A dissertation on Fantasy pt 2

Race:   Lycanthrope
Super Classification:   Therianthrope, Gens, genetically modified mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   6' 4"-7' 10" in homid form, 6' 11"-9' 5" in crinos form, 5' 10"-8' 1" in animalistic wolf form.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   3' 9"-5' 0" height at shoulder in wolf form.
Life Expectancy:   480-530 years
Census: 52 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Lycanthropes are one of the bakers dozen of races which were entirely engineered by the Huvwar during their time on Earth 1.6 million years ago.  They were formed by grafting animal DNA into the genetic matrix of yet another unknown and lost species of the Homo genus and adding an alasomorphic ability into that matrix.  The scientific principles behind this type of alasomorphic genetic engineering eluded Elven science until 8000 years ago, and the practical implementation still eludes Gnomish medicine.  Additionally all of the Therianthropes were engineered to lose the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue which developed during the Aquatic Ape phase of our evolution, allowing all Therianthropes to have exceptional and idealized musculature.  Added to the fact the Therianthropes were engineered to be exceedingly beautiful by specifically modern Human standards and more generally Homanae standards, in their homid form Therianthropes are highly desired mating partners for Humans after the lifting of the Covenant.  Therianthropes were also engineered to have extraordinary physical strength in all three of their forms.  It is also worth noting that Therianthropes in the animalistic forms were generally noted to be larger then their natural counterparts, and with the exception of Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes could be distinguished in the general Human population not just by their unusually great musculature and athleticism but also by their unusual height.  The Lycanthropes were usually the eyes and ears of the Covenant among Human populations, during the period of the Covenant, as they were more easily able to blend with the Human population.  In fact because Lycanthropes could infiltrate a human population in two of their forms they were the primary source of intelligence on humans, even more so then the more human sized Gerakanthropes and Aetanthropes.  Lycanthropes are the only Therianthrope race to have been described by the folklore of any Human culture, however it is believed to be a matter of random convergence as Covenant records indicate that no Lycanthrope was ever discovered.  As noted in the article about Aetanthropes Human females pursued Lycanthropes for mating purposes shortly after the lifting of the Covenant, however unlike Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes, Lycanthropes never chose to mate with Human females, however many same-sex oriented Lycanthrope males did pursue same-sex oriented Human males and like the Probatanthropes specifically pursued the otherwise undesirable same-sex oriented Human males, however unlike the Probatanthropes their reasons had less to do with desperation and were significantly more honest and altruistic.  Possibly steaming from the canine ability and desire to love those that only a mother otherwise could love.

Race:   Antextanthrope
Super Classification:   Therianthrope, Gens, genetically modified mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   6' 6"-8' 1" in homid form, 7' 4"-10' 5" in crinos form, 6' 6"-8' 10" in animalistic brown bear form.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   5' 0"-6' 9" height at shoulder in brown bear form.
Life Expectancy:   350-390 years
Census: 4.7 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Antextanthropes are one of the bakers dozen of races which were entirely engineered by the Huvwar during their time on Earth 1.6 million years ago.  They were formed by grafting animal DNA into the genetic matrix of yet another  unknown and lost species of the Homo genus and adding an alasomorphic ability into that matrix.  The scientific principles behind this type of alasomorphic genetic engineering eluded Elven science until 8000 years ago, and the practical implementation still eludes Gnomish medicine.  Additionally all of the Therianthropes were engineered to lose the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue which developed during the Aquatic Ape phase of our evolution, allowing all Therianthropes to have exceptional and idealized musculature.  Added to the fact the Therianthropes were engineered to be exceedingly beautiful by specifically modern Human standards and more generally Homanae standards, in their homid form Therianthropes are highly desired mating partners for Humans after the lifting of the Covenant.  Therianthropes were also engineered to have extraordinary physical strength in all three of their forms.  It is also worth noting that Therianthropes in the animalistic forms were generally noted to be larger then their natural counterparts, and with the exception of Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes could be distinguished in the general Human population not just by their unusually great musculature and athleticism but also by their unusual height.

Race:   Liontanthrope
Super Classification:   Therianthrope, Gens, genetically modified mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   6' 7"-8' 4" in homid form, 7' 7"-10' 8" in crinos form, 6' 5"-8' 9" in animalistic African lion form.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   4' 7"-6' 2" height at shoulder in animalistic African lion form.
Life Expectancy:   290-315 years
Census: 25 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Liontanthropes are one of the bakers dozen of races which were entirely engineered by the Huvwar during their time on Earth 1.6 million years ago.  They were formed by grafting animal DNA into the genetic matrix of yet another unknown and lost species of the Homo genus and adding an alasomorphic ability into that matrix.  The scientific principles behind this type of alasomorphic genetic engineering eluded Elven science until 8000 years ago, and the practical implementation still eludes Gnomish medicine.  Additionally all of the Therianthropes were engineered to lose the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue which developed during the Aquatic Ape phase of our evolution, allowing all Therianthropes to have exceptional and idealized musculature.  Added to the fact the Therianthropes were engineered to be exceedingly beautiful by specifically modern Human standards and more generally Homanae standards, in their homid form Therianthropes are highly desired mating partners for Humans after the lifting of the Covenant.  Therianthropes were also engineered to have extraordinary physical strength in all three of their forms.  It is also worth noting that Therianthropes in the animalistic forms were generally noted to be larger then their natural counterparts, and with the exception of Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes could be distinguished in the general Human population not just by their unusually great musculature and athleticism but also by their unusual height.  During the 17th and 18th century a pride of rogue Liontanthropes made common cause with a group of relatively peaceful pastoral Humans near the African coast, and were instrumental in protecting them from the European and American slave trade.  When the Covenant discovered this these Liontanthropes were severely punished.  Given the sordid history of slavery and racism, this incident served to chill relations between the Gens and Humans of African descent especially those in the Americas.  Many Human liberals of varying ethnicity also find the Covenant actions beyond the pale and have asked for a formal apology and a posthumous pardoning of those Liontanthropes.

