Xulgath
Also colloquially known as 'reptiloids' and 'troglydytes', these lizards are humanoid-sized but possess the intelligence of primates. Somewhere between wild animals and sentient peoples, the xulgath were bred and deployed by dragons as expendable front-line infantry. While generally self-serving, the scent of blood and the prospect of prey sends these carnivores into enough of a bloodlust that they will often continue to fight even at great danger to their own lives. Cold-blooded, heat is almost as valuble to the xulgath as food and pack-wars over camping locations close to hot springs, lava flows, and other natural sources of heat are common.
They are pack predators, typically living and hunting in social groups of anywhere from five to fifty. Leadership belongs to the strongest and cleverest among them, with more intelligent xulgath able to defeat rivals and exert controll over others through the use of crude weapons.
While they were purged from the surface in the decades following the fall of the dragons lords, Xulgath were originally subterrean and their darkvision and ability to effectively hide in caves has allowed them to survive - if not thrive - underground.
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