Well, a couple of ideas here...
firstoff: Ents...how cool to be running around in permanant tree illusion...extended reach to melee, of course an impervious root spell...and it can be tied into the weather as well...strength, mana increases when its sunny etc...spells can all be based on tree strenths (call of earth, photosynthesis etc....) Also, they could have a pet that is plant based, or maybe a plant charm spell...(mushroom pet!) heh...
The other idea would be Wolves...we have the kerrans, so lets get the puppies into the act...heh..even think of having a wolf with a barbarian shaman as a pet! Would definately be a melee class or tank perhaps with a nasty ripping melee of the teeth...(you have gotten better at bite [200]) and procs such as rabies, or saliva..definately a dark race. as they get older, they can evolve into werewolves, or rotweilers :)
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Brandu
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