Race:   Alogoanthrope
Super Classification:   Therianthrope, Gens, genetically modified mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   6' 7"-8' 9" in homid form, 8' 2"-10' 10" in crinos form, 7' 2"-8' 9" in animalistic horse form.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   5' 8"-8' 0" in height at shoulder in animalistic horse form.
Life Expectancy:   460-490 years
Census: 36 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Alogoanthropes are one of the bakers dozen of races which were entirely engineered by the Huvwar during their time on Earth 1.6 million years ago.  They were formed by grafting animal DNA into the genetic matrix of yet another unknown and lost species of the Homo genus and adding an alasomorphic ability into that matrix.  The scientific principles behind this type of alasomorphic genetic engineering eluded Elven science until 8000 years ago, and the practical implementation still eludes Gnomish medicine.  Additionally all of the Therianthropes were engineered to lose the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue which developed during the Aquatic Ape phase of our evolution, allowing all Therianthropes to have exceptional and idealized musculature.  Added to the fact the Therianthropes were engineered to be exceedingly beautiful by specifically modern Human standards and more generally Homanae standards, in their homid form Therianthropes are highly desired mating partners for Humans after the lifting of the Covenant.  Therianthropes were also engineered to have extraordinary physical strength in all three of their forms.  It is also worth noting that Therianthropes in the animalistic forms were generally noted to be larger then their natural counterparts, and with the exception of Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes could be distinguished in the general Human population not just by their unusually great musculature and athleticism but also by their unusual height.  Opposite-sex oriented Human males were the group of Humans who showed the least interest in mating with other Gens races, perhaps because they viewed the Gens as usurping their mating potential, that is why it was rather surprising that those few Human males that did pursue mating with other Gens races chose two female races of Amazonian proportions.  However it remains true that to this day opposite-sex oriented Human males and Alogoanthrope females are frequently found together, even after other Human groups ceased to find interest in mating with Gens.

Race:   Tigranthrope
Super Classification:   Therianthrope, Gens, genetically modified mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   6' 8"-8' 6" in homid form, 8' 0"-11' 4" in crinos form, 6' 8"-9' 4" in animalistic tiger form.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   4' 4"-5' 10" height at shoulder in animalistic tiger form.
Life Expectancy:   450-520 years
Census: 18 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Tigranthropes are one of the bakers dozen of races which were entirely engineered by the Huvwar during their time on Earth 1.6 million years ago.  They were formed by grafting animal DNA into the genetic matrix of yet another unknown and lost species of the Homo genus and adding an alasomorphic ability into that matrix.  The scientific principles behind this type of alasomorphic genetic engineering eluded Elven science until 8000 years ago, and the practical implementation still eludes Gnomish medicine.  Additionally all of the Therianthropes were engineered to lose the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue which developed during the Aquatic Ape phase of our evolution, allowing all Therianthropes to have exceptional and idealized musculature.  Added to the fact the Therianthropes were engineered to be exceedingly beautiful by specifically modern Human standards and more generally Homanae standards, in their homid form Therianthropes are highly desired mating partners for Humans after the lifting of the Covenant.  Therianthropes were also engineered to have extraordinary physical strength in all three of their forms.  It is also worth noting that Therianthropes in the animalistic forms were generally noted to be larger then their natural counterparts, and with the exception of Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes could be distinguished in the general Human population not just by their unusually great musculature and athleticism but also by their unusual height.  Opposite-sex oriented Human males were the group of Humans who showed the least interest in mating with other Gens races, perhaps because they viewed the Gens as usurping their mating potential, that is why it was rather surprising that those few Human males that did pursue mating with other Gens races chose two female races of Amazonian proportions.  Although less surprising then the Alogoanthropes, mating with Tigranthropes can be viewed as maintaining a feral nature in a domesticated man, perhaps even courting danger.

