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Creativity - the lizards possess an intricate mind and are brilliant actors, masters of hipocricy. Canny lizards master subtle intrigues, but they like to conceal their sharp intellect under the mask of rude, clowning savages. To great extent the appearance of lizards is to blame for such a poor reputation.

Self-respect, reduced to extreme vanity.
Exaggerated sexuality, bordering on salacity.
Creativity - the lizards possess an intricate mind and are brilliant actors, masters of hipocricy.Canny lizards master subtle intrigues, but they like to conceal their sharp intellect under the mask of rude, clowning savages. To great extent the appearance of lizards is to blame for such a poor reputation. But these creatures use their own ugliness as a perfect disguise - who would expect in a tall, wicked snake a head of a giant continental corporation, seeking for questionable business.

Everyone who has just made a fleeting acquaintance with lizards would suppose the representatives of this race have absolutely no notion of intellectuality, refinement or even politeness and good manners. An extern observer would describe them in general as ruffians and swines. It should be mentioned though, that lizards' aggression is not just a mask. They are a unique race indeed who, not restrained by any moral scruples, find their fulfillment in obscure life of street gangs or in hazardous business of war or geological exploring expeditions. Lizards are agile and forceful, armed with claws and teeth. Their skin is thick, covered with scales of various shades. From their reptile-ancestors they have inherited a strong tail, typical scull and vertical pupils. Their movements are those of animals, rush and smooth at the same time. Female lizards are in every respect as temperamental and venturous as male ones. They are spectacular, their sweeping movements are graceful and their carriage immaculate.

Lizards were originally settled in the region of Baahornin the South-west of Sanadaria. Their character had always made relations with the neighbours rather complicated. Zwergs were lizards' patrons once and lizards learnt a lot from them, but when they decided there was nothing more worth knowing they rebelled against the arrogant attitude of their undersized neighbours and sought conflicts with them. Looking for political allies lizards have never specially appreciated spiritual congeniality, they choose those, whom they could use best at the moment. They allied with militant dispised kelebra, as they hoped to deprive zwergs of some of their lands. When the plan didn't work and the allied forces of zwergs and human, supported by tenqui and sidhe forced lizards back, the latter had no scruples to declare arrawns, who were feared and hated as no other race, to their allies. Lizards even made kelebra collaborate with their worst enemies. Thus the Alliance of the Three was contracted. The states of the Alliancehad no more in common than military interests in the world politics, which was the reason of their backward position in magical and technological development. But lizards' foresight always helped the Allianceto catch up with its adversaries at a critical moment. Lizards were not interested in progress because of the good it could bring the planet, but because of the profit. The most famous lizard magician and alchemist caused the greatest economical crisis in the postwar world by finding a way to forge gold. Though, it should be mentioned, this unhappy event initiated a new great step in the development of the world and gave rise to the establishment of crystal-secured non-cash payment system.

 

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