Humans
James held himself tall, he had been polishing his armor all night, he practically sparkled. He was proud to be a guardsman. He had been working towards this for years, fighting, training, studying. He felt like he could stand up against Incancatus itself. The elven ambassador drifted past him, running her finger across his armor, and he stood up a little taller still.
Humanity has, without a doubt, become the dominant species of Orizon. They recovered their numbers quickly and have spread out across nearly every region of the world, from the underground to the islands in the sky, and they have more than recovered their numbers since the breaking. Nearly every city in the world has at least a few humans in its population and most cities are controlled by human rulers and count humans as more than three-quarters of their citizenship. Human cities are gregarious places, offering a home to any race that would come to try and occupy them.
Some races consider humans to be simply “average,” not as strong, swift, or smart as some others. They underestimate the capacity of humanity. Humans are clever and creative, as well as stubborn and tough. The best of them can stand against anything that the world throws at them, and come out fighting on the other side.
There is a myth, considered somewhat apocryphal, that humans were the second peoples created, after the dragons, and were considered such a success that the other races were built off their “template” by later gods, creating elves, dwarves, halflings, orcs, and even giants. This myth is commonly considered to be the reason that humans can interbreed with any other species, but others can not.
Humanity is a comparatively gregarious species, they embrace the company of other races, and cities ruled by humans have a diverse non-human population. Humans are also the only race capable of breeding with other races and creating half-breeds. This fact, combined with their easy acceptance of other races, has given humans a promiscuous reputation among the other peoples of Orizon.