cover the distances involved well within their lifetime. No one really knows what they do out there, and in fact many planets don't even know they exist. They do descend to the surface of planets sometimes though. Usually this is to gather food or other materials. Sometimes though it's to lay eggs. These eggs take a very long time to hatch and the parents usually don't wait around. Instead they carefully hide the egg, trusting its hard shell to take care of it. Even though it takes so long to hatch and the parents have likely strayed very far away, they always return just as the egg hatches.

=== Other Races ===
Besides the races that have managed to spread across multiple systems, there are infinitely many races that never left their home system, or even their home planet. The reasons for this are as numerous as the races themselves, from youth to a lack of resources to a lack of desire.