Liishruti

Liishruti look vaguely humanoid in appearance (upright bipedal, no tail) but are not related to humanoids. Instead they are the descendants of therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) that survived to the present day without becoming mammals. The Tyzari saw a great deal of potential in the Liishruti’s dolphin-smart ancestors, and used magic to modify them a bit, creating the intelligent Liishruti race. One of the modifications was the addition of gills.

Liishruti have three webbed toes on each foot and five digits, including opposable thumbs, on each hand. Their thumbs have large claws which they use for self defense and fighting. They’d prefer not to use them for fighting though, as the Liishruti are essentially peace-loving. The males are much taller than the females, which is related to the females’ historical need to stay on land for long amounts of time during the egg-laying season. Their smaller bodies are more suited to travel on land, while the males have a harder time balancing on their feet.

The Liishruti are the only race to have kept consistent records all the way from the time of the Dawn Age to the present, but their histories only cover Kai-Hu. They lived as equals among the Tyzari until the latter’s extinction, but carried the legacy of their civilization on. Liishruti magic works off of stable capacitor nodes. Their conduits are more primitive than those in a humanoid khaalnas, and their stable capacitors mean they emit no aura. Magical power in a Liishruti is also gleaned directly from the soul, without any processing inside nodes like in humanoids.