Race:   Tauranthrope
Super Classification:   Therianthrope, Gens, genetically modified mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   6' 9"-9' 2" in homid form, 8' 6"-12' 4" in crinos form, 8' 3"-13' 4" in animalistic cattle form.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   6' 3"-7' 5" height at shoulder in animalistic cattle form.
Life Expectancy:   140-160 years
Census: 31 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Tauranthropes are one of the bakers dozen of races which were entirely engineered by the Huvwar during their time on Earth 1.6 million years ago.  They were formed by grafting animal DNA into the genetic matrix of yet another unknown and lost species of the Homo genus and adding an alasomorphic ability into that matrix.  The scientific principles behind this type of alasomorphic genetic engineering eluded Elven science until 8000 years ago, and the practical implementation still eludes Gnomish medicine.  Additionally all of the Therianthropes were engineered to lose the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue which developed during the Aquatic Ape phase of our evolution, allowing all Therianthropes to have exceptional and idealized musculature.  Added to the fact the Therianthropes were engineered to be exceedingly beautiful by specifically modern Human standards and more generally Homanae standards, in their homid form Therianthropes are highly desired mating partners for Humans after the lifting of the Covenant.  Therianthropes were also engineered to have extraordinary physical strength in all three of their forms.  It is also worth noting that Therianthropes in the animalistic forms were generally noted to be larger then their natural counterparts, and with the exception of Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes could be distinguished in the general Human population not just by their unusually great musculature and athleticism but also by their unusual height.

Race:   Pegasus
Super Classification:   genetically modified mammals descended from Equus Ferus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   6' 8"-7' 7"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   5' 9"-6' 5" height at shoulder, 10' 10"-12' 8" feathered wingspan.
Life Expectancy:   15-27 years
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Pegasus was one of the Huvwar experiments, it isn't one of the intelligent races.  Most Humans were disappointed to learn that airplanes and other forms of commercial air travel were actually cheaper and more efficient than having a winged horse.

Race:   Drakosanthrope
Super Classification:   Therianthrope, Gens, genetically modified mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   7' 3"-9' 8" in homid form, 27' 6"-45' 2" in crinos form, 315'-630' in animalistic dragon form.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   34' 4"-52' 9" leather wingspan in crinos form, 45'-80' height at shoulder in animalistic dragon form, 225'-490' bipedal height in animalistic dragon form, 355'-725' leather wingspan in animalistic dragon form.
Life Expectancy:   Variable by significant margins, primarily depending upon how often full animalistic dragon form is taken, an individual who spends their entire life in homid form and never changes form would have a projected life expectancy of 900-1200 years, an individual who spends their entire life in crinos form and never changes form would have a projected life expectancy of 27,000-35,000 years, an individual who spends their entire life in animalistic dragon form and never changes form would have a projected life expectancy of 195,000-326,000 years; however there are no known instances of a Drakosanthrope never changing form, typical mean average life expectancy have a range of 68,000-85,000 years.
Census: 45 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Drakosanthrope are one of the bakers dozen of races which were entirely engineered by the Huvwar during their time on Earth 1.6 million years ago.  They were formed by grafting animal DNA into the genetic matrix of yet another unknown and lost species of the Homo genus and adding an alasomorphic ability into that matrix.  The scientific principles behind this type of alasomorphic genetic engineering eluded Elven science until 8000 years ago, and the practical implementation still eludes Gnomish medicine.  Additionally all of the Therianthropes were engineered to lose the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue which developed during the Aquatic Ape phase of our evolution, allowing all Therianthropes to have exceptional and idealized musculature.  Added to the fact the Therianthropes were engineered to be exceedingly beautiful by specifically modern Human standards and more generally Homanae standards, in their homid form Therianthropes are highly desired mating partners for Humans after the lifting of the Covenant.  Therianthropes were also engineered to have extraordinary physical strength in all three of their forms.  It is also worth noting that Therianthropes in the animalistic forms were generally noted to be larger then their natural counterparts, and with the exception of Aetanthropes and Gerakanthropes could be distinguished in the general Human population not just by their unusually great musculature and athleticism but also by their unusual height.  Because Drakosanthrope were engineered from two intelligent races, they are born with two distinct personalities or identities, one belonging to the homid form and one belonging to the animalistic dragon form.  Drakosanthropes must spend a large part of their lives balancing the desires of the two identities sharing a single body, and few ever attain true unity of mind, which is the ultimate goal of all Drakosanthrope philosophy.  This dual identity explains why Drakosanthropes have such a variable life expectancy.  One of the interesting genetic abuses that the Huvwar provided the Drakosanthrope was for each of the identities to have an opposite sexual orientation.  Therefore when Human males of all sexual orientations chose to pursue mating options with Drakosanthropes, they were perfectly willing to comply.

Race:   Sphinx
Super Classification:   genetically modified mammals descended from Panthera Leo.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   7' 2"-8' 0"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::    3' 8"-4' 10" height at shoulder.
Life Expectancy:   25 years
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Sphinxes were one of the Huvwar experiments.  It isn't one of the intelligent races.  Sphinx was likely another attempt at humor, it is nothing more than a mute Lion with the head of a Homanae, their continued survival is a result of intervention by the Gens early in their history, showing an ecological consciousness which Humans have only recently if at all achieved, and
providing a way for the sphinx to feed itself.

