The Seven Peoples of the EarthThere are actually multiple "Earths." Thanks to an accident of magic and quantum physics, the world was split into parallels... are the seven identifying categories applied to most sapient beings in the worlds. The Seven Peoples divided themselves in this manner (or were divided) somewhere around the First WarThe first war the world ever knew was so great, so horrific, that it literally destroyed everything., which covered the whole planet and nearly resulted in extinction of all.
The symbology for the Seven Peoples has, over time, been roughly codified into seven distinct symbols:
The shorthand for these symbols (because who wants to spend the time to sketch all that out) is as follows (as drawn by a juvenile GreyJohn Barron Grey, né John Barron MacCarrig, son of Owen MacCarrig, son of Leith of the Stone, son of Eithne...):
The Seven Peoples are:
- The SunThe Sun include any magical beings with a primary drive and ability to heal. (any magical beings with a primary drive and ability to heal)
- The DarknessThe Darkness include any magical beings with a primary drive to devour or collect. (any magical beings with a primary drive to devour or collect)
- The GuardiansGuardians are any magical beings with the primary drive to protect or guard. Unfortunately, they’re all a little crazy. (any magical beings with the primary drive to protect or guard—unfortunately, all a little crazy.)
- The FeyYes. “Fey” is the correct spelling. They use it because while they are fae, and also fay, they are in fact fey, so... (any magical being with the primary drive to create or learn)
- The KinKin, for the most part, refers to human wizards – that is, humans with something else in them allowing them to do... (any magical being with a mixture of Peoples, usually at least partly human)
- The DreamThe Dream include any people who live between dimensions and subsist on the essence of dreams of others. (any magical being who lives between dimensions and subsist on the essence of dreams of others)
- The Ever-DyingThe Ever-Dying are humans, so-called because – from the viewpoint of magical beings – they’re dying from the moment they’re... (good old humans—no magic, a short life-span, and a drive to explore)