Add back the races

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I like the lack of races.
The variety was nice but some of the races were nuts and not as enjoyable and didn't quite feel like they made for healthy roleplay additions in the flavor they were given-- (for example when Neries sit down doing tea and pool parties), it feels really weird. And a lot of the RP boils down to that kind of thing (Disclaimer: This is one example of one particular issue that of course doesn't apply to every race, situation, or player, but each additional race come with a myriad of issues in terms of identity and the way they're played which ultimately makes me prefer that we have less-- I rather have a few races played vaguely right and wrong than hundreds of races trying to find their own identity that sets them apart just to behave the same as the other 99 races because no one is embodying the identity they're supposed to take on, and people will defend to death a person's right to do that because "not everyone is the same" and other racially-equivalent arguments that basically help to erase the identity of the race outside of the flavor of their abilities and the color of their skin).

I don't think adding more races is going to do anything for any greater issue in this game's roleplay or gameplay.

Eternia by nature leads it's way to casual RP, can't go high strung all the time. But assuming mildly gatekeeped by applications I don't think it'll be too bad. Yes, there is little enforcement - but there's little enforcement for pretty much anything, honestly. That said, this is also coming off of Eternia the Second, where the special races were largely the faction's big guys, so anything that wasn't the pinnacle of that race and identity wouldn't jive well. In contrast, I am not sure Eternia the Third would be to difficult, though we don't need twenty races, no.

More races will obviously be introduced, however just adding them in isn't interesting.

Building up a story/arc around each individual race is a lot more exciting than just being able to spawn as Sirenian #19318

i dunno chief chance was pretty on the nose on his opinion on this one