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[366 Days of Monsters] Day 096/366 - Werelynx

Added 2020-04-15 16:53:11 +0000 UTC

For nearly 2,000 years, a race of hill dwarves known as the Roe'dgopé (ROE-da-GO-pay) have thrived in the Vaskil Valley. These dwarves are well known for their lyncanthropic nature. They are able to transform into lynxes, large, thick-pelted mountain cats. This ability was passed down by the chief god of the Roe'dgopic Pantheon, Omjun, to protect them against the dangers of the Basilisk's Spine Mountains. Although their condition is contagious, the dwarves never share their lyncanthropy with outsiders. Along with the Inak, the Anorians, and Subterranean drakes of Vaskil Valley, the Roe'dgopé are one of the Immortal Four.

Never Trust an Elf. When the tribes of man settled The Summer Land to the south, the two races lived together in harmony. Then, at the turn of the new millennium, the humans marched west over the Basilisk's Spine Mountains and conquered the Anorian elves. The Anorians who survived were forced east through the mountains to settle in Vaskil Valley. The Roe'dgopé saw the arrival of the Anorians as an invasion of their territory. Furthermore, they blamed the humans for the event as they saw the humans awarding the elves lands that weren't theirs to give. Both being long-lived races, tensions have remained high between the elves and dwarves for the last 1,000 years. The Vaskil River acts as the boundary between the two races, with the Anorians to the east of the river and the dwarves to the west.