Leiasko'onen

Leiasko’onen as a race are content to dwell in their darkness completely separately from the other race inhabiting their level of the Underdark, the Fvelt. Their pods found no water: instead they found rock and hard earth. They tunneled into this rock and built homes for themselves and hollowed out towns and villages and hamsteads. Their families tunneled and died together for generations, forming intricate systems of caves that led on for miles. Some rooms were blocked off and avoided as members of the families passed on, and new ones were dug as new family was brought into the world. Family is what the Leiasko’onen have and they protect it more than they do their own lives.

Physical description: Leiasko’onen look like something between a potato made out of rock and a wolverine. They have protruding lower jaws, small eyes, large flat noses, and a light dusting of fur around the bristly mane of hair that runs down their spines. Their digging claws are enormous and sturdy enough to dig their caves. They have long, muscular arms and disproportionately short legs. Their hide is incredibly tough and protects them from the chill of the middle of the Underdark.

Society: Leiasko’onen mainly live in familial suburbs of Durgh, the city where they are among their own kind almost exclusively. Their patriarchal families all answer to the patriarch of Durgh, a troll named Lon Igeruk, almost like they were in turn his children.

Relations: Slow to change and grow, Leiasko’onen don’t like outsiders. They won’t perform outward aggression, but they also aren’t accepting.

Alignment: Leiasko’onen favor the neutral spectrum above all else.

Adventurers: Few and far-between, Leiasko’onen adventurers seek the light with a fervent curiosity unmatched by many others. They find joy in the unknown: something the family elders have always tried to teach them to fear.