Lizardmen

their name says it all, their a race of men with lizard shapes or frog shapes. they have a strict cast system that decided their roles in life at 'birth' and they stick to this system in lockstep despite being self-aware. they come in the colors green, blue, and occasionally red

Culture

how lizardmen are born is via a 'spawning pool' these pools are evident in the center of any lizardman settlement these spawning pools will take any lizardman remnants such as shed skin, blood, saliva, etc. and dissolve it then convert it into embryonic tissue that simply floats in the pool eventually growing enough to join lizardman society

lizardmen are exactly as their name implies lizard+man except they lack genitalia. you see there are no female lizardmen in their society unless you see the spawning pools as female. but lizardmen themselves are all masculine in function and attitude

what a lizard man is when he is born is dependant on the needs of the lizardmen. lizardman tall and dumb as ogres are the warriors that make up the frontline and are born the most during times of war. in times of peace small lanky lizardmen are born they are the most dexterous and quick they are the hunters, craftsmen, caretakers but in battle they will also wield blowpipes, javalins, and spears attacking in between their larger cousins

and then theirs the rare-borns the toad-like lizardmen. they are inbetween the sizes of the other two races but are bulbous and fat but they are also the most intelligent of their species these are the leaders of lizardman society these toad-men are beloved by the spirits and are the most powerful shamen you will ever see it is said that dissolved bits of their ancestor gods are what is used in birthing them

lizardmen greatly hate antharg and any of his servants due to lizardmen being territorial and they feel that 'the dark forest' is their territory. wars between them and the skaven and/or yuan-ti are common

the spawning pools make lizardmen dependent on the nutrients available. this is how it can tell when war or peace is at hand since during peace less lizardmen corpses are thrown into it so it has less to make more lizardmen. lizardmen are carnivores that gererally eat their dead enemies, hunted creatures, and livestock so spawning pools rarely get meat that arent lizardmen corpses but would have little issue making lizardmen if fed regular meat.

while lizardmen rarely toss regular meat they commonly toss fruits, vegetables, and other plant matter into it. the nutrients from this activity is likly what embryonic lizardmen feed on.

History

the lizardmen lived in the realm of plague way back when it was instead known as 'the dark forest' they are said to be the first intelligent race suspected to have even been around to (violently) greet lord bane when he had first arrived

the lizardmen worship 'ancestor gods' they refer to as 'the old ones' the old ones were toad men with powers so great they could craft planets and life. it is unknown where the old ones had gone but they are all presumed dead. the shamans of today gain their power from the worship of nature spirits that had once known the ancestor gods

the old ones are said to come from space and lizardmen hold ancient artifacts that can prove it. should a foe sufficiently anger the lizardmen as a race they may bring one such artifact into battle as an all-destroying laser seemingly stolen from some sci-fi film. in addition their toad overlords sit on levitating chairs that are also such artifacts