Centaur

Basics
Race Name: Centaur

Life span: 500 - 800 years

General Alignment: Usually chaotic good or neutral.

Physical Description
A centaur appears to be a human from the waist up, but from the waist down these human quarters seem to be resting on a horse's body, replacing the neck and head of the equine.

There are two different breeds of centaur. One is built more burly, and with a thicker coat of fur on their horse quarters. This breed most closely resembles draft horses in stature (think Clydesdale and Percheron horses.) It's smaller cousin is sleek but strong (Think of a Thoroughbred or a Mustang.)

Land of Origins
Those smaller and sleeker breed originates in the southern grasslands of Sawa, while the heavier coated and larger breeds hail from the lands north of the Great Mountains in Spierwit.

History
It is hard to tell just which breed of centaurs originated first. They were created to be noble creatures worthy of pulling the chariots of the god's. But the deities made the race savage and wild, yet wise enough to realize they wished their own freedom. So the centaurs rebelled, and the gods, seeing their options were to destroy the race or free them, opted to set them free.