Typical fantasy stereotypes don’t apply to Athasian
heroes. In many settings, elves are wise, benevolent forest
dwellers who guard their homelands from intrusions of
evil. On Athas, elves are a nomadic race of herders,
raiders, peddlers, and thieves. Halflings aren’t amiable
riverfolk; they’re xenophobic headhunters and cannibals
who hunt and kill trespassers in their mountain forests.
Goliaths or half-giants, as they are commonly known are
brutal mercenaries who serve as elite guards and enforcers
for the sorcerer kings and their templars in many citystates.
