
Gryks- Large, Dark skinned beasts twice the size of a man. primitive and luckily not highly numbered after the battle of Bloody creek*. vicous and carnivorous, lives in small groups (packs) of four or five, ruled by the bull. only one female per pack, belonging to the male. they can produce one child every season, usually 75% of which are male. extra females are kicked out, also known as rogues. they are massively powerful, with spikes that grow out of their back. the bigger and more spikes there are, the older, wiser, and stronger the beast is. it reaches manhood/womanhood when the first spike is a foot long, though some especially powerful ones can have many Spikes who'se length has been known to reach three feet. their weapons are hewn from boulders and trees, and are very heavy, the spear alone being 70 LBS. the knives alone are twenty pounds.

Humans- Populating most of the world, the dominant species, most advanced of this time.

Reiks- Cat men who live in small, primitive tribes. vicious fighters, though peaceful until threatened. stretched thinly over the land. they stand a little taller than humans, are excellent hunters and skinners, and make fine and deadly weaponry. They live in small tribes of three to six clans, each containing about seven people per clan.
*Battle of dominance between Humans and Gryks, where there were roughly 600,000 of them in an army, and were defeated by the humans.
