Post by Albus Dumbledore on May 19, 2008 13:07:19 GMT -5
Elves:
An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally imagined as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forests or in wells and springs. They have been portrayed to be long-lived or immortal and as beings of magic. Most elves have the power to 'speak' to nature, causing trees and plants to mature at an accelerated rate. The elves can run 150% faster than an average human.
Physical: Tall, thin, silvery long hair, bright eyes (blue or green), toned, pale.
Vampires:
Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants, who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. Some vampires, such as those found in Transylvanian tales, were gaunt, pale, and had long fingernails. Common attributes were sometimes described, such as red hair. Some were reported to be able to transform into bats, and Bengal Tigers. Vampires can run 150% faster than average humans.
Physical: Normal Human physique (varies) Pale.
Transformed: Face becomes angular, teeth elongate, eyes turn red.
Werewolves:
Were-wolves, also known as lycanthropes, are mythologic humans with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or wolflike creature, either purposely, by eating Henbane, being bitten by a werewolf or after being placed under a curse. They have been around in fiction and myth as long as recorded history. The medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury associated the transformation with the appearance of the full moon. The werewoves can run 150% faster than an average human.
Physical: Normal Human physique (varies)
Transformed: Hair covers body, limbs grow out (long), mouth elongates out of face and nose transformes to canine, ears grow pointed, hands and feet are replaced with canine paws.
Giants:
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology. In various Indo-European mythologies, gigantic peoples are featured as primeval creatures associated with chaos and the wild nature, and they are frequently in conflict with the gods. Giants, due to their huge size, generally run slower, 75% as fast as average humans.
Physical: Tall and muscular, Short hair covers the entire body.
[/color]An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally imagined as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forests or in wells and springs. They have been portrayed to be long-lived or immortal and as beings of magic. Most elves have the power to 'speak' to nature, causing trees and plants to mature at an accelerated rate. The elves can run 150% faster than an average human.
Physical: Tall, thin, silvery long hair, bright eyes (blue or green), toned, pale.
Vampires:
Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants, who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. Some vampires, such as those found in Transylvanian tales, were gaunt, pale, and had long fingernails. Common attributes were sometimes described, such as red hair. Some were reported to be able to transform into bats, and Bengal Tigers. Vampires can run 150% faster than average humans.
Physical: Normal Human physique (varies) Pale.
Transformed: Face becomes angular, teeth elongate, eyes turn red.
Werewolves:
Were-wolves, also known as lycanthropes, are mythologic humans with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or wolflike creature, either purposely, by eating Henbane, being bitten by a werewolf or after being placed under a curse. They have been around in fiction and myth as long as recorded history. The medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury associated the transformation with the appearance of the full moon. The werewoves can run 150% faster than an average human.
Physical: Normal Human physique (varies)
Transformed: Hair covers body, limbs grow out (long), mouth elongates out of face and nose transformes to canine, ears grow pointed, hands and feet are replaced with canine paws.
Giants:
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology. In various Indo-European mythologies, gigantic peoples are featured as primeval creatures associated with chaos and the wild nature, and they are frequently in conflict with the gods. Giants, due to their huge size, generally run slower, 75% as fast as average humans.
Physical: Tall and muscular, Short hair covers the entire body.