Etrea

Magic

Magic exists in Etrea. It is treated differently depending on culture. Some believe that magic is elemental, and so slots the different things magic can do into what they consider the core elements. Others categorise it differently - by divinity, by utility, etc - but it is all the same magic.   Magic relies on the life force and energy of the being using it to work. Some practioners can use the life force of others to charge their spells.  

Sapient Species

There are four broad categories of sapient species on Etrea - humans, shapeshifters, dragons, and merfolk. They can all trace their origins back to a singular ancestral species. At some point in Etrea's history, these species diverged, and then diverged some more.