Race:   Manticore
Super Classification:   genetically modified mammals descended from Panthera Leo.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   7' 2"-8' 0"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::    3' 8"-4' 10" height at shoulder, 6' 9"-7' 11" leather wingspan.
Life Expectancy:   25 years
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Manticores were one of the Huvwar experiments, it isn't one of the intelligent races.  Manticores are sphinxes with the addition of flightless shoulder mounted wings and a poison-less scorpion tail

Race:   Gargoyle
Super Classification:   mammal hybrid
Adult Height/Length (Range):   7' 8"-9' 9"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   8' 9"-11' 4" leather wingspan
Life Expectancy:   875-1100 years
Census: 16 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Gargoyles first appear in the fossil record just over a million years ago, and precede the appearance of any of the diminutive races.  This is important to recognize because they are the only confirmed Faerie spawned race, Gargoyles are the product of Faerie matings with Orcs.  The mystery of the Gargoyle therefore is why the stone hibernation, what possible purpose could it serve and why did the Sprites impart that ability/need on the Gargoyles.  Stone transmutation is an ability beyond even Huvwar alasomorphic genetic engineering as there is no biological genetic matrix in an inanimate object to add to the race.  Further the probability against a stone transmutation ability arising naturally through evolutionary processes is so astronomical, that all but the most ardent mathematician/statistician would feel comfortable acknowledging it as impossible.  However the Sprite active ability to manipulate the t-Probability force would significantly alter those odds in favor of it occurring, so all reasonable modern anthropologists argue that the stone hibernation must be a result of Sprite intervention.  Gargoyles form clans nearly as collaborative in their nature as Smurf colonies, going so far as to eschew personal names in favor of recognizing each member of the clan as a friend and sibling and equal to any task of helping any other member of the clan.  

Race:   Tritonian
Super Classification:   Mer, their evolutionary lineage is unrecognizable to humans as their fossils don't occur on land in general, however Mer anthropologists believe that all Mer evolved from the Atlanticans, further it has been determined that Mer are mammals descended from Orrorin Tugenensis which is now believed to be the Aquatic Ape ancestor of the Gens, the Mer are now known to be the closest non Gens relative to Humans, sharing a more recent common ancestor than the Chimpanzee.  
Adult Height/Length (Range):   8' 3"-9' 6"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   340-390 years
Census: 13 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   When Humans first learned of the Mer, it was popularly believed that the Poseidoneans, Tritonians and Cecaelia were the result of Huvwar intervention, however those three Mer species had fully separated into distinct species long before the Huvwar arrived, and the Huvwar claim to always ignore aquatic life forms.  Tritonians are distinguishable by their otherwise fully Homanae torso and head attached to a fully piscine tail where the legs would otherwise be.  Occasional interaction between Humans and Tritonians occurred during the period of the Covenant, as Tritonians must surface on regular intervals and sing (an abnormality which causes one to question the claim that Huvwar didn't engineer any of the Mer), hence their association in Human folklore with Sirens.

Race:   Minotaur
Super Classification:   Secundae is a socio-political classification unrelated to biology except to indicate descent from Therianthropes.  Biologically they are a hybridized species which can claim descent for almost 75 percent of their genome from Homo Habilis and therefore Australopithecus, and the other 25 percent of their genome from Bos Primigenius Taurus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   8' 6"-10' 4"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   140-180 years
Census: 650,000
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Minotaurs are descended from the early Therianthropic Tauranthropes engaging in bestial reproduction with wild cattle while in their animalistic cattle form.  The copulations became common enough before civilizing, that the natural evolutionary forces eventually took over, and created a new fertile and distinct species capable of procreating amongst themselves.  Minotaurs are distinguished from Tauranthropes in their crinos form, by the clearly entirely Human (Homanae) hairless torso and arms.  They are also distinguished by their rigid mono-form body without an ability to metamorphosize into a fully Human form, a more traditional crinos form, nor a fully animalistic cattle form.  They did however inherit the Therianthropes Huvwar manipulated musculature completely lacking the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue that other primate derived/descended races developed.  Minotaurs are unique among the Secundae for their non Human/Homanae head, having instead a head more akin to their cattle fore bearers.  Minotaurs are extremely docile and calm a trait they seemed to have inherited more from their animalistic ancestors than their Homanae ones.  Minotaurs like the other larger Secundae were heavily pursued by same-sex oriented humans for mating after the lifting of the Covenant, but Minotaurs tend to avoid mating with non-Minotaurs as they find the differences in the heads make several important erotic and romantic activities difficult.  

