This will give you insight to each of the races and their history. It also covers appearance of the races.

Race Name: Aixue

Protector Origin: Life & Death (Yun)
Physical Description:
Aixue are an average sized race. They have fangs with horns and tails that vary in size and style. They are a vampiric race that feeds on the blood of other living things. Their skin tones range are either pale or darker than the night, but their hair color is either; white, red, or black.

History:
Aixue are a crude branch of animal, Yun the Protector of Life and Death, and human mixed together. Luckily, their bloodlust could be sated by the blood of any living thing. However, during the time of The Blood Hunts (the time following directly after Heavenfall) there were battles for food sources, a once primitive way of life, and when a clan of Aixue had exhausted their typical hunting grounds they started to prey on the humans near them to survive. This one desperate decision made by a single clan of Aixue painted all of them as enemies of the human race.

Humans started running extermination parties to wipe out the small and sporadic encampments of Aixue in the wild and further their domain of their territory while simultaneously fighting off the demon army. Many Aixue stood and fought against the invading humans to protect their homelands, but as individual packs. The Aixue refused to work together and for the longest time treated the attacks from the humans as the problem of other clans. It was only when it was much too late that the Aixue banded together to push the humans back. They occupied a piece of land and dominated the humans in the shadows of the jungle that grew on it. The humans and Aixue then were forcefully cut off from each other as the invading demon forces crammed their way between them. The Aixue's numbers had dwindled significantly, but with time they grew and eventually created the Union of Aixue.

Society:
Many Aixue belong to a specific tribe within their people. Some do not claim to belong to anyone, but these are rare. These different tribes have agreed to cooperate as one large ruling form of government (thus how they came to the name Union of Aixue) to handle external affairs and have a large military force ready to protect their borders. Within the borders of Aixue, or U.O.A., they have split their territories in three; Blood Moon, Dark Sun, and Beastvale.

The three factions, originally, only saw each other as rivals, and viewed their cooperation as temporary and when it became clear that their union was no temporary tensions rose. Their sense of superiority over each other stems from how they used to identify each other before Age of Revival (the first concept of machines). During that time, and even now, some Aixue believed that certain hair colors represented either a stronger human (black), Yun (red), or animalistic (white) bloodline and this (depending on your faction) meant that Yun looked on you with more favor.

However, that rivalry has become a backdrop seen in the more rural parts of the territories. Little has helped to alleviate this mindset within these areas, even data from magical experiments, but the small amount of peace afforded to the Aixue has allowed movements to branch out to bring peace. As they become a more endangered species these extremists become more outspoken and violent. It is dangerous to travel through these rural territories at night and many Aixue have become aware of this threat. Law enforcement is heavier in these rural areas where the sprawling ruins of passed cities have been adopted or reworked into the cityscape. It is quite literally a concrete jungle.

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Race Name: Human

Protector Origin: Nature (Daichi) and Magic (Taikal)
Physical Description:
Humans are varied in many ways. They have a wide range of natural skin tones, hair colors, and even eye colors. It is purely based on their ancestry to determine how they look. Their eye or hair color could also adopt a color similar to the magic they wield.

History:
As children of the union of the Protector of Magic, Taikal, and the Protector of Nature, Daichi, humans have always felt that Aereos was a land entitled to them (despite how untrue it is) and thus they sprawled across the great continent and settled in cities all over. It wasn't until The Kotatsu Uprising (the first rendition of androids to rise up and kill their masters) where the humans required the help of other races to contain the Kotatsu threat that they learned even a shred of humility. However, do not be fooled, humans are still a proud race.

Society:
Human societies vary depending on where the humans are, but in general they are a bit of a chameleon race that adapts to the cultures that surround them.
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Race Name: Timesouls

Protector Origin: Aroa (Time)
Physical Description:
They are identical to humans as there is only one small difference.
History:
To understand the Timesouls you must understand the gods. Taika, the Protector of Magic, had accepted the confession of two of her brothers; Duilio, the Protector of War, and Daichi the Protector of Nature. Fearful of displeasing either of them she immediately ran to Aroa to seek advice for she had foolishly accepted the proposal from both of her brothers to meet her on the full moon. Aroa told Taika not to worry and to see them as she normally would. Then on the same night as the brothers approached Taika’s bedroom down the same corridor Aroa would split time in two creating a reality in which Duilio visited Taika alone and another in which Daichi visited her alone. Taika, whose mind existed in two worlds at once, experienced unrivaled ecstacy. When the deed was done and the brother’s had left in the morning Aroa slammed reality back together and Taika found herself pregnant with twins.

Interestingly, Aroa possessed a direct connection to one of these twins. She could speak to them directly and despite being only an infant she could understand them. Not as secretive as her sister she called these children "Timesouls" and revealed their nature to Taika.

Society:
Timesouls have existed alongside humanity as humans for generations and typically do not learn of their connection to the Protector of Time until they hit puberty. They are the one race that lack a truly unique Designation of the Soul. As all of them possess the ability to slow down time for two seconds. However, their ability to speak to Aroa has been cut off since Heavenfall.

In every other regard however they are human.
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Race Name: Kotatsu

Protector Origin: N/A (They were/are made by humans)

Physical Description:
Kotatsu can adopt any look capable of being created with their metallic parts since they are beings that are created. However, they retain the metallic sheen of mana-steel that is used to create them. Their "skin" can be made to mimic the feeling of organic material. Their various parts are often interchangeable and multipurpose. They are capable of having hair, but again, like any feature they have, this is artificially made.

