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Major Races 28
Human
人間
A race without sharp claws, hard scales, or darkvision; humans are physically weaker than other races and widely treated as an "inferior race."
Elf
森妖精（エルフ）
A forest-dwelling Humanoid race with long pointed ears and far longer lives than humans; their hearing is also better than humans'.
Dark Elf
闇妖精（ダークエルフ）
A close relative of elves, with brown skin, fuller figures than elves, and the ability to see in the dark; Nazarick's Aura and Mare belong to this race.
Dwarf
山小人（ドワーフ）
A Humanoid race that lives inside mountain ranges; they average about 130 cm tall, have full darkvision, and are boisterous and fond of drink yet mathematically minded.
Undead
アンデッド
The umbrella term for walking corpses and incorporeal spirits driven by negative energy; they hate the living and have many immunities, but generally fear holy power and fire.
Elder Lich
死者の大魔法使い（エルダーリッチ）
An intelligent undead mage born when negative life inhabits the corpse of an evil magic caster; it is a middle stage in Ainz's racial lineage.
Overlord
死の支配者（オーバーロード）
The top race for undead magic casters; it is Ainz Ooal Gown's final race and the source of the series' title.
Vampire
吸血鬼（ヴァンパイア）
A type of undead; in YGGDRASIL it is a front-line (warrior-type) race that can create absolutely obedient lesser thralls by drinking blood.
True Vampire
真祖（トゥルーヴァンパイア）
An undead race above the vampire and the race of Shalltear Bloodfallen; its true form is a monster with a mouth split to the ears.
Demon / Devil
悪魔（デーモン／デビル）
Incarnations of evil summoned from what are called other worlds; the umbrella term for violent, destructive "demons" and cunning, corrupting "devils."
Angel
天使（エンジェル）
Summoned monsters believed to come from other worlds; the Slane Theocracy believes they serve the gods, while most other nations treat them as ordinary summons.
Dragon
ドラゴン
The world's strongest race, with tough scales, sleek bodies, sharp fangs, wings, breath attacks, and magic; they grow stronger with age.
Dragon Lord
竜王（ドラゴンロード）
An honorary title given to exceptional dragons: those who have reached the top age stage, "Ancient," powerful dragons with special abilities, or those who use unusual magic; the Slane Theocracy calls those who can use "Wild Magic" "true Dragon Lords."
Frost Dragon
霜の竜（フロスト・ドラゴン）
A dragon species with a long, snake-like body that lives in the northern Azerlisia Mountains; it is completely immune to cold but weak to fire.
Lizardman
蜥蜴人（リザードマン）
A bipedal demi-human race with hard, crocodile-like scales and long tails; they live in wetlands, mainly fish and hunt, and are relatively intelligent for demi-humans.
Goblin
小鬼（ゴブリン）
A demi-human race that looks like a cross between humans and apes, with a dash of evil; they are generally inferior to humans in build and intelligence but dangerous in numbers.
Troll / Ogre
妖巨人（トロール）／人食い大鬼（オーガ）
Two large demi-human races: trolls have astonishing regeneration, and ogres are about 3 m tall, strong, and extremely unintelligent.
Quagoa
土掘獣人（クアゴア）
A mole-like demi-human race living beneath the Azerlisia Mountains, with fur as hard as metal armor.
Giant
巨人（ジャイアント）
Essentially scaled-up humans with tough bodies and special abilities, mostly living in harsh environments; they are generally violent and dangerous, but some races are skilled in magic or culturally advanced.
Slime
粘体（スライム）
A gelatinous Heteromorphic race that is highly resistant to physical attacks such as piercing and slashing and can corrode and destroy gear, but is physically weak and cannot wear armor.
Homunculus
人造人間／錬金生命体（ホムンクルス）
A Heteromorphic race almost indistinguishable from ordinary humans apart from the color of their bodily fluids; the race of Nazarick's 41 Homunculus Maids.
Automaton
自動人形（オートマトン）
A race added after YGGDRASIL's major update "Valkyrie's Downfall"; the race of Shizu of the Pleiades.
Insect races
蟲系
An umbrella term for races shaped like insects, spiders, or myriapods; the series never formally defines an "insect race" category, and sources group them by appearance.
Doppelgänger
二重の影（ドッペルゲンガー）
A Heteromorphic race that can copy and transform into others' appearances; the race of Narberal and Pandora's Actor.
Demi-humans of the Abelion Hills
アベリオン丘陵の亜人たち
The demi-humans of the hills who appear in the Holy Kingdom arc (Vols. 12–13); Jaldabaoth united them into a coalition army that invaded the Roble Holy Kingdom.
Beastman / Minotaur
ビーストマン／牛頭人（ミノタウロス）
Powerful beast-type demi-humans of the central continent: beastmen are bipedal lions and tigers, and minotaurs have bulls' heads; the two races once fought each other, and both eat humans.
Zern
藍蛆（ゼルン）
A cave-dwelling race of the Abelion Hills, with an upper body like a long-armed eel and a lower body like an indigo maggot; they are considered demi-humans but are actually Heteromorphic.
Other heteromorphic races
その他の異形種
Several distinctive Heteromorphic races among Nazarick's members: dragonoids, birdmen, werewolves, half-golems, brain eaters, and more.