After the Fracture, the unified Velari fragmented, each splinter aligning itself with certain gods, environments, or ideals. Over generations, distinct races emerged:
โ๏ธ Aethari
- Appearance: Human-like but ethereal; skin in shades of gold or amber, eyes glowing like embers.
- Culture: Structured, disciplined, valuing honor, ambition, leadership.
- Society: Built expansive, prosperous kingdoms with majestic cities, grand temples, and powerful armies.
- Abilities: Natural affinity for fire and light magic, skilled warriors, healers, and leaders.

๐ Eldari
- Appearance: Elegant, slender forms with translucent or softly luminescent skin, webbed fingers/toes, delicate aquatic traits.
- Culture: Scholarly, peaceful, deeply connected to memory and history.
- Society: Coastal or aquatic communities, highly communal, preserving knowledge through memory pools.
- Abilities: Profoundly gifted healers, scholars, prophets, and water-element magicians.

๐ป Tharok
- Appearance: Sturdy, robust humanoids with stone-textured skin, earthy tones (gray, brown), muscular, broad features.
- Culture: Hardworking, honorable, builders and defenders, deeply loyal.
- Society: Fortified mountain strongholds or subterranean cities, militaristic yet protective and stable.
- Abilities: Extraordinary strength and resilience, skilled in craftsmanship, stone shaping, and protective magic.