I'm reading throught the Gaia sourcebook and need a little help with the races. I'm trying to determine what the different races look like. I don't see them specifically described in the book anywhere.

Aion - blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin - Northern european

Asher - darker skin tones, brown hair, brown eyes - Hispanic?

Vildianos - no idea

Sinner (type Zinner?) - gypsy?

Ryuan - asian

Daevar - Indian (except with silver hair?)

Tayahar - middle eastern/ Arabic

Norne - nordic

Kwa - dark skinned - African? or South American (Aztec?)

Celsus - Celtic? or Scotish Highlander?

I am curious as to what everyone else perceives the different races to look like. Let me know your impression.

I always took the asher to be more spaniard, and the kwa are african, i don't think any "north american" ethnicities are in that book, but i could be wrong. and the daevar are something totally unique (and sexy-awesome).

If your looking through the gaia book, while they aren't described in great detail, there are pictures of each race scattered throughout the book. Mainly shown in the regions their from.

Aion: pg39, 49

Asher: pg 59

Daevar: pg 91

Norne: pg 111, 118

Zigeuner: pg 133

Tayahar: pg 175

Kwa: pg 195

Ryuan: pg 223, 231

IMHO: Aion = "master race", Norne = celtic/gingers, Zigeuner = gypsy, Kwa = African, Ryuan = Japanese/Chinese

Thanks, Brewmaster_vitty. I think Spaniard is a good call for Asher. I'm going with it!

Thanks for the page references NikoShogun. That was helpful! I guess it pays to read the pictures!?

I'm still at a loss for Vilidanos. Italian, maybe?

Also, you had someone who decided to make a PDF to help with this exact thing. On these very forums. Check here:

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp?efid=85&efcid=3&efidt=521543

Hopefully that will help a bit.

Thanks, Arikail! That reference was perfect! Exactly what I needed.