Sanctuary allows player characters of nearly every race from almost all medieval fantasy fictional settings, including by not limited to: Dungeons & Dragons, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time and of course our own shards.

Restrictions

All races must be grouped into one of five greater race categories; Human, Aelfeyn, Muiri, Hoggur or Summon/Constructs, see below.
Part of your character's past and present story must include the understanding that their previous existence in prior worlds begins to fade within a reasonably short period of time.
Individual sub-races who have non-human avatars are restricted to available UO graphics.
Graphics and races may be further restricted as staff is needed for clarity sake in role-play.

Races

Humans: This will include any character who was born human, regardless of if it is still human or not.

Humans
Vampires
Lycanthropes - "bitten not born"
Witches - who are a slight genetic deviation from humans

Aelfeyn: This category is for the races of people who are seen as being more then human, and are generally considered to be tall, elegant, with long hair and unusual eyes.

Alfar of Norse myth, aka Snow Elves or Grimmwold's Trow
Tuatha de Dannan of Irish myth
Tolkien's elves
Dark Elves

Muiri: This category is for all nearly purely magical creatures such as fairies, dragons, unicorns, fen tads, pooka, etc. Creatures of water and air moved by the moon. This category is limited to sub-species which can be represented by UO graphics. A complete list of available graphics and relevant names will be made available.

Other-kin (animals that can become human)
Fairies
Dragons
Unicorns
Pooka

Hoggur: This category is for all giants, trolls, dwarves, gnomes which are generally considered to be connected to or coming from the earth and fire, drawn and repulsed by the sun. This race will get a shape change to one of the "taller then human" graphics that are available for some type of "hulk" out option.