Major Planar Races
In the standard cosmology of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and the 3rd and 3.5 editions of Dungeons & Dragons fantary role-playing game, there are seventeen Outer Planes of existence. Nine of these correspond to a specific alignment, or ethical outlook; the remaining eight fall somewhere in between the former.
The Archons, Baatezu, Eladrin, Guardinals, Modrons, Rilmani, Slaadi, Tanar'ri and Yugoloths are the predominant species of the nine alignment-specific Outer Planes. Residents of the (good) Upper Planes are called celestials; residents of the (evil) Lower Planes are called fiends. The latter do not menace the rest of the universe as much as they might, as their time and resources are invested in attempting to wipe out each other in a centuries-old struggle called The Blood War.
Read more about Major Planar Races: Aasimon / Angels, Archons, Demodand (Gehreleth), Demons / Tanar'ri, Devils / Baatezu, Eladrin, Genies, Guardinals, Inevitables, Modrons, Rilmani, Slaadi, Yugoloths / Daemons
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