Sarhareia (sar ha RE AH)

Lizardmen of Mainor

The Sarhareia Lizardfolk are a patriarchal society ruled by the eldest male of the tribe. Females are considered equal to the males, though the culture frowns on female warrior, as the role of egg bearer means their value lays in the tending to tribal needs while the males are expected to charge into an enemy with little regard for life.

Native to the Sarhara of Mainor, the Sarhareia bury their villages in peat mounds accessible only though underwater tunnels. Their mounds, though recognizable to those aware, look like little more than hills, and are well disguised by flora growth cultivated by the tribe. The flora on the dome is made primarily of useful plant life for the tribe below. The interior of the mound has a large central cavernous space surrounded by smaller personal 'rooms' for families. Adults with no mate dwell in the common space until a mate is acquired.

Sarhareia practice a form of Woyd’lonn that they learned from the elves of the past. There is a near worship level view of the Sarhara. To them Sarhara their mother, the source of life. They believe heavily in the 'circle of life' with all nature balanced. Theats to the Sarhara's ecosystem will be eliminated without remorse or sentiment. A tribes will also obsessively nurture an area of land, plants, or beasts that have been thrown out of this balance in their territory. It should be noted, that the Sarhareia do not mind outsiders coming into their domain to hunt, cultivate plants, or cull animals. Clipping plants and removing animals to prevent overpopulation is a natural part of life. Balance, however, must be maintained. A tribe will give warning to any traversing their lands that look to be throwing their balance off. It will be one warning, one alone. An attack will follow if they party does not alter their ways.

Outside the contact to warn of transgressionas, usually by a single Sarhareia scout, the people are a shy folk. They largely stick to travelling low, and unseen in the brush or swimming the waterways. They are known to the people of Hurrian, and respected for the most part. It has been more than one occasions a child has wandered into the Sarhara and thought dead, only to turn up on the edge of town claiming to be rescued by the lizardmen of the marsh. That is not to say they are friendly, as on other occasions the townsfolk have thrown debris and trash into the wetlands only to find quick retaliation from the Sarhareia. This usually comes in the destruction of buildings, either through burrowing floodwaters under the structure, or burning it outright. Attacking the people of the city is avoided by the Sarhareia, both for the fact that they would not want to hurt any innocents, but also, they know a war with the humans could mean destruction of their land and people.

The Sarhareia have a mixed relationship with the Qwn’yia of Mainor as well. They despise the witches' Minotaur minons, seeing them as abominations of nature. Minotaur skulls are decoration to the lizardfolk, displayed in the central hall as trophies. Witches will be avoided when possible, and Sarhareia shaman work to keep their mounds safe from scrying eyes. That said, there will never be hostilities if a Qwn'yia is encountered. The Sarhareia show timid respect to the witches as rulers of the lands. Qwn'yia will annually arrive in the Sarhara to claim eggs from one tribe or another. The tribe is expected to comply and in return the Sarhara is lift free to all lizardfolk. One tribes sacrifice for the good of all their people. Only once has a tribe resisted. That tribe vanished and the surrounding Sarhara scorched for miles. None resist today. It is unknown what the Qwn'yia use the Sarhareia eggs for.

Sarhareia are smaller than their kin in other lands, usually never reaching more than 3 to 4 feet tall at most. Their manorisums are much more lizard like than otherlizardfolkl, with some describing them as clothed lizards standing upright. Clothed is a loose word however, as these people only wear what could be described as scraps of leather for modisty. Shades of green and blue are most common for their scales, though yellows and browns do creep into some of the northern tribes. Both males and females grow small ridges and horns on their heads. Males grow these small horns on their shoulders and back as well. Females 'horns' grow long and soft off the back of their heads, looking to some as hair. Male Sarhareia grow tails, females do not.

Alignment: Sarhareia, like all lizardfolk struggle with understanding moral ideas like good and evil, all is balance to them, as such they are nearly always a neutral alignment.

Age: Sarhareia are considered adults by age 10, fully grown by age 20, and live to an average of 80 years.

Size: (Medium) Sarhareia are considered short compared to other lizardfolk, being around 3 to 4 feet tall at most..

Speed: 30

Language: Sarhareia have an unnamed native language that consists of hisses and clicking sounds, untranstatable to most. Those few that communicate with those races outside their lands learn the Common Tongue. Their tongues and throats are not made for this language, however, and their accents have a very hissy sound to them.