Just as the Old Ones’ Great Plan foretold, the Mortal Realms have aligned once again and delivered a glimpse of a new spectacular saurian – this time, a sacred beast created in the image of the incandescent Chotec the Invigorator.
Found in the most volcanic regions of the Mortal Realms – and hence all over Aqshy, where they’re often hunted by Fyreslayers – the Spawn of Chotec are fire-spitting salamanders which the Seraphon revere as the offspring of the sun god himself.
The Sun Acolytes who handle these sour-tempered salamanders are marked for their duty from birth. When the stars flare and the spawning pools boil, the skinks who emerge are blessed with incredible resistance to heat, as well as frills that resemble Chotec’s own sunburst.
In between burning sacrificial victims alive, these disciples are tasked with raising salamanders – then sedating them with crawtoad venom and fitting Old One technology into their skulls. These precious relics allow the Sun Acolytes to direct their choleric charges with light-emitting staves.
When a skink handler marks a foe with a dot of ruby-tinted light, the Spawn of Chotec hawks a viscous Glob of Flame Acid at the target. The ensuing splatter not only ignites immediately, it’s caustic enough to leave victims vulnerable to further attacks.
That’s not their only trick. Foes who stray too close may find out what happens when skinks feed their pet salamander some tasty emberstone treats…
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