Skaresh
The living curse
Tribal dragonized people with a desire for blood, they are a brutal warmongering culture. They are majorly influanced by dragon blood, makeing them easily irritated. Some say that the dragon blood was a curse the ancient dragons gave the humanoid races of the world after their extinction.
They believe themselves to be predators, and like taking advantage of species with lower strength, such that they like rearing livestock like lizards and carnivorous fish native to their swamp.
Building a village in the swamp may be a impossibly difficult task for other races, but the Skaresh are also proficient in foreging and simple construction. Also likeing to use the hides of larger lizzards for roofs in their simple huts.
They worship a varient of their species that they call Holy Blood. The Holy Blood have wings that seperate them from the others, since they only have one dragonized part like a arm or leg.
Holy Blood also have the most inportant ability for the Skaresh, Create Spawn, as it says it can infect another humanoid with dragon blood makeing them another Skaresh.
While their curse prevents them form various skild labour, they do find it enjoyable to learn about the plants and animals of the swamp, and many times they also have a proficient apothecary in their villages.
Basic Information
Anatomy
They are humanoids, menaing that they have the same form as humans. They also posses a special trait a single dragonized body part, some have dragonized eyes, hands or legs. Even so they are a race possesing dragon blood, so even if one was a non human before, after getting infected they would still have dragon blood and a dragonified body part. In fact they too would be loyal to the Holy Bloods.
Genetics and Reproduction
Their curse can be passed to all sentient biological races in the world, besides that they still keep their base reproduction method.
Growth Rate & Stages
After getting infected by the Holy Bloods, the infected will go through a week of suffering, constant irritation, and switching of personalities. One week after they will be capable Skaresh, at the command of the Holy Bloods.
Ecology and Habitats
After surviving in the swamp for a long place, they naturaly know their way around it. They also like keeping lizards as pets and chomping down on the carnivorous fish. Their bodies also secrete a powerful pheromon against the various insects of the swamp, keeping the creepy things far away from them.
One of their favorit passtimes is tasting the various poisions of plants in the swamp, some Skaresh find them delicacies. In fact they love exploring the swamp, since it is their natural climate after a long time living in it.
Dietary Needs and Habits
As said before their favorite treats are carnivorous fish and poisend plants. The only difficulty they have with living in the swamp is others of their race and dangerous lizards, in fact the stronger lizards can istantaniously rip a adult Skaresh apart. They only store food for the Holy Bloods and eat only until they are full.
Biological Cycle
The difference of a Skaresh, through normal reproduction and infection is slight. Infected have various amounts of knowledge from their previous lives, while the native ones have a slightly stronger constitution and can quickly integrate into normal Skaresh life.
Native Skaresh only need 11 years to reach adulthood, an immense difference from the dragons of old. Besides that they also have greater control of their dragon blood and dragonified body part.
After a Skaresh reaches adulthood it can still live to the age of 60 years until it whiters of and dies in the following 5 years. They must also pass a ritual of adulthood, finding their way in the swamp to reach a different village.
Additional Information
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Under the infection of dragon blood, one would become extreamly easily irritated as such they are extreamly awere of their surroundings, especialy if their dragonified body part is a eye, that would expand their line of sight and the detail of all things in sight.
Scientific Name
Variants
Origin/Ancestry
Dragon
Conservation Status
Very alive, very dangerous.
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