If you want to go high fantasy/mythology here is a copy of the race part of the 'Werewolves of Dacia' article, which is more-or-less about Lord of the Ring meeting Roman mythology and werewolves, from the RPG magazine Fenix #1/2012. I hope it can inspire something
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The first such race are the Selenites, the inhabitants of the Moon come to Earth when Zalmoxis captured there home and hold it fast. They are tall and bald, with ears like leaves and beautiful eyes they detach from their sockets to seek out beauty and horror wherever they find them. They have a hollow abdomen instead of guts and stomach, subsisting only on liquids: dew for a preference, but they will taste stronger stuff. Some Selenites grow lustful or angry on Earthly wine, or thirsty for human blood. Their bones and frame are light; the skilled among them can fly on wind currents with a carefully held cape or spread toga. Rich and exalted Selenites wear glass clothing; the poor make do with bronze or copper, worked like wet paint by the Selenites’ art. Their armour is hardened, lacquered shells and husks of beans and nuts they grow stronger than steel; their weapons are sword, javelin, and lance. They brought down with them from the Moon their tree-headed vulture steeds, and their fleas-of-burden larger than any elephant. When they die, they turn to smoke and flow upward to the Moon to dwell there as fog. The Selenites seek the Ring to free Bendis and the Moon, that they may return to their lunar palaces. For now, they live on mountain tops where the cold, thin air reminds them of their captive home. King Endymion keeps his court atop the Alps; other Selenite nobles rule along the Pyrenees, the Caucasus, and the Mountains of the Moon in far Aathiopia.
The second race are the Fauns, blend of goat and man dwelling deep under the roots of Europe’s forestes. Short, hairy, and mercurial, the fauns spend their time composing eerie musics and dancing in wild abandon. Fauns have horns and hooves, but (except when fighting for mates) fight with axes, sling and sickles. They are surprisingly strong and wiry, and agile into the bargain. Some warlike fauns haw begun wearing Selenite armour; other wear cunningly tooled scale mail of leather boiled hard. They know all the arts of every plant and herb, from mandragora to dandelion to fly agaric, and are gifted healers and warlocks. Any spell cast in song or scent, a faun first made. Zalmoxis’ passage under the Earth drove many of the above ground for the first time; others had lived long in the great woods of Italy, Germania, and Gaul. They command no kingdom of their own, although some German tribes have interbred so much with fauns that, for example, the sons of the Quadi stand a head and a half shorter than most men, while men and women of the Andori sport ddelicate, curling blue horns. The Fauns seek the Ring not for the moon but for the sun: with its power, they can grow their plants in all weathers, and extend their forest demesnes throughout the wastes, or even all across the world of men.
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the races of 'Werewolves of Dacia' 1
Date: 2012-03-14 09:17 pm (UTC)-+-+-+-
The first such race are the Selenites, the inhabitants of the Moon come to Earth when Zalmoxis captured there home and hold it fast. They are tall and bald, with ears like leaves and beautiful eyes they detach from their sockets to seek out beauty and horror wherever they find them. They have a hollow abdomen instead of guts and stomach, subsisting only on liquids: dew for a preference, but they will taste stronger stuff. Some Selenites grow lustful or angry on Earthly wine, or thirsty for human blood. Their bones and frame are light; the skilled among them can fly on wind currents with a carefully held cape or spread toga. Rich and exalted Selenites wear glass clothing; the poor make do with bronze or copper, worked like wet paint by the Selenites’ art. Their armour is hardened, lacquered shells and husks of beans and nuts they grow stronger than steel; their weapons are sword, javelin, and lance. They brought down with them from the Moon their tree-headed vulture steeds, and their fleas-of-burden larger than any elephant. When they die, they turn to smoke and flow upward to the Moon to dwell there as fog. The Selenites seek the Ring to free Bendis and the Moon, that they may return to their lunar palaces. For now, they live on mountain tops where the cold, thin air reminds them of their captive home. King Endymion keeps his court atop the Alps; other Selenite nobles rule along the Pyrenees, the Caucasus, and the Mountains of the Moon in far Aathiopia.
The second race are the Fauns, blend of goat and man dwelling deep under the roots of Europe’s forestes. Short, hairy, and mercurial, the fauns spend their time composing eerie musics and dancing in wild abandon. Fauns have horns and hooves, but (except when fighting for mates) fight with axes, sling and sickles. They are surprisingly strong and wiry, and agile into the bargain. Some warlike fauns haw begun wearing Selenite armour; other wear cunningly tooled scale mail of leather boiled hard. They know all the arts of every plant and herb, from mandragora to dandelion to fly agaric, and are gifted healers and warlocks. Any spell cast in song or scent, a faun first made. Zalmoxis’ passage under the Earth drove many of the above ground for the first time; others had lived long in the great woods of Italy, Germania, and Gaul. They command no kingdom of their own, although some German tribes have interbred so much with fauns that, for example, the sons of the Quadi stand a head and a half shorter than most men, while men and women of the Andori sport ddelicate, curling blue horns. The Fauns seek the Ring not for the moon but for the sun: with its power, they can grow their plants in all weathers, and extend their forest demesnes throughout the wastes, or even all across the world of men.