Now
lacking the guidence of the Old Ones, they began to develop in their own
fashion. Humanity, the Old Ones' newest and most vulnerable progeny,
were left to learn from contact with the other older races, remembering
virtually nothing of the Old Ones. In Lustria the cities and temples of
the Old Ones gradually decayed and became overgrown by the relentless
jungle.
The Slann
Although
the Old Ones were gone, the lands of Lustria were not left
competely unihabited, fot the Old Ones had not come to the world alone.
They had brought with them their slaves and servants, creatures whose
minds and bodies the Old Ones had found useful. Of these, the most
intelligent were the Slann. These were the organisers, architects and
techno-mages who had built the cities to the design of their masters.
They had also shaped the world itself as commanded by the Old Ones. It
was the Slann who built the polar portals and their magic had maintained
them until the catasrophe. The Slann had even changed the original orbit
of the world to bring it closer to the sun. In doing this they warmed
the atmosphere and caused the continents to tear apart and drift to
create the seas and lands of the world today. It was because the Slann
were second only to the Old Ones themselves in wisdom and understanding
that they were able to do these things.
The Saurus
While
the Old Ones relied upon
The Skinks
The Old
Ones
Primaeval
Reptiles
The Old
Ones bred other reptilian creatures as workers, warriors and beasts of
burden. Gigantic Kroxigor were bred to be tall and powerful construction
slaves able to lift and carry massive blocks of stone for building the
high temple pyramids. Other creatures which had lived in the jungles of
Lustria since the dawn of time were tamed and put to use, such as Cold
Ones as fast mounts for the Skinks to ride into battle and the flying
Terradons that enables Skinks messengers and scout to glide over
impenetrable jungle, swamp and mountains from one pyramid temple to
another. Huge monsters like the dreaded Stegadons were harnessed to
carry heavy burdens for many miles, crashing through dense undergrowth
dragging gigantic boulders behind them or felling the tall trees of the
rain forest with there horns and tusks to make clearings for new temples
and cities.
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