<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Society in the Faded Lands</span></strong></span></div><br/><br/><strong>Racial Breeding</strong><br/><br/>There are many different races in the world. In other campaigns half elves are simply the product of a union between an elf and human. Not so in The Faded Lands campaign. Even the Elves, Drow, and Eldarin, who were once one people no longer are able to breed with one another. Time and unknown forces has set the player races apart.<br/><br/>The exception to this is the demi-humans (see The birth of the Demi humans above). Shifters, Half elves, and Teiflings share a slight chance of being able to sire a child with a human mate. Half elves also have a slight chance of being able to do likewise with an elvish mate. However the chances, if unaided by magic are very slim, and conception is very rare between species. When it does occur however, if the child is carried to term, there is a 50% chance of it being born the race of one of the parents. (There are no half shifters / quarter elves / etc)<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Slavery</strong><br/><br/>Slavery does exist in the Faded Lands. It is not especially prevalant, but neither is it unknown. In most “civilized” places in the Faded Lands slavery is frowned upon. Despite that, every settlement to host more then a few hundred people most likely has a few slaves.  Laelith city, unlike the faded lands, has a rather large and open population of indentured servants.  As such it's not uncommon to see a slave either in ankle chains or with a slave collar, running errands in the city.<br/><br/>While it is allowed, public mistreatment of a slave can lead to sanctions by the local authorities in any civilized area.<br/><br/>Some desperately poor will sell themselves into a limited slavery. Often offering themselves as slaves for a set period of time (possibly up to ‘the rest of their lives’) in order to pay off debts, or to satisfy some other obligation. Other slaves may come from a captive taken during a war, or even as punishment for a crime.<br/><br/>Any child born to a slave is considered a free person. That child can be raised by the slave with the slave owner’s permission, the slave owner with the slave’s permission, or go to an orphanage as a ward of the city. A slave owner can never own a child.<br/><br/>All this being said, the keeping of slaves is quite nearly prohibitively expensive. Not only the original cost for a slave, if purchased, but the care and upkeep of one also can be a costly measure. In general one must be a person of at least some small wealth to keep even a single slave.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Racial alignment</strong><br/><br/>Alignment in Mara is very fluid and flexible, you may have a priest of a lawful good diety who is actually himself evil in nature.  There may be good vampires or evil gold dragons.  However there are certain stereotypes about different races.  Some races are considered to be more or less goodly or evil and while individual members of each race may be directly opposed to that, it does affect the racial attitudes of other races interactions with them.<br/><br/>The 'goodly' races are the Dragonborn, the Drow, the Eladrin, and the Shifters.   The Neutral races are the Dwarf, Half elf, the Halflings, and the Humans.  The more evil or selfish races are the Elf, the Goblins, the Teiflings, and the Warforged.   Of course this isn't to say that all elves are selfish and egotistical hedonists, and all drow are graceful worshipers of Elastree or Shoni.   Some humans are the most vile people on the planet, and there may be a halfling hero and champion of good and righteousness.   But over time people have come to see certain races a certain way.  Each of those three groups tends to prefer interactions with their own peoples over interactions from one of the other two groups.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">key for table below</div><div class="spoiler_body">DRG = Dragonborn  <br/>DRW = Drow  <br/>DWF = Dwarf  <br/>ELA = Eladrin  <br/>ELF = Elf  <br/>GOB = Goblin  <br/>HEL = Half elf  <br/>HAF = Hafling  <br/>HUM = Human  <br/>SHF = Shifter  <br/>TEI = Teifling  <br/>WAR = Warforged<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg) = Like. These races get along well. Members of these races feel more comfortable around each other then the other races. <br/>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg) = Ambivilent. These races share neither any special like nor dislike for each other. <br/>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg) = Dislike. Members of these races generally tend to avoid each other, or possibly have hostile feelings toward each other.<br/><br/></div></div><br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td> x </td><td>Drg</td><td>Drw</td><td>Dwf</td><td>Ela</td><td>Elf</td><td>Gob</td><td>Hel</td><td>Haf</td><td>Hum</td><td>Shf</td><td>Tei</td><td>War</td></tr><tr><td>Drg</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Drw</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Dwf</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Ela</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Elf</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Gob</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Hel</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Haf</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Hum</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td></tr><tr><td>Shf</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/N9n0zcx.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/I3Mb3AM.jpg)</td><td>(http://i.imgur.com/U0WKpzd.jpg)</td><td>(htt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common coin that is used are coins that have been minted in the last thousand years in the faded lands.  However over the last two decades adventurers have found coins that predate the fading.  Both types of currency are relatively similar in value, for what the ancient currency lacks in mass compared to the newer, there is a demand among collectors for it's antiquity value.  Gold coins are the standard unit of payment and the currency created in the faded lands are called crowns.  There are also platinum dragons, which are worth ten crowns.  For lower denominations there are silver bits and copper pennies.  Because of the naming, coins are sometimes referred to as their metal, (platinum pieces, gold pieces, silver pieces, copper pieces)  sometimes referred to as their name (dragon, crown, bit, penny), and sometimes both are used, (platinum dragon, gold crown, silver bit, copper penny).  The one standard however is whenever written shorthand as an abbreviation, the metal is used, not the name.  For example, a menu in a tavern might have a price for a mug of ale that costs five copper would always be listed as 5cp, never 5p.  Likewise a light horse might be listed in a bill of sale as having sold for 75gp, but wouldn't ever be listed as 75c.