History:
The Kotatsu were a foolish attempt by humans to play god and create a living thing using their advanced understanding of magic. Kotatsu are unique in that they possess an actual soul, but it is this very same fact that led to their uprising. Humans chocked the Kotatsu up to just being a series of code and magical commands without understanding their full potential. For generations the Kotatsu were made to do the bidding of the mortal races until one rose up and led the Kotatsu to liberation. Their artificial bodies and interchangeable parts made them deadly combatants and it took the combined efforts of the humans and Warbeasts to quell the rebellion. However, this did not mean they won, but rather came to a treaty agreement in which the humans who ruled over the Kotatsu would leave and allow the birth of a new nation.

The following generations of Kotatsu however would find their lives were plagued with internal struggle. While they possessed this artificial soul it compelled them to find purpose and this caused them to scatter across Aereos and soon their great city that they created was swept away in the sandstorms as it went unmaintained. However, a small sect of Kotatsu remain as the guardians of the city and leave it in its unmaintained state for one simple reason: "Our objective is to protect. Not clean."

Society:
Kotatsu don't really have a culture, but they do have a compulsion to reproduce themselves in an attempt to mimic life around them. However, they lack reproductive systems so they quite literally spend time creating the ideal "creation" as they call themselves. So a mother/father kotatsu is referred to as "creator" and the daughter/son is referred to as the "creation". Beyond this they can be considered a very nomadic people. Some Kotatsu are still made by humans and some are made without a soul so that they can be controlled.
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Race Name: Warbeast

Protector Origin: War (Duilio) and Luck (Lykke)

Physical Description:
Warbeasts are as their name describes they are beasts bred for war. These are large anthropomorphic wolfman creatures who utilize their raw physical power to take down their enemies or hunt. The colors of their fur depend on way their habitat. A warbeast born on the snowcaps of a mountain will grow up to have white fur while one born in the jungle may have patterned brown fur. Their legs are like a humans with animal toes, their tails and ears like a wolf, and their hands like a humans with the padding of a wolf on their fingertips and palms.

History:
Warbeasts were born out of jealousy when Duilio learned that the Protector Taikal had cheated on him. He fed his pregnant wife Lykke a potion made from Taikal's laboratory to create beasts that would hunt men, but what he received was a surprise. His first initial seven children were extremely powerful warriors and sorcerers that possessed immortal bodies, but their children were about as strong as a human. This infuriated him and infuriated him even more when he learned they were not immortal, but ageless when one of the chosen warbeasts died at the hands of a human. However, to Duilio's surprise the gift of this chosen warbeast was passed on to a random successor, not even one of their original bloodline. To keep track of who had this gift he had Taikal create a mark that would track those who had it. Thus, the Rose Holders were born. Only seven Warbeasts can ever wield this powerful mark, but as long as they held it they possessed the abilities of ten men, mastery of all magic, and an ageless body. The mark took the shape of large a rose on their back.

After the Warbeasts began to understand what the marks meant The Wargames began. This was a series of wars over ownership of the mark in which Rose Holders were constantly hunted. These Rose Holders began to understand the power they held so they used it to command large armies and push their pursuers back. Royal Dynasties that lasted for hundreds of years started to grow out of the Wargames. As time progressed and times changed the likelihood of a Rose Holder's assassination became less and less to the point that some Rose Holders in present day have been a Rose Holder for nearly a thousand years. This has led to immortal dictatorships and peaceful diplomats who have woven their thread so deep into their people's lives that they themselves are feared as the reincarnation of gods.

Society:
Warbeast society is one where they either believe in their leaders with such fervor or are so deathly terrified of them. This oppression or blind faith does also have a drawback. Some groups of Warbeasts find the atmosphere suffocating and it leads to dangerous groups lashing out at their government. Gangs, terrorist rings, etc. are bred within the Warbeast walls and covered up with their control of mainstream media.
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Race Name: Elves

Protector Origin: Aroa (Time), Lykke (Luck), Yun (Life& Death) and Taika (Magic)

Physical Description:
A race of extremely beautiful and slender people. Their hair colors can be black, blonde, or brown. They can have very fair skin or gray skin. Those with fairer skin tend to have blonde hair and those with gray skin tend to have black hair. The rest, who fall in the middle of the skin tones, tend to have brown hair however this does not mean they cannot have the other two colors just that they are more likely to have brown. Their eye color is restricted to natural colors like green, brown, or blue.

History:
Aroa for centuries had watched over her sisters and protected them from the foolishness of their brothers. Lykke who was tricked by her husband, Taika who had become the object of his desire, and Yun who fell prey to the negligence of her brother Takumi. All of them were victims of their brother's plots and mishaps, but all of them had been rescued by the ever vigilant Aroa. The sisters decided to show their appreciation and arrived in the chambers of Aroa. Now, Aroa, who could see well into the future obviously foresaw this possible event, but disregarded it to Lykke's luck. From the love of these sisters, mixed with the power of Yun and Taika, four children were born. To protect them from the plots of their brothers they were hidden away in the forests.

However, during Heavenfall they were discovered by demons and being so deep into the wilderness they were one of the most displaced races there are. Demons now occupy what used to be their land and make use of the steel like bark they cultivated to defend themselves.

Elven society used to be one of seclusion where they heeded the words of their protectors and kept the other more violent races at bay, but the advent of demons changed that. For a time they were mass refugees trying to enter several different countries and during that time much of their pride was taken from them. Some found them to be bothersome, others were jealous of their looks, and some chose to target them because of it.

Years of progress have done their part to calm the distaste for Elves, but it has never fully diminished.

Society:
Elves generally tend to stick to their own tribes of people and still identify each other via tribe. Each tribe celebrates a different one of their Origin Protectors seeing their particular person as more representative of them or superior in some way.
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