Race:   Centaur
Super Classification:   Secundae is a socio-political classification unrelated to biology except to indicate descent from Therianthropes.  Biologically they are a hybridized species which can claim descent for 48 percent of their genome from Homo Habilis and therefore Australopithecus, and the other 52 percent of their genome from Equus Ferus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   8' 9"-10' 7" measuring their height.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   13' 2"-16' 8" is the length of the double torso and head.
Life Expectancy:   45-60 years
Census: 40 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Centaurs are descended from the early Therianthropic Alogoanthropes engaging in bestial reproduction with wild horses while in their animalistic horse form.  The copulations became common enough before civilizing, that the natural evolutionary forces eventually took over, and created a new fertile and distinct species capable of procreating amongst themselves.  Centaurs are distinguished from Alogoanthropes in their crinos form, by the clearly entirely Human (Homanae) hairless secondary torso and their  arms and head.  They are also distinguished by their rigid mono-form body without an ability to metamorphosize into a fully Human form, a more traditional crinos form, nor a fully animalistic cattle form.  They did however inherit the Therianthropes Huvwar manipulated musculature completely lacking the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue that other primate derived/descended races developed.  The Centaurs double torso violates several laws of biology, to the point where even statisticians wouldn't hesitate to call it impossible.  Therefore it is imperative to acknowledge that Faeries or Sprites had to be involved in their genesis.  They continue to have a relatively short life expectancy by the standards of the Gens as a result of their overlapping redundant biological systems frequently coming into conflict with each other.  Two hearts and six lungs do not in fact make a better man, it makes a miserable one.  Despite these physical disadvantages Centaurs are second only to the Elves in terms of intellect and knowledge, one of the few ideas which ancient Human folklore got right.  Centaurs like other Secundae were heavily pursued by same-sex oriented Human males after the lifting of the Covenant, but only a few Centaurs paired with them in the very early years, as Centaurs found Human inability to commit to long term relationships to be offensive.

Race:   Unicorn
Super Classification:   Mammals of the Equidae family.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   8' 5"-9' 9"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   5' 11"-6' 6" height at shoulder, 18"-26" length of horn.
Life Expectancy:   38-54 months
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Unicorns most surprising feature is that they evolved naturally without interference from either the Huvwar or the Gens.  They were of course tampered with after-the-fact by either Sprites or Faeries sometime in the late prehistory of the Gens, as the horns t-Probability force enhanced healing ability couldn't have occurred naturally.

Race:   Hippogriff
Super Classification:   genetically hybridized mammals descended from Equus Ferus and Aquila Chrysaetos.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   8' 9"-11' 10"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   6' 3"-6' 10" height at shoulder, 19' 7"-24' 6" feathered wingspan.
Life Expectancy:   27-38 years
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Hippogriffs were one of the Huvwar experiments, it isn't one of the intelligent races.  Most Humans were disappointed to learn that airplanes and other forms of commercial air travel were actually cheaper and more efficient than having a winged horse.

Race:   Ogre
Super Classification:   Homanae, Gens, mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   9' 7"-11' 3"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   460-500 years
Census: 30 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Ogres are what past anthropologists euphemistically referred to as robust, especially when describing the Neanderthal Man which was in fact one in the same as the Ogre.  Ogres are big and heavily muscled and thick skinned, though not quite as attractive as the Therianthropes, nor as strong as Brownies or even Dwarfs, but still quite imposing and intimidating.  Defining Ogre intelligence is a tricky feat, they aren't the simple lack wits which ancient Human folklore claimed them to be, nor are they the brutish mindless killing machines which 20th century role-playing games portrayed them as, however despite their superior age, they have not developed the same level of intelligence that Humans have in the ensuing millenia between the founding and the lifting of the Covenant.  I once heard Ogres described as being teachable but never learning, and I believe that is the best description I have ever heard of them.  Ogres in many respect are like myna birds they can expound for hours repeating arguments quite compellingly that they have been taught, or even solving complex mathematical equations which follow a known pattern, but are unable to invent anything new on their own.  They are in fact the students that every late 20th and early 21st century teacher longed for, and every true intellect of all times has feared would overrun their society.  I have found several contemporary accounts from anthropologists and other academics from the time shortly after the lifting of the Covenant which claimed that 21st century Humans had been using words like "Partisan" and "Journalist" as synonyms for Ogre.  However that usage fell out of favor very quickly and the words themselves are no longer parts of modern vocabulary.

Race:   Troll
Super Classification:   Teras, reptiles descended from the Ornithischia order of Dinosaurs.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   10' 5"-12' 6"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   600 years
Census:   1.5 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   It is unknown whether or not the apparent single species nature of the Teras is a result of sharing a close recent cladistic ancestor as is the case with the Aelfhar and Homanae, or if it is a matter of recent artificial intervention (nature playing catch up with socially and culturally enforced norms, as the Teras were all conquered and subjugated by the Orcs in their historical memory).  It is almost impossible to get reliable information about the Teras, while they are not the primitive and violent creatures both their name and ancient Human folklore suggests them to be, they are in fact extremely isolationist and antisocial and are unwilling to share scientific data with the Gens.

