The Tilgratzi (Til-grat-zi)
The Tilgratzi, the first race to populate the world of Aurelia, Their ruins still mark and and scar the landscape with both wonders of what was once their world.
In this world they ruled over, they created marvels and sculpted the landscape undoing the work of the Draconian Crafters which historians theorised why with what happened to the Tilgratzi they had found little help with the draconians, Though despite this the Tilgratzi continued to shape the land, carving the mountains into what they considered works of art, changing the colour of the ground beneath to be artistic, this desire to create and artistic expression at did not stop at just the world around them, they also created life, animals, peoples and sentient technology using their mastery of flesh and runic magic, At first the Tilgratzi used this mastery of magic and knowledge respectfully and with compassion, using it to save struggling species, create life to which they could treasure and protect and give praise to the world and the gods they worshipped, over time as the power they wielded and egoistical ideas of godhood and opulent splendour went to the Tilgratzi heads, they began slowly but surely to abuse the power they had, instead of creating life to protect and watch over, they began to create slaves and servants to fulfil all their decadent and over time perverse needs, Tyrants took control of the splintering Tilgratzi Dynasties using their terraforming magic to destroy and decimate the lands of their rivals, it would seem at first that this is what caused the collapse of their society and people, however this was merely the start.
As you see as thier ideas and emotions were no longer being held back and more and more ideas and heinous ways to express their emotions came forth, the Outer plains were absorbing it all, during the era of the Tilgratzi the outer plains were silent at least that is what the Tilgratzi must have thought, given the barrier between the physical plain and the outer plains was so strong at this point in time, the outer plains began to fill with the emotions and ideas of the Tilgratzi as well as the creations they made, while as previous mentioned this benefited the outer plains given the emotions that were being fed into it were positive, this soon gave way to darker and more hateful and sadistic desires, greed, paranoia, warfare, rage all this twisted the outer plains, filling it like a balloon with water, Which as can be imagined could only last so long until it bursts, which from the ruins of the Tilgratzi it appeared this "Bursting" is what caused the initial collapse of the Dynasties, cause when the outer plains broke through the physical plain, all nightmare broke lose with it shifting monsters preying upon those who thought such sickening ideas, Gods manifested from concepts and emotion finally able to interact and speak to mortals on the other side leading to widespread cults to form which ended in mass bloodshed, however while it seemed that was some vague shred of hope to survive this devastation...
The Akatha came, thousands upon thousands of insectoid monstrosities erupted beneath the land the arrogant Tilgratzi dared to claim was theirs, all of these factors marked the end of the vast Tilgratzi Empire, with not even their ancient Primal gods able to save them, the few that tried to save them anyway, thier crumbling dynasties laid bare and scattered with not a single living Tilgratzi to be found in the form from which they ruled the world, leaving only thier ruins and marks in the landscape.
In the current day these ruins and monuments are both feared and tempting to those who seek power, as many of the ancient Tilgratzi magic and Technology lies within, calling to any who seek to claim it as their own, if they can get out alive of course, as their is no telling what is left lurking and waiting in the ancient ruins and cities, as even in the wilder world many of the beasts the Tilgratzi thrive and prey upon the world causing death and destruction, and if those greats terrors are what was set loose what else could be waiting and hunting for their chance to be freed.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Almost little to no information is known of what the Tilgratzi looked like when they were alive, as Nearly all Artwork, renditions and structures that portrayed them were destroyed with only a few being held by either the most wealthy or locked deep in the ancient vaults, Given the systematic destruction of any portrayals of the Tilgratzi, some historians ponder if The old Gods deliberately tried to erase all traces of the Tilgratzi people, or the Tilgratzi did it themselves out of possible shame or a last ditch attempt to hide from those who would eradicate them, this is a highly debated enigma amount such places of Tilgratzi Study.
One thing is clear among the ruins of the Tilgratzi, like the Arzani they bodies adapted and changed given the environment they were in, this was discovered by the last true remnant of the Tilgratzi....their bones which can be to used to make Tilgracite a material that when mixed with other materials can greatly enhance and provide extremely powerful effects, such as immunity to magic, flying Fortress, expanding lifespan through consumption of a potion mixed with Tilgracite or causing plantlife to grow out of control such was the case of the Gortrogu Forrest where the Tilgratzi bones had fertilised the soil to such a degree that the trees are close to 600 feet tall.
Additional Information
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Legends speak of the Tilgratzi abilities, though none are known to be confirmed due to obvious reason, some legends they could speak telepathically with each other, or fly with only their minds, or be able to see through walls, most of these could be attributed to fanciful tales or making them akin to the boogiemen, however due to the lack of corpses it impossible to say if any of these are true, but given how towards the end of thier reign they experimented on themselves for more power none of these tales could be ruled out.
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