Origins and Backgrounds

Veil of the Twisted Sands introduces real world races and setting-accurate backgrounds pulled straight from history that add depth and authenticity to your character creation experience.

Origins

Channel the energy of your noble ancestors, represented fully as the ethnic originators of the middle east and see yourself come alive in a way never experienced before.

Choose from 5 races representative of the region during this time that showcase the plethora of diverse and rich culture of the arab world and beyond: Levantine, Arab of the Isle, North African, Persian, Easterner, Westerner and Persian. Each race brings unique abilities and feats giving you the choice to immerse and fully realise your character as the noble origins of your ancestors or experience the world as a wandering outsider from beyond the dunes, unable to return to your homelands beyond the clutches of the otherworldly entities blocking your journey.

Arab of the isle

Levantine

North African

Persian

Westerner

Easterner

Backgrounds

Craft your background from the unique custom options inspired by the warriors, scholars and tribes from the time: The roaming Bedoian, The noble Emir, the courageous Pearl Diver, the courtly Vizier’s Apprentice, the wayfaring Airship Captain and the calculating Merchant. Each background will include distinct feats giving you unique play options to inspire your character’s reason for being and breathe life into your roleplaying experience. Use these out of the box or combine the essence with your own imagination to craft a fully-realised, complex and compelling character to populate the world of Al Aradi Al-Qatima.