Hertasi:

• Lizard people. They take care of the Hawkbrothers' needs in turn for the protection of the Vale. They are very nosy and have and seem to enjoy making clothes very...uh, peacock-like???

Tervardi:

• Bird people. They are wonderfull singers, and are often enslaved and used as entertainment outside Pelagirs, but most men are afraid to breach the forest's borders. Excerpt from Ask Misty: "Tervardi weren't created for any particular purpose; Urtho was experimenting with a herbivorous counterpart to the bondbirds and accidently came up with the much-more-intelligent Tervardi. Quite a successful accident!"

Gryphons:

• Mage-constructs (Urtho) that have been around so long that they are considered a species. They were created for aerial surveying and scouting, along with law-enforcement and search-and-rescue help. Picture a lion's body with a raptor's head, claws, and wings. Now picture it talking. There are no Owl-type gryphons. This is simply because Urtho never got around to creating them before the Mage Wars.

Kyree:

• Wolf people. The Kyree love history. They keep mental records and their people spread out and "document" important events. They have both male and females, but also neuters.

Ratha::

• Cat people. Basically Cat versions of the Kyree.

Wyrsa:

• Mage-constructs (Unknown) that look like serpentine greyhounds. Well, that's what they look like on the book cover, anyway. They have poisonous fangs and claws, and are quick, intelligent, and have strong pack bonds...once you kill one of their number, they'll trail you to the ends of the Earth.

Dyheli:

• Deer people. The Dyheli stags are very string mindspeakers because they have to be able to control the minds of the herd in an emergency. Usually the Tayledras ride them in the place of horses, but only if they volunteer.

Makaar:

• Mage-constructs (Ma'ar) that were similar to Gryphons. Well, uglier in Skandranon's opinion.

Changelings: :

• Creatures changed by magic.

Basilisks:

• Huge beasts. Very ugly and smelly; killing it is no good because it would only rot and stink up the place. It has to be moved by people prodding it, but it's slow in cold temperatures.

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