Niven Assyr (nih-ven as-seer)
"Whatever you do child, do not trust those cursed lizardmen, they will cart you off to the distant desert sands, never to be seen again."
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
Culture and cultural heritage
This clan of tokage descended from the origins of the Sand Seers, an ancient tokage cult worshipping Arcmos the Phoenix Flame, a divine and pure aspect of Dragarn in the form of pure flame. Knowledge of magic and nature is inherent in each and every tokage in this clan, and many take up careers as a mage. Practice within this cult has been outlawed for many centuries, but its elements still seek to drawn in wandering young tokage in search of forbidden knowledge.
In the Drylands, these cults are much more influential and powerful, and can often be found exchanging in the trade of divination services, purification rites, and other esoteric tokage traditions. The individuals within these cults drive powerful struggles throughout the Drylands, either as mercenaries or as political masterminds.
Shared customary codes and values
A tokage clan of slave cults hidden amongst the trees and crags between Lithos and the Dryalnds, often described as "villainous" or "antagonistic." In the ancient past, this clan and its associated cult was a major factor in the rise of the ancient kingdom of Ommyojo, working behind the scenes with slavetraders and Ommyoji priests to maintain a steady supply of terrified cultists to sacrifice to their patron deity Arcmos the Phoenix Flame.
However, since the fall of Ommyojo, this clan has dispersed and done its best to integrate into Lithosian society. Of course, because of their direct link to the tokage ways of the past, this clan often struggles to find its place in Lithosian society. Some may occasionally find themselves employed in an alchemist's shop or innkeeper at best.
Common Etiquette rules
In the The Drylands, this ambitious clan of cunning and ruthless leaders orchestrate bandits, kidnappers, thieves, and slavers in hopes of domination over the regions. Their notoriety often travels up the grapevine to reflect poorly on the inhabitants living closer to human settlements. These lizardfolk often endure the harshness of humans to avoid further troubles such as confinement.
Common Dress code
This clan of tokage often wear dyed robes, cloaks, and other clothing commonly associated with Lithosian styles. Being spread wide between both southern Lithos and northern Drylands, some tokage elements such as wood and leather find themselves equipped on these traveling tokage. This has given them the common distinction as the "Lithosian tokage."
Art & Architecture
Chiefly nomadic in nature, this clan lacks settled architecture; but what it lacks in building, it makes up for in a wide variety of high dexterity skills such as painting, attuning, and enchanting. Most Niven Assyr, particularly those who think highly of themselves, consider themselves experts in the nature of art history.
Common Customs, traditions and rituals
The practice of magic is very important to this clan of tokage, and they are often familiar with its workings. In most cases, these tokage often participate in the celebration of Lithosian festivals and rites, avoiding association with their southern kin who practice more diabolical and subversive methods.
In the Drylands, the observance of Arcmos the Phoenix Flame is considered a blessing, and when the entity is spotted, a great feast and celebration is had along with a ritual sacrifice to the deity.
Major organizations
This tokage clan has a penchant for cruelty and violence, they are often found at the center of most power struggles.
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