oh good! I get so excited about my ideas, but I need to remember that other people may also have ideas they think are pretty great compared to mine.
Anyway, so I've got these 4 new races. They are named (at this point) the Angoo, Kalangoo, Djain, and the Shee. They all have connections with mythological groups from around the world. The Angoo are similar to the Blessed Ancestors of the Egyptians, except they have animorphic lion bodies with wings like falcons. They possess the power of the sun and tend to be a highly structured, organized community.
The Kalangoo are like American Indian Pranksters. They are actually born looking very human, but through their adolescence they start forming various animal body parts. They fall under 7 groups: the panther, birds, deer, bear, buffalo, wolf, and hare. They look like parts of animal costumes have been permanently attached to their bodies. They control the power of earth and because they can grow crops in abundance they have plenty of free time to play.
There are only 8 Djian. They are like the Chinese Immortals or xian. They have full-body tattoos that occationally change. They are mysterious to say the least. They control tidal energy and can often either sense or manipulate time and space differently than your average human. They are very empathic.
Finally, there are the Shee as in the Celtic Sidhe. There are satyrs and banshees. They are often beautiful in appearance. They control the power of dark. They are logical and curious.
These races interact on a pangaean like continent. On the peninsula to the south we find the human-like Wanderers who are just finding their way into this world of strange peoples.