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Lizardfolk crushing rival political entities.

Some scholars
theorize that this double standard relates to the
ancient trauma suffered by the lizardfolk after
The Lizardfolk were a member race of the empire
they were conquered and nearly exterminated by
before the Long Night. At least one of them was
the elves ten centuries ago, but this is cold
aboard the Centurion flag airship and survived its
comfort to others who find themselves chafing
assault by the Dragonborn but died of old age.
under lizardfolk rule.
Their home land is named Opua and their capitol
city is called Mo'o.

History Lizardfolk Commune


The lizardfolk were the first encountered by the
elven in the lesser region of Opua (meaning The lizardfolk commune is the government of the
cloud). The lizardfolk initially fought the elves, lizardfolk after the empire's civil war. Althrough
but were conquered; and then accepted by the they are not the most powerful government, they
elves who forced them into the Kingdom. The have taken advantage of the post-empire chaos to
lizardfolk would later acquire a field turner from a reassert their historic claim to much of Opoa.
captured elven airship.
The commune's commitment to democratic
The lizardfolk's homeland Opua, is a pleasant decision making at every level of their own
land in the main that has nonetheless experienced society is strange, as the lizardfolk have ironically
great hardship throughout its history. The majority proved themselves to be brutal suppressors of any
of the lizardfolk prefer to live in Opua, though and all rival governments within their self-
significant colonies, outposts, and garrisons can proclaimed sphere of influence. The twenty
be found throughout both Mo'o and other colonies city/village government of the lizardfolk allienace
controlled by the lizardfolk. under the characteristics leadership of Isabella
Ortiz (Human Female), she managed to keep the
commune's forces at bay. But alliance forces were
Social Characteristics routed in brutal fighting by the commune's
popular militia in CY 10.078, which put an end to
any thoughts of resisting the upcoming lizardfolk
Soiy, the lizardfolk are a very contradictory
dominance.
species, among themselves, lizardfolk are
democratic, almost to the point of chaos.
The commune's fighters are widely considered to
Lizardfolk society is organized from the bottom
be among the toughest fighters in Lamuria, the
up along roughly anarcho-syndicalist line, with
lizardfolk have since fought the Thieflings,
small numbers organizing themselves into so-
Dragonborns, Orcs and other neighboring powers
called affinity groups, a dozen or more affinity
over matters ranging from trade disputes to even
groups making up local councils or soviets, and
perceived insults to lizardfolk pride and
so on up to the lizardfolk commune itself. Nearly
sovereignty. Even the feared Drako-Kazov tribe
every decision is arrived at through consensus
gives the lizardfolk commune a wide berth,
among, a process which would be paralyzing to
leaving the lizardfolk as undisputed masters of
most other races, but seems to work well for
their territory.
them.

Unfortunately, this lizardfolk love for democracy


no longer extends to other races. Since the fall of
the empire, the lizardfolk have undertaken a
vigorous campaign of conquest over their land,
rulling firmly over their territories and ruthlessly
Opua Alliance who had tried countless times to overrun and
capture the lizardfolk, and their extremely large
territories, the elves won the war through brute
The Opua alliancde was an alliance of twenty
force. However, the lizardfolk managed to put up
cities/villages in the Opua founded by Isabella
such an effective fight and endure for so long
Oritz. The alliance held for a period of time, but
because the lizardfolk had managed to capture a
was eventually conquered by the Lizardfolk.
elven vessel and reversed engineered the field
According to some, the Opua Alliance was the
turner. Because of that they were able to build
only stable government located in its area. The
their own vessels capable to travel through the
Opua Alliance was apparently protected by a self
primal rift and change the rift point, and thus able
defense force. The alliance was led by a president.
to defend themselves, as well as attack with the
same versatility as the elves.

Lizardfolk Alliance After ten years of fighting, the lizardfolk had


nearly driven the elves out of Opua. The war
The Lizardfolk Alliance was the primary ended abruptly when the elves viciously attacked
government and military forces for the lizardfolk the lizardfolk capitol Mo'o, with bombs and
people during the Lizardfolk-elven war. destructive spells and weapons, turning most of
the city into an uninhabitable wasteland. Shortly
During the war between the alliance and the elven after the attack, the lizardfolk surrendered and the
kingdom, the alliance was crushed and absorbed lizardfolk people and government became part of
into the kingdom, and in turn, became part of the the elven kingdom. While lizardfolk may have
newly formed empire. Although very little is lost the war, it was the first time in history that
known about the war, it is clear that they did any race provided real resistance to elven
manage to reverse engineer a vessel capable of imperialism. It was a sign of the discontent that
traveling through the primal rift, after the was felt for the elven kingdom by the entirety of
captured a elven vessel, and in doing so made the lamuria.
lizardfolk people rift capable.
The wounds left by the lizardfolk-elven war took
centuries to heal and in someway never have.
Lizardfolk-Elven War When the elven kingdom was transformed into
the empire, one of the empire's first acts was to
launch a restoration effort to the Mo'o in Opua,
The lizardfolk-elven war was a brutal and large
which still bore the scars left by the elves
historically important conflict that occurred
destructive attacks thousands of years before.
between trhe growing elven kingdom and the
lizardfolk commune. Chronologically, it occurred
In the post-fall era, many people believed that the
in CY 870 to CY 895, in the elven kingdom's
lizardfolk defeat in the lizardfolk-elven war was
early history. It is a notable conflict because it is a
the reason why the lizardfolk ruthlessly and
significant uprising and the first sign of resistance
fanatically attacked any person, group or
against the elven kingdom. It was also the first
government they viewed as being threat to their
time that an outside race attacked the elven and
domination in the Opua.
also did quite well.

The war began when the elven kingdom, still in


its infancy and acting in an imperialistic manner
invaded the Opua, and area which had already
been under the control of the smaller but still
powerful Lizardfolk alliance. Unloike other races,
Battle of Mo'o
The battle of Mo'o was the final battle of the
lizardfolk-elven war. After years of fighting the
two sides were in stalemate; as the elves were as
determined to conquer the Opua as the lizardfolk
were to defend it. In a surprise attack the elves
attacked Mo'o, and devastated it. Shortly after this
great battle the lizardfolk surrendered, and their
territory became part of the elven kingdom.

Isabella Ortiz
Isabella Ortiz was a charismatic leader in the
post-fall political climate. She rallied 20
cities/villages into the lizardfolf Alliance to
defend against the lizardfolk commune. After the
fall of the alliance, ortiz fled to Opua's Anvil and
traded identities with and another woman for
protection. While there, she pretended to be a
bartender while her double pretended to be a
doctor. Eventually a surviving centurion came
looking for her, hoping she would help him. Ortiz
was at first reluctant but lizardfolk arrived soon
after, determined to kill her. Her double was killed
in the ensuring battle but the centurion and his
crew succeeded in driving the lizardfolk off and
rescuing her.

Opua's Anvil
Opua's Anvil is a small barren land, whose only
use is ore processing. It was hardest hit by the
lizardfolk, but the local settlers barely repelled the
attack. The small land was then attacked from
orbit, and made into a wasteland. It now has a
small settlement which is based on ore processing
facility.

One place of note was a former bunker converted


into a bar, which was owned and operated by a
woman named Saphai Wei (Isabella Ortiz). The
bar was all but destroyed by the lizardfolk
attempting to kill ortiz. What became of this land
afterwards is not stated.

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