Strygath

Strygath

Description

The Strygath are humanoid lizards, varying in size from around 4ft, to as tall as 15. They are not one species, but Strygath is the collected name for them, and is based on the name that they used for themselves.

Strygath may or may not have a tail. Most walk upright, but there are exceptions. Generally, Strygath are considered to be intelligent, but there are species of Strygath that even the other Strygath consider to be 'pets'.

Physical Description

The Strygath have a human torso, with what we in the real-world would consider dinosaur heads. Their bodies range in size to make their heads proportionate. They may or may not have tails for balance.

Their skin is scaly, and tends towards browns and greens.

Organisation

Each Strygath comes from a clan. These clans used to be tightly regulated, a Tricergath could not mate with a Brontergath, for example. It was considered unnatural. However, the result of incessant hunting by the other races has led to the destruction of many of the older clans, and the rise of the Strygath as a single clan, where most interbreeding is allowed between other Strygath.

The old ways die hard, and as the Strygath are long-lived, there are many children who do not have their parents blessing for their union.

Interaction with other species

It is difficult to categories how Strygath interact with other species as they are not really a single species. Much of their interactions are based on distrust, based on the tendency of other species to hunt and kill them. However, it is not unheard of for Srygath to live in Ithica, or Elmar, where the might of law gives them some protection.

Despite this, it is still very much a social faux-pas for a non-Strygath to have a Strygath pet. Strygath-pet owners have a tendency to die by Strygath attack, which Strygath vehelmently claim is because only a Strygath can truly tame and own a Strygath pet, and know which are safe to own, and which are not.