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~~Introduction to the tome 'How the Great Have Fallen by Marlidie Halloto~~

From the great age of our people to our current standings, a story of woe, vanity and horror is what one can see. For two score years I have travelled Aceon in search of information and artefacts concerning the Gedwey Kyn. It is only now in the ruins of our great city as we seek to repair the crumbling towers and broken generators of Edoc'sil, that I have found the truth of our fate.
The Gedwey Kyn was once ruled not by a council but by an empress and emperor; A Blue of great wisdom and beauty, and a Red of great strength and power. Under this method of ruling our people grew strong. From the Middle wastes to the Northern Boundaries and beyond our Empire stretched. Nomas desert was once called Shining Desert for it is our ancestral home. With our power came pride; our pride brought our armies into war with a myth. The Shadows are a lost race, knowledge of their existence is only known from the recovery of past documents in the Edoc'sil vaults. One piece of torn parchment stated 'The Shadows bathed in wealth and we were jealous. The Red honour demanded such riches so we tried to take it. Hell was unleashed'. Army accounts suggest The Shadows were more numerous than all had anticipated. Thousands upon Millions are documented to have swarmed our towns, cities and people. The Army retreated into three major locations: Edoc'sil, The Sand-blown Keep, and the Temple of Colour. This left the majority of our people stranded with no hope of salvation.
It would appear that the magic many of our kind are blessed with was much stronger in the past. Accounts have shown that the now defunct generators we are left with were fully powered daily by just one mage each, a feat that takes up to forty mages today at just the minimum power level.
The Reds aware of The Shadows physical superiority requested help from the Orange and Blue castes for mechanical and magical assistance. It is just the remains we have left of the extraordinary technical feats the Orange caste created, remains that confuse and irritate the modern Oranges to this day in their complexity. The magical residue left from areas where Blue magic was recorded staggers today's mages at the strength required and the knowledge mastered.
Yet, it was still not enough. The Shadows were creatures from legend; anything we threw against them was overcome. Edoc'sil was torn into pieces by The Shadows. The Temple of Colour was buried under a great sandstorm. We made our last stand in The Sand-blown Keep. As The Shadows gathered for a final charge the First Cataclysm struck. It is more commonly known among our kind as The Great Light. Next to nothing is known about The Great Light, but its effects saved our people. The Shadows were gone.
The Empire was finished and so we created The Council of Colours. We have strived to rebuild Edoc'sil for many centuries now and I have travelled the length and breadth of the former Empire and seen the damage still to repair. Many of our kind have forsaken our homeland to find richer more bountiful homes; many more have stayed to help recreate our former Empire into a Shining Republic.

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Race: Gedwey Kyn (This is translated into "Shining Kind"
The Gedwey Kyn's origin is unknown but they have a large city to the south near the Nomas deserts. The Gedwey Kyn live their lives governed by the Council of Colour, a gathering of the two wisest male and female Gedwey Kyn of each separate Caste. While they have a militaristic Caste they have no desire to spread further than they have already. 

Defining Features: Metallic-colored skin (the coloration depends on their caste), bright glowing eyes with no visible whites, their eyelids close horizontally instead of vertically. They have only 3 digits on each hand and foot, finely pointed teeth.
Magic-enriched blood: The Gedwey's blood is unique in the fact that it has a highly magic potential, this magical essence seems to be controlled by certain emotions depending on the subjects Caste. Not all subjects have the ability to use magic, but all have the potential to have magic. In a Gedwey the magic trait is sex-linked to the X chromosome making it so that Females have higher magical potential then males, but this does not mean that Females have stronger magic's then males.
Before puberty A Gedwey child is neither Male nor female, but have the ability to flit in between genders and castes in a matter of seconds. This is caused by the magical properties of their blood being highly unstable at the time. When the Child hit puberty however the essence begins to stabilize and the Child will be put through a ritual to decide what gender and caste they will belong to.
Castes: Each caste makes up a different part of the Gedwey society and are named for the different colors of their skin.
The Red Caste: These Gedwey are tall, bulky and strong. They are characterized by the black spikes that grow on their bodies in patches, the stronger the red the more spikes are apparent (no they aren't red cacti). The Reds are predominantly male and make up the Gedwey Military and other jobs that require brutal strength (I.E: Guards, soldiers, enforcers, ETC.) Magic users of the red persuasion tend to be most powerful when they use their powers out of anger.
The Blue Caste: This caste is predominantly female. The women of this caste are for the most part considered highly attractive by other Gedwey, being short, curvaceous and well endowed. The blues are characterized by the entrancing swirling blue patterns that cover their silver skin. This Caste possesses extremely high magic potential and most, if not all of these female have the ability to use magic and their magic's are the strongest when they are excited. They usually take up the role of teachers, mages (and other magical classes), scholars and scribes, but also fill entertainment roles such as Dancers.
The Green Caste: The Green Caste has no predominant gender. They fill the role of farmers and food producers; they are the most jovial of the Gedwey Kyn and are more lively then other castes.  Greens are the tallest of their kind but are very thin. Their passions lie in drinking, partying, dancing and music. They are always ready for a feast and can never pass up a chance for a festival. Their magic is generally the most easily used as it is strongest when the caster is happy.
The Orange Caste:  The tinkers and tricksters of the Gedwey Kyn world. These quick fingered hooligans make machinery for their different colored cousins but design intricate traps and devices to outwit their own color. Oranges can be found hidden away in their workshops or trying to sneak into someone else's. Their magic is often not used as they prefer to rely on their creations rather than the laughter enhanced magic they have. The more creative an engineer they are the larger the ridges along their forearms are. In appearance they are generally smaller and squatter than other Castes.
The Brown Caste: Builders and labourers, muscle is very much greater than mind or magic in the case of this Caste. Big, bulky and boring, Browns are content in the simple work of manual labour. They stronger they are the larger the ridges upon their back are, to help when lifting the great stones of their architectural designs. Due to the lack of creativity Gedwey Kyn architecture is incredibly similar, with a basic design repeated in different sizes depending on the need of the building. Magic is hard to access for these brown hued builders but is strongest when the caster is calm and concentrated.
The Black Caste: The undesirable and lacking of the Gedwey Kyn. A defect carried in all of their kind leaves one in five emotionally crippled, therefore magically crippled as well. With no magical essence in their blood they have a darker, blander appearance with large dark tattoo like markings under their eyes. These grey skinned outcasts form much of lower class in society picking up the jobs like cleaners and grave keepers. However all of Gedwey Kyn priesthood consists of the Black Caste as they have no magical ability to corrupt the gifts of their Gods. The Black Caste is the only Caste not represented in the Council of Colour.  They are of average height but are incredibly thin, their skeleton is easily visible through their gaunt build.