Race:   Cecaelia
Super Classification:   Mer, their evolutionary lineage is unrecognizable to humans as their fossils don't occur on land in general, however Mer anthropologists believe that all Mer evolved from the Atlanticans, further it has been determined that Mer are mammals descended from Orrorin Tugenensis which is now believed to be the Aquatic Ape ancestor of the Gens, the Mer are now known to be the closest non Gens relative to Humans, sharing a more recent common ancestor than the Chimpanzee.  
Adult Height/Length (Range):   12' 3"-15' 9"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   610-645 years
Census: 7 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   When Humans first learned of the Mer, it was popularly believed that the Poseidoneans, Tritonians and Cecaelia were the result of Huvwar intervention, however those three Mer species had fully separated into distinct species long before the Huvwar arrived, and the Huvwar claim to always ignore aquatic life forms.  Cecaelia are distinguishable by their otherwise fully Homanae torso and head attached to a fully octopode tail where the legs would otherwise be.   Cecaelia are antisocial in the extreme and are not generally found to be part of larger societies.  The chose not to interact with the other Mer, it is believed by many anthropologists that the Cecaelia were Sprite modified Tritonian sub-species given that the two races can interbreed as if they are the same race, like dogs and wolfs.  Some anthropologists believe that their antisocial tendencies stem more from concern for their fellow sentients as their octopod limbs are just as poisonous as those of actual Octopodes.  An unfortunate side effect of a 20th century retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen story "The Little Mermaid" done by the Disney Studios left many Humans with the impression that Cecaelia were antagonistic or even evil, an attitude which was not helped by the Cecaelia antisocial tendencies.  Additionally many Humans continue to believe that Cecaelia have conscious control of the t-Probability force and use it for nefarious reasons, this can also be attributed to the Disney Studios retelling of "The Little Mermaid", it should go without saying however that these impressions are entirely false and must be combated.

Race:   Dryad
Super Classification:   N/A
Adult Height/Length (Range):   15' 5"-65' 10"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   11'-45' width in fully arboreal form.
Life Expectancy:   8,000-12,000 years
Census: 900,000 individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Dryads consist of enough biological impossibilities to ensure that they are the result of t-Probability force intervention.  They appear in the archeological record prior to the existence of the Sprites which suggests that they may be a product of bizarre even deviant sexual practices by the Faeries, given the Dryads own ability to produce fertile offspring from every instance of coitus it is almost certain that they are Faerie spawned.  However their alasomorphic abilities and lack of the subcutaneous layer of adipose fat tissue while in their humanoid form suggests that a Therianthrope was also involved at some point in Dryad evolution.  As already noted anyone who engages in coitus with a Dryad will along with the Dryad produce offspring, however, this ability is not limited to pair bonding, any number of beings who engage in coitus simultaneously with a Dryad will all produce offspring and multiple births can result as well.  This is an amazing and fascinating ability as the parenting combinations which can result would have caused a legal nightmare in the more litigious recent past, as example if three individuals and a Dryad are involved in a coital session, individual A can be male and give birth to offspring which is genetically the offspring of either persons B or C and the Dryad or persons B and C together.  However despite this potential problem Dryads have become very popular fertility treatment for otherwise infertile Human pair-bonds, as there is a 100 percent probability that at least one member of the pair will be the biological parent of each of the offspring, an 80 percent probability that each member of the pair will be a biological parent to at least one offspring a piece, a 30 percent probability that one child will be the biological offspring of both members of the pair, and a 10 percent probability that all of the offspring will be the biological offspring of both members of the pair.  

Race: Cyclops
Super Classification:   N/A
Adult Height/Length (Range):   20' 0" there is no diversity in size for the Cyclops race.
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   Unknown, they have existed for 1.6 million years thus far and shown no sign of aging or dying by any means other than violence.
Census: 35 individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Cyclops are without question or doubt the cruelest Earthbound experiment of the Huvwar.  They are barely intelligent and are completely ineducable, in some respects their minds are regressive to a point very early in primate evolution.  Their most distinguishable feature is of course their single oversized ocular organ placed in the middle of their forehead.  Their lack of stereoscopic binocular vision makes them violent, and nearly blind, further it causes enormous pain as they still posses a brain designed to accept stereoscopic binocular vision, but don't even have the advantage of a damaged receptor to give them a sense of depth perception, as would happen to a Human who had lost an eye.  Cyclops are all male and infertile, and are incapable of reproducing except by Faerie, Dryad or Naiad intervention, however since the civilizing of the races, all three of those races have agreed never to allow another Cyclops to be brought into the world.  The final cruelty which the Huvwar provided the Cyclops is to make them immortal save for death by ocular impalement.  The only redeeming aspect of the Cyclops engineering, was that their existence prompted the Elves to question the possibility of extra-solar life manipulating the evolutionary course of Earths races and provided them the impetus to explore space despite the great expense and inefficiency of Near Light-Speed travel.

Race: Roc
Super Classification:   genetically engineered, from unknown avian stock.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   57'-79'
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   128'-160' feathered wingspan.
Life Expectancy:   9 years.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Roc are one of the genetically engineered creatures left by the Huvwar, no one is entirely sure how they fit into avian cladistics.  They are not one of the intelligent races and are of extremely low intelligence and prone to viciousness and violence.  They have proven resistant to domestication, and were considered too dangerous to let remain free and wild during the period of the Covenant as such they have spent the last 9000 years existing only in captivity.  They are the primary source of protein for Giants, Dragons and Ryu, although the fact that Dragons and Ryu had to "hunt" their Roc in open air was proving to make the Covenant harder to keep in place after Humans had discovered Antarctica and had developed space based technologies.  Had M-Theory not made it necessary to lift the Covenant, Human satellite technology coupled with Dragon feeding would have.

