Races of Al-Qadim

Al-Qadim is a fantasy version of the orient; populated by fantastic races of all kinds, each unique, each with it's own variant of the main culture.

The races described here correspond more or less to some of the different peoples that appear in the Arabian Nights tales. I have identified the groups from the tales with various fantasy races. One problem with this is that the peoples from the tales are also real, they exist today as vibrant human peoples and cultures. I am in no way trying to say that these real-life peoples are goblins or elves; I have taken the group from the fairy tale, and changed them even further, identifying them with popular icons of fantasy. Please don't take offense at this artistic license.

1. Briars – Nomadic antelope-people
2. Centaurs - Horse peoples of the northeast
3. Dwarfs - Industrious people of the earth
4. Elves - Clever party people
5. Giants - Survivors of ancient days
6. Gnolls - Dessert foot nomads
7. Goblins - The multitudes of the east
8. Hobgoblins - Civilized but warlike people of the easternmost isles
9. Humans - The people of the center
10. Kobolds - Ant-people of the near east
11. Minotaurs and Maenads - The legendary bulls and goats of Minos
12. Ogres - Slow but powerful tribespeople
13. Orks - The people of the future
14. Tiskraan - Exotic serpent-people of the southeastern islands
15. Triton - Beauteous sea-people
16. Yak-Men - Evil bulls of the mountains