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#REDIRECT [[Sleklith]]

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The sleestak are an ancient race; those alive are only degenerate reminders

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of what they once were. Once they were powerful and terrifying as they raided

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all along the waterways of Lost Souls, but that was long ago. Even farther

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back in the reaches of time they were one of the peoples who formed the Istax

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Empire, along with the [[dracon]], the [[zuth]], and the lost s'tali. After the fall

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of that realm, the sleestak reverted to barbarism, but retained much skill and

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power. In the following centuries, though, the great swamps that were their

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homes were diminishing, drying out and being drained. The formation of the

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Great Rift reversed this process with the creation of the Blackwater, but by

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this time the greatness of the sleestak had been lost.

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In the present age, the sleestak have gone from barbarism back to savagery,

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their cultures barely greater than that of the most primitive of tribal bands.

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Their intellects, never renowned, are generally low to moronic. They live in

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small villages of twenty or thirty individuals. These are not organized along

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family lines like most human tribes, for the sleestak do not have a concept

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of family; for them there is only the individual and the community.

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In shape, sleestak are powerful, humanoid reptiles. The average male is

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seven feet tall from the top of the head to the tip of the toe. They

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seldom stand fully erect, however, walking hunched over or on all fours. Their

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hands and feet have long, finger-like talons with webbing in between. Their

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faces have powerful lizard-like snouts. They have no noses, only breathing

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nostrils set above their large, lidless eyes. Their bodies are covered in

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thick, alligator-like leather, ridged and spiny down the back, soft and supple

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on the underside. Sleestak skin is various shades of greens, browns and

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yellows, giving them a natural camouflage in the reedy waterways of the swamp.

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Their massive tail is noted for its usefulness in combat, but their speed and

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agility are unimpressive. Sleestak live very short lives, growing quite old

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at fifty years. They speak the Hithal tongue, usually have some fragments of

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old Assarith, the tongue of the Istax Empire, and know little else of the

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arts of speaking.

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-Sleestak:
+#REDIRECT [[Sleklith]]
-The sleestak are an ancient race; those alive are only degenerate reminders
-of what they once were.  Once they were powerful and terrifying as they raided
-all along the waterways of Lost Souls, but that was long ago.  Even farther
-back in the reaches of time they were one of the peoples who formed the Istax
-Empire, along with the [[dracon]], the [[zuth]], and the lost s'tali.  After the fall
-of that realm, the sleestak reverted to barbarism, but retained much skill and
-power.  In the following centuries, though, the great swamps that were their
-homes were diminishing, drying out and being drained.  The formation of the
-Great Rift reversed this process with the creation of the Blackwater, but by
-this time the greatness of the sleestak had been lost.
-In the present age, the sleestak have gone from barbarism back to savagery,
-their cultures barely greater than that of the most primitive of tribal bands.
-Their intellects, never renowned, are generally low to moronic.  They live in
-small villages of twenty or thirty individuals.  These are not organized along
-family lines like most human tribes, for the sleestak do not have a concept
-of family; for them there is only the individual and the community.
-In shape, sleestak are powerful, humanoid reptiles.  The average male is
-seven feet tall from the top of the head to the tip of the toe.  They
-seldom stand fully erect, however, walking hunched over or on all fours.  Their
-hands and feet have long, finger-like talons with webbing in between.  Their
-faces have powerful lizard-like snouts.  They have no noses, only breathing
-nostrils set above their large, lidless eyes.  Their bodies are covered in
-thick, alligator-like leather, ridged and spiny down the back, soft and supple
-on the underside.  Sleestak skin is various shades of greens, browns and
-yellows, giving them a natural camouflage in the reedy waterways of the swamp.
-Their massive tail is noted for its usefulness in combat, but their speed and
-agility are unimpressive.  Sleestak live very short lives, growing quite old
-at fifty years.  They speak the Hithal tongue, usually have some fragments of
-old Assarith, the tongue of the Istax Empire, and know little else of the
-arts of speaking.