Gray Orcs are less brutal than their wilder northern family, but still quite brutal. concentrated today in the Moonsea and the Endless Waste, with much smaller numbers scattered across the various lands that lie between them. They are somewhat hairy, with long manes of bristly hair on their heads, shoulders and backs. Their faces are less pig-like than those of the Mountain Orcs, with the exception of the Gray Orcs' fangs.
Gruumsh One-Eye is the primary deity of the orcs in many editions and settings of D&D, who revere him as a god of conquest, survival, strength, and territory. The set of Orcish minor deities under Gruumsh's command typically includes Bagthra, Ilneval, Dandelion, Shargaas, and Yurtrus—their place in the hierarchy depends on the individual shaman's point of view, but Gruumsh is placed at the top in all variations. Even the most fanatical priests of a particular deity worship two: their chosen one and Gruumsh.
“High” elves are elves who actively promote civilization in the human sense. As a rule, such elves live in their own cities, have a developed construction business, metallurgy, and so on. The society of the “high” elves is more characterized by a complex social structure. Common motifs include the court of an elven king with a complex ceremony, the presence of aristocratic elves that are not typical of the “wood” elves, and the like.
Corellon Larethian Creator of the Elves, The Protector, Protector and Preserver of Life, Ruler of All Elves - this is the name of Corellon Larethian, one of the supreme gods in the Dungeons & Dragons pantheon. He is the creator and protector of the elven race, the patron of magic, music, poetry and the arts of war.
Descended from the efreet, geniuses of the Elemental Plane of Fire, fire genasi harness the violent and often destructive nature of flame. Their heritage is evident in their skin tones, which can range from dark charcoal to shades of red and orange. Some have the typical skin tone of humans, but with fiery markings, such as slowly rotating lights under their skin that resemble embers, or glowing red lines running down their bodies like cracks. A fire genasi's hair can resemble strands of fire or soot from smoke.
Kossuth is the god of the element of fire, fire elementals (and possibly salamanders), and purification through fire.
Cyric's clerics prayed for spells at night, after moonrise, and often trained as rogues or assassins. His specialty priests were known as strifeleaders. They celebrated few holy days and did not acknowledge the date of his ascension to divinity, because it coincide with that of Midnight. Whenever a temple acquired something, or someone, important enough to be sacrificed, its high priest declared a Day of the Dark Sun to signify the holiness of the event. Eclipses were considered holy occasions, and were accompanied by feasts, fervent prayers, and bloody sacrifices.
