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 ===== Dwarves =====
-  * Lifespan: 200 years
+  * Lifespan: About 150 years
   * Jaernian Populations: [[settings:jaern:kratal|Kratal]], [[settings:jaern:ageron|Ageron]]
   * Cahyalian Populations: [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora]], [[settings:cahyali:shinneok|Shinneok]], [[settings:cahyali:nahrul|Nahrūl]]
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 ===== Elves =====
-  * Lifespan: Up to 1000 years
+  * Lifespan: Up to 400 years
   * Jaernian Populations: [[settings:jaern:geleia|Geleia]], common worldwide
   * Cahyalian Populations: [[settings:cahyali:ruefang|Ruefang]], [[settings:cahyali:raikougan|Raikougan]], [[settings:cahyali:buyukvahsi|Buyuk Vahsi]]
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 ===== Gnomes =====
-  * Lifespan: 350-400 years
+  * Lifespan: Up to 200 years
   * Jaernian Populations: Worldwide, small groups
   * Cahyalian Populations: Worldwide, small groups
 Gnomes appear very similar to halflings at first glance, but tend to be slightly taller, averaging in between four and five feet. Their ears are larger and more pointed, and gnomish men tend to grow more facial hair than halfling men.
-The origins of gnomes are well-studied, and they trace their ancestry back to a group of halflings that left Cahyali for the fey realms of the [[settings:planes:dreaming|Dreaming]] five thousand years ago. They spent uncountable years in this magical realm, carving out their own place to live and becoming suffused with the realm's magic. However, when an otherworldly threat struck the Dreaming in the early 8000s SF, the gnomes evacuated back to the Cefa'zisto, with some making it to Jaern and some returning to Cahyali.
+The origins of gnomes are well-studied, and they trace their ancestry back to a group of halflings that left Cahyali for the fey realms of the [[settings:planes:dreaming|Dreaming]] five thousand years ago. They spent uncountable years in this magical realm, carving out their own place to live and becoming suffused with the realm's magic. However, when an otherworldly threat struck the Dreaming in the early 1500s SD, the gnomes evacuated back to the Cefa'zisto, with some making it to Jaern and some returning to Cahyali.
 Nowadays, gnomes have a reputation for being sharp and quick-witted folk. They are famous for their prowess in tinkering and artificing, and often find employment as inventors and craftsmen. The magical influence of the Dreaming remains mostly on their minds, making adaptability and learning second-nature to a gnome. Though not particularly common in any one area, an old Jaernian adage goes that "those who reject a gnome reject good luck".
 ===== Halflings =====
-  * Lifespan: 100-150 years
+  * Lifespan: About 150 years
   * Jaernian Populations: Worldwide, small groups
   * Cahyalian Populations: [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulos]]
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   * Jaernian Populations: Worldwide, small groups
   * Cahyalian Populations: [[settings:cahyali:itlanyouali|Itlan-Youali]], [[settings:cahyali:nulllabyrinth|Null Labyrinth]], elsewhere worldwide in small groups
-Although elementals may not be truly humanoids in the strictest sense, most scholars can't find a better place to categorize them. They come in a few distinct variations, with the vast majority following the lines of the four arcane elements: fire, earth, water, and air. The skin and hair of an elemental usually matches their magical type: for example, a fire elemental may have red or orange skin always hot to the touch, or an earth elemental may have hair that resembles crystal formations. Otherwise, they resemble one of the mundane humanoid peoples.
+Although elementals may not be truly humanoids in the strictest sense, most scholars can't find a better place to categorize them. They come in a few distinct variations, with the vast majority following the lines of the four arcane elements: fire, earth, water, and air. The skin and hair of an elemental usually matches their magical type: for example, a fire elemental may have red or orange skin always hot to the touch, or an earth elemental may have hair that resembles crystal formations. Otherwise, they resemble one of the mundane peoples.
 It is hard to pinpoint when the first elementals came to be. Most of them are descendants of mages that achieved ultimate heights of their art, interdimensional travelers who spent too much time on a particular elemental plane, or unfortunate victims of magical cataclysms. With time, rich magical energies were engraved on their very being, slowly changing them from humans, elves, dwarves, etc. into beings closely tied to magic itself. Many elementals nowadays are descended from such suffused bloodlines.