Lizardfolk (Lee-zerd Fowlk)
"If you’re considering taking a scaled one along on an adventure, remember this important fact. The strange, inhuman glint in its eyes as it looks you over is the same look you might give a freshly grilled steak."
- Tordek, dwarf fighter and adventurer
Basic Information
Anatomy
Lizardfolk have 2 arms, 2 legs, and a tail. Each arm has a hand with 4 talons. Each leg has a foot with 4 talons.
Female Lizardfolk have 2 calcium sacs located on their chests. These sacs are used to give eggs they lay the correct amount of calcium to keep the eggs solid and give the young stronger bones.
Biological Traits
Every lizardfolk tribe looks different, usually cosmetically. There is a race called the Tralectra, a Half-Dragonborn-Half-Troglodyte race that is similar to lizardfolk in every way except size, where they are about 5 inches taller than the average lizardfolk height.
Genetics and Reproduction
Lizardfolk reproduce sexually, and lay up to 3 eggs. Each egg hatches after 2 months.
Growth Rate & Stages
Lizardfolk are considered adults at age 5.
Ecology and Habitats
Lizardfolk live in swamps and jungles.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Lizardfolk are Omnivores. Their favorite foods are Boars and Snakes. Their favorite humanoid meals tend to be Orc.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Lizardfolk follow the rule "Only the strong can lead." Sess'innek, a Demon Lord of Lizardfolk, created the demonic lizard kings. These kings lead the Lizardfolk, and usually make it harder to live near the tribe.
Facial characteristics
Lizardfolk have a long, reptilians faces, with frills on the top of their heads. Males have one long crest that goes down to it's back, and females have a crest that splits at the back of their necks and goes to their shoulders.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Lizardfolk are dotted all over the world. Most live in Ovak and Godsen.
Average Intelligence
Lizardfolk are intelligent enough to learn and speak language, craft tools, and build homes.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Lizardfolk use 2 words in Draconic to describe themselves. For example, "Achuak Aryte" means "Green War" in Draconic.
Achuak (green), Aryte (war), Baeshra (animal), Darastrix (dragon), Garurt (axe), Irhtos (secret), Jhank (hammer), Kepesk (storm), Kethend (gem), Korth (danger), Kosj (small), Kothar (demon), Litrix (armor), Mirik (song), Othokent (smart), Sauriv (eye), Throden (many), Thurkear (night), Usk (iron), Valignat (burn), Vargach (battle), Verthica (mountain), Vutha (black), Vyth (steel)
Major Organizations
A group of Lizardfolk own the Hunter's guild.
Beauty Ideals
Lizardfolk cannot conceive beauty. Their minds cannot understand its concept, since Beauty has no survival use. Lizardfolk that live in cities, while still being unable to fully understand it, can conceive its uses for manipulation.
Gender Ideals
In all tribes, the Males hunted and fought, while the females would lay the eggs and feed the young. All tribes follow these regulations to a fault.
Courtship Ideals
Lizardfolk do not usually ask for Courtship. The lizardfolk choses a mate, mates, and moves on. Lizardfolk in other societies do ask, but they never get into long-term relationships, because they do not see the point in doing so.
Relationship Ideals
Lizardfolk are cold and calculating, and do not enter relationships in the same way as most other Humanoids do. Lizardfolk Relationships are mating and leaving. Two Lizardfolk may never speak to each other, mate, and then never speak to each other again.
Average Technological Level
Lizardfolk can build most simple weapons, such as Spears, Slings, Clubs, and Javlins, and can make basic housing, such as tents. Due to their alien minds, Lizardfolk, from birth, are capable of using the bones of their enemies to quickly create Clubs, Javelins, Shields, and Darts.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Draconic. Some Lizardfolks in tribes learn Common for trade purposes with nearby human, elf, dwarf, or halfling settlements.
Common Etiquette Rules
Lizardfolk don't shake hands. Infact, when they meet someone, they refrain from touching them at all, as touching in a non-sexual way is seen as a form of a challenge in their culture. Instead, they clap their hands together for greetings, and they slap their wrist for goodbyes.
Common Dress Code
Lizardfolk don't tend to wear clothes. Most of their "clothing" is ropes and leathers, primarily for carrying items.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
When a member of the tribe passed away, they were eaten by the others in a ceremonial wake. In this way, they became part of the tribe again, not just figuratively but literally. Their bones are then used for tents and houses, as well as weapons.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
The Name "Lizardfolk" came from humans, who commented on their combination Lizard and man looks. Lizardfolk have not given themselves a unifying species name, finding such concept as useless.
