The burning lust for life that animates satyridae prolongs the lifespan of shorter-lived races like humans and orcs, but flares out to quickly to attain the many centuries an elf or gnome may live.
Regardless of their non-satyr origin, satyridae tend to live around 150 years. While satyrs are uniformly male, satyridae may be of any sex. A half-orc satyrid might have orc-like fangs and huge, curling horns while a half-elf satyrid might be a paragon of beauty despite this, the physical abilities (and inner natures) of satyridae are much the same. All satyridae are humanoids with goat-like horns and hairy, goat-like legs, but physical uniformity ends there. United by the fey magic of their fathers’ blood, satyridae share many traits despite their diverse appearances. The children of unions between humans and satyrs… or elves and satyrs… or Halflings and satyrs… or dwarves, gnomes, half-elves, tieflings, aasimar, genasi, goliaths, goblins, hobgoblins, orcs, and sundry other humanoid races and satyrs are the wildly variegated half-breeds called satyridae. While satyrs are the sexually dimorphic male counterpart to nymphs and breed true when they mate with the feminine fey of wood and stream, satyrs’ lusts are hardly confined to their counterparts. Passionate and playful, unbound and untamed, satyridae are lust for life embodied. The thudding of their hooves shook the ground, and the clash of their timbrels and the rustling of their thyrsi filled the air.” - Oliver Onions, “Io” The other was the Dream now, and these!… they came down, mad and noisy and bright-Maenades, Thyades, satyrs, fauns-naked, in hides of beasts, ungirded, dishevelled, wreathed and garlanded, dancing, singing, shouting. "She stood, with mouth agape and eyes that hailed, her thick throat full of suppressed clamour.
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