Banestorm
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Banestorm is the primary fantasy setting for GURPS, published by Steve Jackson Games. In this world, the Elves and Dwarves were at war with the Orcs. Eventually a subsect of the elves got sick of all the Waaaghs, and decided that they would create a magical mega-storm to wipe the orcs out or teleport them to a different world.
Unfortunately, the elves were elves, and so they fucked up the spell. Instead of wiping out the orcs, they wiped out half of the elven settlements and summoned various races from across the universe. Humans came from Earth, in varieties of Christianity, Islam and even Judaism and Buddhism. Predictably, the Christians and Muslims didn't get along. From a world known as Gabrook, there came Goblins, Hobgoblins, Kobolds and Reptile Men. From a world known as Loren'dil came Centaurs, Giants, Halflings, and Minotaurs. And from yet another world known as Olokun came Merfolk, Octo-folk, and Shark Men.
Naturally, chaos reigned for a little while as the elves fought for their survival, the dwarves holed up in their mountains, the orcs were pushed back into a small corner of the world, and everyone else was desperate to figure out what the hell was going on. The various human civilizations took control quickly however, and Muslim and Christian empires alike quickly spread throughout Yrth.
Humans are now the dominant species on Yrth, and have several empires and kingdoms scattered across the world. Most races have either conformed to their beliefs and empires, but many more live outside of human civilization.