The Lord Zod looked up the face of the world, and found that now was the proper time to begin. He made the land in E10-12 and F12 into a tropical and subtropical swamp.
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Once this was done he looked upon the creation and found it to be...adequate. From the muck of the swamp he brought forth his creatures in not-quite-his-own image.
Create Race (22)
The Crondins are bipedal, humanoid reptiles, ranging from 7 to 9 feet in height. They're backs are covered with lines of ridges similar to that of a crocodile, with razor teeth and claws. Being reptiles, they are cold-blooded, and as such they do not handle cold well. The most that they would be able to survive in would be in temperate climates, and that just barely. Since they reside in the tropical zone, they wear very scant clothing items, basically amounting to a loin cloth.
At this stage, they have a very decentralized form of governance. Tribes are spread across the swamp regions described above, with patriarchs who lead in war, trade and internal affairs. Their can be viewed as brutal by outsiders, with disagreements being settled by competition and combat. However, they have strict traditions that must be adhered to. Wars must be fought in certain ways, traditions of the victor and the defeated followed, otherwise violators will they will either be punished by their patriarch, or the Ngarjeck, if it is deemed necessary.
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The Ngarjeck were once a tribe of themselves. However, as time passed and they saw that many other tribes were parting with righteous tradition, and took it upon themselves to judge the unrighteous, to cleanse them, installing righteous leaders among the tribes. Eventually, their influence spread, till it covered all the tribes.
The Ngarjeck is a cross-tribal order, the only thing that truly connects all the tribes of the Crondin. Their responsibility is to ensure that tradition, and therefore law and order, in kept by the tribes. Individuals who grossly violate tradition will be punished accordingly, with reciprocal punishment (ie, eye for an eye). A tribe that violates tradition and upsets the balance is thus targeted by the Ngarjeck, and kill the men of the tribe, and take the women and children as their own, thus they become part of the Ngarjeck. Most tribes will hold great contests among their people, both male and female. The contests are based on physical, intellectual, and moral fortitude. Those who win such contests are welcomed into the Ngarjeck, thus solidifying the tribes commitment to tradition, and thus the Ngarjeck.
Knowing that many offenses are committed in the dark, the Ngarjeck are constantly patrolling, often in secret, not announcing their presence to anyone, but instead watching in secret, waiting for the unwary to carelessly offend, and then bring swift judgement upon them.
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