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Adamas was returning from the shop in Salamander City when he saw his teacher calling him from the gate of the ‘Holme of Care’ and urging him to hurry. He quickened his pace to see what she wanted.
The teacher explained that six new students would be joining him at school and that he was expected to help place them when they joined the main class with the rest of the school. To help with this, there are special sessions today that allow them to meet and learn about each other.
Adamas hesitated to agree, wondering what this special class was about, but he was afraid to meet these kids. They must have been like the rest of the people in town, who, despite attempts at friendship, ignored him or commented on how short he was. He didn’t understand the reason, because there were short adults in town – he’d seen them – so why did they treat him so differently? Besides, he was sure he would grow even bigger soon.
Reluctantly, he walked towards the ‘Hall of Lore’ to be introduced to the new students. There were five girls and one boy, all of whom he recognized from the orphanage. He was now very confused; they are not city kids at all. What is the teacher doing?
As the teacher introduced them to each other, Adamas carefully watched his friends. Three girls he knew well. The town’s children are also often cruel to them because they are different due to their pointy ears, an unusual birth defect in humans, and he often entertains them or makes up games to entertain them.
The oldest of the three, Dawn, was a slender, beautiful, golden-haired girl with dark green eyes and pale, pearly skin. Adamas has known him since he was a baby. In fact, he had already chosen his name.
The next eldest child, Silmaisil, was a girl with shiny, toned dark brown hair with dark blue eyes and golden skin.
The youngest Winterheart was a lithe girl, silvery white hair with purple eyes and jet black skin.
Two other girls Adamas had known for a long time, but less well, although they had protected him from the evil wiles of the town’s older children.
Kethry is a slim, white blonde haired girl, with very intelligent bright blue eyes and tanned skin.
Tarma is a muscular, beautiful, black-haired girl with piercing black eyes and pale white skin.
And the final member of the group, Taliesin, was a thin, red-haired young man with pale brown eyes and tanned skin.
Adamas suddenly realized that none of them looked like the city kids with their pale brown hair and thin bodies. Adamas herself was a strong, short, silver-haired girl with sparkling silver eyes and tanned skin.
The teacher motioned for all of them to sit around him in a circle because today they would be learning about their race and heritage. Opening the Elder Lore book, it fell on the first page of the Races section. The children leaned forward to get a better look as the teacher explained that there were eight main races that were offshoots of all the other races. On that page, they could see five pictures.
The teacher pointed at the smallest picture, which he explained was an Elf from a natural magical race. The teacher then tells the children everything about this competition. They are natural born fliers with the highest intelligence of the eight races, but average courage and charm. Adamas and the others looked at the picture carefully because they had never seen anyone like that.
The next picture the teacher pointed to was half animal and half human; they are Centaurs, a powerful magical race that likes to live in the wild, making them natural travelers. They are born with the third highest guts, but average charm and intelligence. Children listen carefully because it is very interesting.
The biggest picture on the page was terrible, Adamas thought. When the teacher tells them that it is a Troll, explaining that they are the only race that regenerates naturally, born with the highest guts but have very low intelligence and charm, and that they are one of the evil races, Adamas decides to avoid such creatures if possible.
Adamas suddenly points to a picture on the page, asking if it is a deformed human. The teacher said no; it was an Orc, one of the evil and very cunning races – natural born fighters with average intelligence, charm, and slightly above average guts.
The next smallest image, the teacher explained, was the Goblin. As one of the evil races, they were naturals at escaping, born with the second highest guts, average intelligence, but low charm. Adamas laughed, and when his teacher asked him why, he explained that he had seen someone buying things in town. He’d told her his name was Cobble. The teacher explains that Cobble is different from other Goblins, but he is the only good Goblin the orphanage has ever heard of.
The teacher then turns the page so they can see the last three races. Adamas and the others were shocked by this final image. They all started chatting at once. The teacher calls for silence.
The teacher then pointed at the three pictures at the top of the page, telling them that they were a different type of Elf, a good race that were all natural foresters born with average guts and intelligence but slightly above average charm.
The teacher then looks at Dawn and smiles, telling her that her relatives are called High Elves and points to the picture on the left, explaining all about them. He then looked at Silmaisil and pointed at the middle image, explaining that these were his relatives, the Wilderness Elves (Wild for short) and what they looked like. The Master then points to the final image of the three and says to Winterheart that these are his kin, the Dark Elves, explaining how these can be good or evil; they are the most changeable race of Elves.
The teacher then points to three pictures in the middle of the page, telling them that they are different types of Humans who can be good and evil and every type in between. They are all natural farmers and the only race born with equal parts intelligence, courage and charm.
Kethry points to one of the pictures, saying that all the townspeople look like that. Master agrees, explaining that most of the Humans they will meet will be like them, just like Taliesin. Kethry then pointed to another picture, stating that it looked like him. Master explains that this is a race of Humans from the far south of the tropics that are rarely seen in this region of the world, then points to the last picture, explaining that this is a race of nomadic barbarian Humans from the far north and they are Tarma’s relatives.
The teacher then pointed to the last three pictures at the bottom of the page, telling them that they were different types of Dwarves, a good race that were natural born miners with guts and slightly above average intelligence but low charm.
The teacher explained all about the left picture, showing a Mountain Dwarf, the most military type, then pointed to the middle picture. The teacher explains that these are Hill Dwarves, the most similar to other races, and the last image the teacher tells them is of Gully Dwarves, the only type that can be evil and cunning.
Adamas noticed all the pictures of Dwarves who were short like him, but had hairy faces. When he mentioned this to the teacher, the other children looked at him and then back at the picture. Dawn says the Mountain Dwarf looks the most like Adamas except for the beard in the picture. Master explains that Adamas is indeed a Dwarf from the sub-race of Mountain Dwarves, the Silvermountain tribe, who have more magical qualities than other Dwarves and are less hairy. Unfortunately, as far as the women at the Home for Abandoned Children knew, she was the last of her kind.
The teacher turns to the last page of the Racing section, and the children see a written chart. They were told that it showed the birth strengths and weaknesses of the various races.
Adamas finally felt happy and smiled at his teacher, thinking about how different he would feel when he went to town or school again later. Now, when the town kids started making comments, he could hold his head high and tell them that it was because he was different and special, because he was a dwarf. He looked around at the others, realizing that they too now felt closer than before this particular class.
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