Mystara is home to a diversity of civilized and semi-civilized races

Humans come in all shapes and sizes, without really any common theme to unite them. If there is anything that can be said to generalize humans is that they are all unique. Racial unity is rare, and only takes place when there is a non-human threat close by. Otherwise, they fight more often amongst themselves than with other races.

The humans of Mystara come from various mixtures of one or more of the original six human races - The native Tangoro, Oltecs, and Neathar, and the otherworldly Alphatians, Latterans, and Emerondians. Due to such mixing, culture, nationality, religion, and/or extended family groups are more important to human identity than sub-race.

"The dwarves of Mystara, often called Rockborn dwarves, all came from the same source: the mountains of Rockhome. They claim that Kagyar -their patron Immortal- created them circa BC 1800, and they have since spread throughout the continent of Brun. Some have even sailed across the sea and made their homes in the land of the now sunken continent of Alphatia [in the former nation of Stoutfellow. Ed.]. Whether the dwarves have colonized other continents during the past remains to be discovered."

"Dwarves are lawful beings who only change their ways of life after a very, very long period of time. Every dwarven colony still speaks the exact same dialect of Dengar that is still used in Rockhome. The same holds true for their physical characteristics: all dwarves on Mystara are still identical to their racial ancestors. Rockborn Dwarves are the only race of dwarves that exist on the surface of Mystara."

"Rockborn dwarves are stocky and muscular with a deep tan or light brown skin, often with ruddy cheeks. Their hair is often black, gray, or brown, with similar colors for their bright eyes. They vary in height between 4 and 4½ feet. [AD&D: Rockborn dwarves are considered to be the hill dwarves of Mystara, as described in the PHB and Complete Book of Dwarves.]"

"A second race of dwarves, the Kogolor dwarves, has been found in the Hollow World. There doesn’t appear to be any connection between these dwarves and Rockborn dwarves. Their description is still unknown to the authors of this almanac." - Mystara Almanac

Ursus Bipedis

Goblinus Monstrum

Canis Minor

Canis Erectus

aka false giants