Nonhuman Races
- Bestials: A race of humanoid animals native to Treen. They possess the ability to change from humanoid form into full animals at will.
- Centaurs: Native to the forests and plains of Rawn. They live in nomadic tribes ruled by a dominant male. Centaurs are expert archers and enjoy hunting. Shanara often takes the form of a female centaur to spend time with a group of the creatures she has befriended.
- Goblins: Also natives of Rawn, these little humanoids live in underground communities in the mountains. They are excellent gem miners and can find any gemstone simply by hearing the name. In a fight, goblins attack en masse, using sheer weight of numbers to drive off enemies because they are terrible fighters.
- Trolls: Yet another race of nonhuman beings native to Rawn, trolls are tall, heavily muscled humanoids who live in tribes in the caves of the lower foothills. Despite their size, trolls are normally peaceful creatures who prefer to spend their days lazing about in their villages, using the cover of night to hunt. Trolls have a deep sense of community and family, and attacking one tribe member's home will arouse the ire of the entire tribe.
- Fair Folk: Elven beings spoken of in the legends of Helaine's homeworld.
- Unicorns: Horselike beings native to Dondar. Score and the group befriended a herd of Unicorns led by a black stallion named Thunder. Unicorns can communicate telepathically and their horns possess the power to negate magic.
- Shadows: These creatures were controlled by Sarman, and when Score, Helaine, and Pixel defeat him, they disappear as well.
- Griffins: half beast half eagle
- Rocs
- Sphinxes: Nova's mother was killed by a sphinx and ever since she has been terrified of them.
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