Race: Giant
Super Classification:   Homanae, Gens, mammals descended from Homo Habilis and therefore also Australopithecus.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   75' 0"-109' 0"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   275-330 years
Census: 38 million individuals.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Giants like Brownies have the distinction of existing prior to any of the other presently extant Homanae races, and also dating to approximately one million years ago which makes their appearance commiserate with the appearance of the diminutive races.  This means that they evolved out of some now extinct and apparently unknown branch of the genus Homo.  Giants are fairly unremarkable to Humans, except for their extraordinary size they are culturally and intellectually identical to Humans, in a way that other Homanae are not.  The one caveat to this is that Giants are more pacifistic than Humans, although Elven histories indicated that this is a result of having outgrown their selfish, violent and nationalistic instincts in the very distant past.

Race:   Dragons
Super Classification:   N/A
Adult Height/Length (Range):   275'-565'
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   35'-68' height at shoulder, 180'-440' bipedal height, 310'-635' leather wingspan.
Life Expectancy:   300,000-350,000 years
Census: 7 million individuals
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Dragons like Gorillas have the ability walk quadrupedally and bipedally, with a specialized wrist joint that allows their forelimb to be either a paw or a hand.  They also posses an extended neck and an equine skull.  However the most surprising thing about Dragons, which evolved naturally without Huvwar interference is that they are mammals.  There are of course other fascinating contradictions about Dragons, they are Earths first intelligent species, evolving almost 5 million years before the Australopithecines, they exist despite violating the square cube law, and without any access to the t-Probability force.  They possess shoulder mounted wings as a quadrupedal species and were not engineered that way by the Huvwar.  They developed language (although not speech) in the absence of a descended larynx, which was prevented by their arcamico which allows for their fire breathing abilities.  The similarity in socio-cultural development between the Dragons and the Istari indicate that either the Dragons helped the Istari, or more likely (if you know a Dragon) that Huvwar interference allowed for accelerated development in the Istari and quite possibly all of the Gens.  The Huvwar were unable to perform any modifications to Dragons, and their rules of engagement indicate they would never attempt to modify a species as advanced towards civilization as Dragons were.  The Huvwar are however to be congratulated on successfully obtaining Dragon DNA for the Drakosanthrope DNA graft.  Dragons are peaceable but quite fierce in protection of their bodies which they view as sacrosanct, although that cultural imperative may have been the result of the racial memory of their "rape" by the Huvwar in their species relative infancy.  

Race:   Daikaiju
Super Classification:   genetically engineered from assorted sources.
Adult Height/Length (Range):   300' 0"-350' 0"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   variable depending upon the individuals
Life Expectancy:   Unknown
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   As has been previously noted the Huvwar never recorded the why, of what experiments (or abuses) they engaged in, but it is pretty clear in the case of Daikaiju that they were playing a joke.  The Daikaiju are dozens of unique individual species, all male, all biologically incompatible, all engineered to be mutually aggressive and hostile, all in violation of the square cube law, and all violations of standard evolutionary combinatorics.  The Va and the ke'Par Z'h'lak as well as the other extra-solar intelligences we are now aware of all claim that none of their home worlds show any evidence of Daikaiju like abominations in their Huvwar engineered lifeforms.  Of course none of those race live on a planet that produced Dragons.  The size and ferocity and apparent near indestructibility of the Daikaiju could only be a response to the Dragons, a going away present perhaps to keep the Dragons busy so that the other Huvwar engineered races might have a chance of success without becoming a holiday repast for the Dragons.  The joke however is on the Huvwar if that was the case.  If anything the Daikaiju accelerated the development of the Dragons, and the Daikaiju were all living in captivity before the rise of Istari civilization or the appearance of the diminutive races.  The Daikaiju are not intelligent, not even at the level of Dolphins or Chimpanzees, but unlike the Cyclops they are at least teachable, which places them in a category similar to that of the domestic dog or Ryu.  There have been many points of stress and contention while assimilating the Humans into the Gens culture, most of them have been Gens practices and beliefs which Humans felt ill-prepared or unwilling to adopt to, however the one major stumbling block which made the other Gens consider abandoning Humanity was an early desire to turn the Daikaiju zoo into an occasional gladiatorial arena for the Daikaiju to battle for supremacy.  The reasons for this like so many other bizarre Human foibles of the 20th and 21st century have been lost to us, but eventually Humans came to realize that it was cruel and unnecessary to force an animal to behave in certain ways for one's own entertainment.    

Race:   Ryu
Super Classification:   N/A
Adult Height/Length (Range):   300' 0"-525' 0"
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   22' 0"-45' 0" height at shoulder.
Life Expectancy:   30,000-75,000 years
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Ryu are to Dragons what chimpanzees are to Humans, or perhaps were to 20th century Humans before the Gens were known to them.  Ryu are the nearest cladistic primitive and animalistic relative to the Dragons.  Although unlike Humans, Dragons took their relatives on as pets (perhaps to prevent a competing species from arising, after seeing the trouble the Istari had both internally and with the Homanae later on), which makes Ryu as much like domestic dogs as chimpanzees.  It is a source of some frustration to the Dragons that Humans consider Ryu to be a species worthy of having their name capitalized, however the cultural and political implications to Humans of insulting the east Asians for whom Ryu were viewed with great affection and reverence still outweighs the potential of insult to the Dragons.  Although one 21st century Dragon diplomat is famed for stating "Humans should listen to their Pagan brethren and recall their wise advice of 'Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'".

