Traxbon
There are
few people anywhere across Espeth that are as cool and collected as the
traxbon. Although many would say this
has to do with their reptilian heritage, it is in fact due to their instinctive
attunement to the world around them.
They understand that all things pass and that over-reacting to something
is often the first step in failure.
Traxbon do
not recognize individual families as the other species of Espeth do. To a traxbon the first and most important
allegiance is to the race as a whole and to the protecting of its already
fragile society. The loss of two of
their most holy cities, along with the deaths of so many of their numbers at
the hands of the Dragon King has created a ripple of fear to course through the
hearts of this normally stoic people.
The traxbon
have not sought to be a political or military power on the continent for many
generations. They are content to merely
protect their lands and live lives of general seclusion away from the rest of
the world. This standard of staying to
themselves served the traxbon well enough for the last several years, even in
the face of the cyclopean advance.
However the destruction of two of their sacred sites, Ta’link and
Mi’athua, at the hands of the Dragon Kings forces has led many traxbon to
believe it is time to take up arms and go to war for the first time in
centuries.
The traxbon
are led by the sha’karmet. The
sha’karmet are the priests of the traxbon and among the only ones able to
harness magical powers. All traxbon
children are tested at one month of age to see if they possess any form of
magical talent. Those that exhibit
magical aptitude are taken from their families and begin training as a
priest. Of those that begin the training
roughly three-quarters will fail to become fully fledged priests. Of those that fail only half will prove
worthy of becoming sha’keth, the warlords and champions of the traxbon, while
the rest will go on to become servants for the priests and sha’keth.
The sha’keth
are among those traxbon who are able to use magical spells but not to the great
extent of the high priests. Sha’keth are
trained to combine their magical abilities with martial skills to become
masters of warfare and the protectors of the traxbon as a people. Sha’keth are taught to be totally fearless
and to protect the traxbon society with every breath.
Unlike the
other races of the region the traxbon do not have any form of standing
army. There are far too few traxbon for
them to be able to front a force suitable for open field warfare. To make up for the lack of a standing army
all traxbon, male and female, are trained in the arts of self-defense and are
expected to act in the defense of their home.
“The average traxbon male has a body length of up
to eight feet, with females being only a bit smaller. They possess a humanoid upper body but from
their waist down are entirely serpentine in nature. There are a variety of different coloration
patterns found among the traxbon, but the most common are those similar to the
natural varieties of snake and reptile found in close proximity to their
enclaves.
Traxbon arms are long and quite strong, ending in
a wide hand made up of two fingers and a thumb.
Traxbon do not possess any sort of hair but pride themselves on the
luster and upkeep of their scales. Most
prefer to wear loose fitting shawls and coverlets made of light materials in
bright colors, particularly shades of blue and yellow. The priests of the traxbon wear loose robes
cinched at the waist by wide cloth wraps.
The priest’s robes are decorated in vibrant depictions of the traxbon
deities or great moments in traxbon history.”
-From a Poets Observations by Whilmet Darhs
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