Mlok

Mlok are basically sapient tree frogs with more dexterous hands. They are excellent climbers and swimmers, and their skin can change color over a period of several minutes, either to match their environment more closely or simply as an indication of mood.

Culture and Biology

Mlok are tribal and very primitive technologically. They live in small tree villages across Blantyrre, making use of a special parasitic plant that naturally forms hollow chambers for them to live in. The plant is mildly magical and relies entirely on the Mlok for protection and spread.

Being frogs, Mlok require water to reproduce. They fill some of the hollow chambers in their symbiotic plants with water for their tadpoles to live in, allowing them to live quite far from rivers and lakes as long as seasonal rains can maintain their reservoirs.

They are obligate carnivores, and can digest a wide variety of prey. While they normally shy away from consuming intelligent prey, they have poor self-control and a starving mlok will eat almost anything.

The Mlok Hordes

Mlok are notorious among the Lizardmen for birthing large numbers of young during times of plenty. When food becomes scarce, tribes simply expel any excess population, telling them to find a new territory. This irresponsible practice often leads to outcast Mlok forming huge hordes that sweep across an area, eating everything edible and sieging any settlement they come across. Due to this, mlok tend to have a very poor reputation and are seen as disgusting savages.

They compete with the Lizardmen for living space and are currently being pushed out of their territories. They have decent contact with humans, but their sensitive skin and tree-borne lifestyle make it hard to adopt human technology.