Race:   Naiad
Super Classification:   N/A
Adult Height/Length (Range):   variable
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   variable
Life Expectancy:   Unknown
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Naiads must be Faeries spawned, as they are formed from inanimate objects which makes their creation by the Huvwar impossible, and their being natural evolutionary developments even more impossible.  Naiads are immaterial or at least not solid, which makes it impossible to determine when they first came to exist at least by standard methods of forensic anthropology.  Never-the-less their willingness to interact with the intelligent races, and their Istari like pan-sexuality are strong arguments for their descent from Faeries.  One must wonder about the bizarre sexual fetishes of Faeries that they would be responsible for birthing races with inanimate objects, such as water.  Naiads are of course the conscious embodiment of any type of water body, be it river, stream or a standing body such as a lake or inland sea, it should be noted that the oceans and larger seas such as the Caribbean and the Mediterranean are not Naiad inhabited.  Naiads have the ability to form a humanoid water body in order to interact and communicate with the intelligent races, an ability which was extremely useful when it came time to convince Humans to adopt a smarter water ecology policy.

Race:   Phoenix
Super Classification:   N/A
Adult Height/Length (Range):   variable
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   variable
Life Expectancy:   immortal
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Phoenix are impressive, awesome and terrifying all at once.  They are beyond the genetic engineering ability of even the Huvwar and both Faeries and Sprites claim that they are beyond the t-Probability force manipulations that their abilities grant them.  Phoenix are a non-corporal lifeform, while none of the Gens or Teras or Mer are capable of communicating with them the Dragons claim to be able to communicate with them, and they claim that the Phoenix are beyond intelligent, that to them we are all as primitive and  undeveloped as we would view a bacteria.  Considering Dragon arrogance, that they would group themselves not just with us but with a primitive microbial life form speaks volumes to just how truthful they are being, and since there is significant observational evidence that the Phoenix are intelligent I have no choice but to accept that they are.  Phoenix as near as Elven science can tell are "physical" manifestation of the t-Probability force and therefore may not in fact be a species native to Earth.  In Human folklore the Phoenix had resurrective and healing powers, however the few experiments that I tried in order to test that hypothesis were resounding failures which only served to infuriate the Phoenix.  As such I have been banned from further anthropological research into the Phoenix, by the Gens council of science, and am unable to provide any further worth while information about the Phoenix in this volume.

Race: "Vampires"
Super Classification:   N/A
Adult Height/Length (Range):   N/A
Other Distinguishing Measurements::   N/A
Life Expectancy:   N/A
Other Distinguishing Characteristics or Interesting Facts:   Vampires as we commonly think of them are entirely mythical.  Although I suppose one could reasonably say that about all of the races thus far discussed as none of them really meets the expectations of our collective myth and folklore.  However Vampires are more mythical than any others for there isn't a single overarching kernel of truth in the Vampire legends.  They are not as one would expect a Therianthrope, nor some horrid Huvwar experiment gone awry, nor even the unfortunate product of the thoughtless lusts of a sexually deviant Faerie, no in many respects they are something much, much worse.  The myth of the Vampire is the product of a failing of health, with a failing of politics, they are two separate evils which our imagination merged into one.  As a failing of health, it turns out that despite the great power of Gnomish medicine, all of the Gens and in fact all of the Covenant Signed, are still quite capable of being injured or damaged, and like with Humans sometimes that damage doesn't manifest itself in obvious ways until it is too late.  You see all sentient creatures are capable of having a deformed or malfunctioning brain, so the Gens are all still quite capable of becoming psychopaths or having lesser ailments such as autism spectrum disorders.  Just as the Gens have refused to execute the greatly suffering Cyclops' they also refuse to force medical treatment on any unwilling patient.  One might think that this is the political failing I previously mentioned, however it is in fact a redeeming grace of Gens politics, their recognition that only those who have harmed society must be forced to accept the collective judgment and will of the society and have the individual rights and freedoms removed.  It is all too easy and desirable after having been wronged to want to remove a little bit of freedom for safety's sake.  The Gens however recognize that the potential to hurt the society is not the same thing as actually having done so and so like all enlightened societies they accept a little risk with their individual freedom.  Not all patients with neurological impairments are diagnosed before they commit acts of violence or other atrocities, in many cases the violence and death often attributed in mythology to Vampires were in fact the undiagnosed mentally ill of all races including the Humans demonstrating the power of their illness.  However I said that the Vampires of myth were the combination of two failings, the political failing I mentioned was that not all individual members of the Covenant Signed races agreed with the Covenant.  As such there was a splinter faction of a more martial tenor, a group who believed that Humans should be brought to heel or to extinction which ever the Humans forced upon the other races.  This faction was primarily a group of pretentious and fussy academics and patricians, and are the source of the details of Vampire culture and society, the intelligence, the arrogance, the courtly manners, the distaste for religious iconography, the clandestiness, and of course most importantly the unabiding and unempathetic hatred of humanity.