I've also decided that the non-native races are the descendants of immigrants from many centuries ago. The secret of space travel was lost with the collapse of the still as-yet-unnamed Old Empire; everyone knows it was/is possible, and that the lack of any new interplanetary visitors has something to do with the Empire being gone. Unbeknownst to the general populace, visitors from other planets do still show up every once in awhile, but it's all a bit more surreptitious and these fellows aren't available as player races.
Martians and Earthlings have various traditions, myths, etc. that tell them about their old planets, but it's obviously a centuries-long game of telephone so shit's gonna be way off, and who knows what those places are really like?
Alright, anyway. These write-ups are brief, but it's all you need:
Venusians have green skin and white hair, but otherwise look very similar to Martians and Earthlings. Venus is a land of crumbling kingdoms, whose peoples are prone to prejudice and superstition - especially when it comes to sorcery.
Martians are red-skinned and completely hairless. They tend to be taciturn and humorless. They are almost as common in the Venusian kingdoms as Venusians themselves, having lived amongst them for seemingly forever. They form the bulk of the "working class" (craftsmen and such) and a good deal of the peasantry.
Earthlings come in a variety of skin colours. They are much rarer compared to Martians, and tend to live in slums or their own villages. They are generally more curious and interested in knowledge than either Venusians or Martians; a consequence of this is that more Earthlings wind up being Witches. The other two races know this, and treat Earthlings with suspicion (borderline hostility in the case of Venusians) more or less by default.
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