Post by blueyetti on Jun 4, 2018 4:05:44 GMT
From the beginning
During the 13th Reckoning of the First Age: A race of highly reclusive and long living beings was created in the event of an extremely powerful magic user trying to reanimate the land to create his own army.
During the 13th Reckoning of the First Age: A race of highly reclusive and long living beings was created in the event of an extremely powerful magic user trying to reanimate the land to create his own army.
To his dismay what he had created became sentient, then sapient. They chose not to be this great wizards tool in his destruction and fled from his forthcoming wrath.
Since then they have lived their lives for almost two ages, carefully avoiding much of the attention of the world of greater beings they were born into.
The Wise Leaders
Bathlain come in many forms due to when they were conceived and whether or not they choose to maintain and practice the art of magic.
Here is an example of a magic user that practices the magic arts and maintains it's body and mind:
Here is an example of a magic user that practices the magic arts and maintains it's body and mind:
The Warriors of the Tribes
Other of the Bathlain do not maintain or nurture their natural ability to manipulate magic, thus creating a more feral looking and less maintained, larger but slower moving body.
Many of these kinds of Bathlain were considered tribe protectors and warriors, many of the magic users avoided studying destruction magic, as it was taboo in their culture - Due tot he nature of their creation.
The Ancient Bathlain
Long ago when they were created, some of the Bathlain hid for the ages, growing in size and wisdom, many of the last remaining Bathlain Ancients are deep inside of massive undersea and mountain caverns, living their lives away from most life. If they were discovered it surely would be the result in much fear and soon thereafter, war. Their wisdom of the world is great and if they were discovered it would surely be a great loss for the world, both for the Bathlain and the rest of life, so much knowledge wasted.
(An example of a mid-second age Ancient, first age Ancients are much larger.)
Recently
During The 26th Reckoning of the First Age: Humanity, the before reclusive race has now been forced bit by bit to come out of their hiding.
Having some of their most sacred homes being torn apart by man for their soon to come war machine.
Fast forward to the current situation with the Orcs from the south, many of the nomadic tribes of the Bathlain have decided to fully come out of their reclusion before they were forced to be discovered by greater powers or worse, destroyed.
The burning crusade is now a threat to their existence.
Racial bonus +2 intell, +1 Resistance
Racial bonus +2 intell, +1 Resistance