Whenever Lizardfolk capture a being much larger than them, they perform a ritualistic song and dance, which is believed to be a way to feed their Gods. They will begin eating the creature.
Common Taboos
Lizardfolk fear innovation. They see the humanoids of the world use technology, and see them as weak. All tribes believe that one of the many reasons as to why these species are weak is their over reliance on technology that makes life easier.
History
Lizardfolk are the byproduct of Dragonborn who worshipped S'em'uan'ya, a god of survival, in secret. Most of these dragonborn where servants to the Black dragons of the marshes. They would disappear every so often, all congregating in order to shed their draconic visage. After 60 years, the dragonborn found a way to lose their dragon visage, and replace it with one of lizards. This ritual, similar to the one to create Yuan-ti, caused them to lose most of their emotions, replacing them with incredible pragmatism. These being where lizardfolk, and they would flee their slavers, much to the dismay of those slaves. When the Lizardfolk where rebelling against the dragons, some would turn to dark powers to fight their power. Many would side with the Demonlord Sess'innek, gaining a unique martial prowess, as well as a trident made from the bones of those felled by Sess'innek.
Some of these Lizardfolk where instructed, by their god, to go to another world with their tribesmen, and managed to get off the continent, utilizing a combination of wits, cunning, and days of swimming. They eventually made it to the shores of Godsen. There, the Lizardfolk would put themselves in the swamps, jungles, and dense forests, and would live off the land. Many species found on Godsen would treat the lizardfolk with heavy caution, and would keep them at a distance. This form of peace would soon end, however, when in 243wr, the Lizard Kings would all suddenly become greedy and evil, demanding their people to go out and kill, loot, and eat the races of the world. A Bloody war broke out, and only ended when the Lizard Kings where killed. The surviving Lizardfolk did not hold ill will to their enemies, and when the last Lizard King fell, they went back to their lives of mundanity, though many species treated them as dangerous monsters. The Lizard Kings, however, are still capable of appearing among the Lizardfolk tribes as a rare Genetic mutation.
In 454wr, several Lizardfolk tribes found in Ovak and Godsen would be told by S'em'uan'ya to move to both the desert continents of the Wild Lands and the Islands of Julra to spread. The Lizardfolk would build rafts to travel to their destination. During the Calamity event, Lizardfolk would go into a panic, as their tribes would be destroyed and their people would die on mass. In order to save their people, Lizardfolk tribe leaders would do everything in their power to protect the tribe, to the point of using technology from other races for safety, as slaadi could slaughter entire tribes of them. This event has been dubbed by lizardfolk to be the "Fossk Di Wer Seltur Resksik," or "Era of Weakness." Most would try to hide this time from people, and bringing it up in the presence of a Lizardfolk will cause discomfort, anger, and embarrassment among them. This event also created the Slaadizra, a horribly mutated Lizardfolk who ate of the flesh of a Slaad. Once the event had ended, lizardfolk life stayed the same as it ever was.
In 2180wr, the first lizardfolk tribe moved into Willow, called the "Wer Ternesj Tilsini," which translates to "The City Lizards." These Lizardfolk would gain gray and brown scales, to match the color of the Stone streets. They would hunt animals around and outside the city, and sell their meats and their Pelts to the people, and would, for more gold, make clothing pieces for people, out of the pelts of the animals they hunt.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Most Lizardfolk are neutral to all races, except monstrous ones. Dragonborn are "liked" by the Lizardfolk, due to their lineage ties. Kobolds are disliked due to their weakness, and the fact that they look like Lizardfolk.
Even though they are Neutral to most races, they still see other creatures as food. They don't typically kill for sport, and will kill humanoids for sustenance. Because of this, Lizardfolk are usually seen as animals in most cultures, and in some, are seen as evil Monsters.
Lizardfolk in the Deserts of Ovak and the Islands of Julra know the Thri-Kreen, and see them as Rivals.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Scientific Name
Draco Sapien
Lifespan
80 years
Conservation Status
Lizardfolk are not under protection, and are uncommon.
Average Height
6'1"-7'8"
Average Weight
200lbs-250lbs
Average Physique
Lizardfolk builds are often muscular and tall.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Lizardfolk can be any color. This is because that a lizardfolk egg absorbs the nutrients around it, and the hatchling will develop the colors of it's environment. Usually, this only breeds different shades of Green, black, or sometimes blue lizardfolk. A very small group of lizardfolk live in the cities of Godsen, and usually have the colors of gray and brown.
Geographic Distribution
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