claim his throne They see themselves as victims, even though their ancestors abandoned the city in order to explore the world and their newfound sentience Language: The language of the umbrals can be very difficult for non-native speakers to understand Their words flow from their mouths like wisps of shadow, always seeming to blend from one to another before abruptly disappearing altogether The sounds of “sh” and “ss” are spoken frequently in common umbral speech patterns and hard consonants like “b” or “g” are found only rarely Male Names: Arilin, Shawar, Quarin, Variel Female Names: Evhesha, Ferish, Nelissa, Sithsa Adventures: Some umbrals suffer from wanderlust or excitement beyond every day life These umbrals generally leave their homes at an early age to seek their own fame and fortune Others leave in the service of Carius and his servants, or on missions, working to reclaim the Illurian capital as their own Valshari In centuries past dark elves from across the planes were brought to Relistan by the Illurian Emperor Generations of patriarchal dominance, law and the religion of the Three altered their society from the chaos driven spider worship they once prided themselves in As more time passed the absence of the magical radiations found deep beneath the surface of the world lessened their innate magical abilities even as life on the surface strengthened their tolerance of light The result, after numerous elven generations, was the evolution of the dark elves into what are now known as the Valshari Personality: While the valshari have left the chaos and sadism of their ancestors behind, they have managed to retain much of the cleverness and subtlety They are skilled at manipulating others without their knowledge, and sometimes so without even meaning to Beyond their manipulations, they tend to be very intelligent creatures In some cases that intelligence manifests as a purely academic interest through the study of ancient history, religion or magic In 162 other cases it shows its face in the cleverness of a criminal mastermind or thief Most valshari are not proud of their ancient heritage, but they not seek to deny it either They tend to strive to prove that they have evolved beyond their ancestors, and have truly become another race all together Physical Description: Much like their ancestors, valshari elves have skin as dark as a moonless night and hair as white as Celine, the white moon Their eyes run the entire spectrum of color, from the fiery crimson of their ancestors to the soft blue or violet of lighter skinned elves As with most elves they tend to be rather slim and lithe, their strength coming from dense, toned muscle rather than bulk Alignment: The valshari have evolved a great deal from the chaos of their ancestors They have lived for generations in a society of laws and religion Though there are valshari of every alignment, they commonly tend towards the structure of law Good and evil, however, are a different set of scales As a race they commonly favor lawful neutral as an alignment, but there are many of these elves that follow the path of good and at least as many that have returned to the road of evil Religion: The vast majority of the Valshari that are born within the borders of the Illurian Empire are worshippers of the Three: Steelight, Elarii and Arudia, as they have been raised in the worship of these gods since birth However, there are some black elves, including those born beyond the borders of the empire that worship any number of other deities Valshari Lands: The valshari race is very widespread across the continent of Kesuril The densest population of their kind can be found in the Illurian Empire, where their ancestors were first brought to this world Valshari elves compose the largest percentage of the empire’s citizens and can easily be found throughout its lands They are frequently seen elsewhere on the continent and, slightly less commonly on other continents across Relistan Language: One remnant of their ancestry that they have kept is their language Now referred to as the Valshari tongue, its roots can