Zaurask

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The Zaurask, or formerly known as Zauralidellus, were a sapient race created by the Utraeans to serve as slaves.

Biology[]

The Zaurask are a tribal race of reptillians who lives sweltering jungles, the foggy swamps, in the depth of the forest and even an arid badlands. They are bipedal lizard-like beings with sharp yellow eyes, having four limbs and a long tail. Their scales are made up of keratin, allowing them protection from harsh environment and reduce water loss through evaporation. The colour of their scales ranges from light green to grey, and also reddish, allowing them to blend in the surrounding environment. Zaurask have powerful sense of sight and hearing, which allows them to hunt down their preys or to alert other of intruders. They usually stands around 5 to 6 feet tall, even fewer reaches up to around 8 feet.

Zaurask Claws, Fangs, Whackers, and Fighters have a green draconic form with thick scales to protect their vulnerable body. Their green scales helps them to camouflage against the trees and green plains. Zaurask Slavemaster, Leaders and Slashers are slightly larger and usually have more darker scales than their smaller cousins.

Zaurask Hunters, Spines, Lightnings, and Rangers are gecko-like that have a slender body with grey scales and more smaller than their kinsmen. Their grey scales helps them to blend in with the rocks, ambushing their preys more easily. Despite their lack of physical strength, they are well trained to use their bow and arrows with deadly accuracy.

Zaurask Incanters, Adepts, Seers, and Mages have a small body with green or reddish scales. Their unique features are the skull on their heads that used as a mask, perhaps using them for shamanistic rituals. To make up for lack of physical strength, they have immense use of magic.

Zaurusk Zombies are reanimated corpses of the dead Zaurasks whose resembling an over-sized gecko. The creatures are even one of the largest of the Zaurasks, standing around 8 feet, towering over humans. The skin of their rotting bodies are sickly green-blue colour due to their blood are not flowing. Their eyes are large and glassy, which means they used to have a wide range of vision but now are considered blind, being forced to rely on sense of hearing and touch. Zaurask Zombies may be slow walker, but their long sword makes up for their speed. These unearthly abominations were raised by Nosirrom from his personal bodyguard as they were slain by the Hero of Arhok.

Their leader, Nosirrom, is unique and definitely unmistakable. Norrisom have a gargantuan body with reddish scales and golden eyes. His immense frills covers the sides of his head, similar to frilled lizard. He have a row of spiny horns that runs from the tip of his snout, down along the spine and ends on the tip of his tail. Norrisom carries a large club that strikes fear into the hearts of men, strong enough to crush a man's skull like an egg.

Zaurask society is tribal, and their shamans are adept at using the natural forces around them to attack their enemies. Their power and strength comes through physical combat, and most of their warrior caste bear scars obtained from skirmishes with Utraean or Hassat forces or from ritualistic combat training. Hardened fighters, the Zaurask are not to be trifled with.

They can be heard making guttural growls when being approached and during the fight.

History[]

Long ago, the Zaurasks were coaxed out of the jungles and swamps by the Utraeans thousands of years ago and subjected to Utreaen magic and devices and 'evolved' into the somewhat educated beings that called themselves the Zaurask. They also known as Zauralidellus, whose fond of sneaking into the fruit baskets. The Zaurask, were at first obedient and docile, agreeing out of innocence or ignorance to work for the Utraeans. But eventually they rose up against their masters, and many managed to free themselves from Utraeans rule. Those who tried but failed to escaped were quickly rounded up and enslaved in the mines and factories of the Utraeans cities. Zaurask hatred for the Utraeans and anything associated with them is deep rooted and hence any abandoned structures or cities that the Zaurask have managed to take over will be rife with broken and destroyed Utraean artifacts.

The Zaurask society is a very tribal one with a shamanistic belief in the forces of nature and the power and strength that comes through physical combat. Most of the warrior caste of the Zaurask bears scars of some sort either from skirmishes with Utraean or Hassat forces, or through ritualistic combat training. Zaurask shamans are very adept at summoning creatures to fight for them and in using the natural forces around them to attack their enemies, as well as having normal combat and nature spell-casting ability.

Geography[]

The Zaurasks live in the dry grassland, coastal areas, caves, arid badland, humid jungle, and even the murky swamps.

Natural Resources[]

They relies on woods, bones, and animal skin for building their huts.

Society[]

The mages wear the skull as a ritual mask or to intimidate their foes. The commanders has a shield.

Military machine[]

The Zaurask war machine is organized into four main categories of troop: basic infantry, elite infantry, archers, and mages. They typically do not wear much armor, thanks to their thick, scaly hides (which themselves are often worn as armor adventurers).

List of Zaurask classes[]

Zaurask clans found in the western half of the island, like those near Illicor and Jherkal's Crown, are rather poorly equipped; their melee combatants attacking with their claws and wearing no armor at all. Those found in Xulphae's Cove and in Fortress Emarard are better-armored and carry swords.

Zombies[]

Trivia[]

Most Zaurask units are subject to the Death Blast Glitch on Veteran difficulty or higher; the Leaders in particular dropping the very nice Str 13 Tempered Blade.
Zaurask concept art
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Nosirrom, king of the Zaurask