Continuing with our slow reveal of the world of Valkana, here’s another piece of art:
So what you see here is an early rendering of our lizardpeople race, who we call Saurians. In the history of Valkana, the Saurians were the dominant species for a very long time, due to their mastery of technology. While the other indigenous species were crawling up out of the mud, the Saurians built mighty war machines, and dominated the world. They enslaved the Orcs (the Orcs are still pretty upset about this) and subjugated the Elves, Dwarves, and Cloustra, among others.
But one day, there was an apocalyptic event (every species and society has their own version of the story, and their own explanation of the sky falling down). When the sky fell down on the world, the Orcs took it as a sign and rebelled against the Saurians. The other peoples of Valkana saw the Orcs rebelling, and decided to get on that train while it was still chugging along.
A long and brutal war ensued, but eventually the Saurians were defeated, at great cost to all sides.
Now, the world is mostly at peace, and though old tensions still simmer, the Saurians and Orcs live side by side with Elves, Humans, Dwarves, and the Professorandmaryann, in a world they built on the ruins of the old.
In our campaign, Hank Green is playing a female Saurian, and Yuri Lowenthal is playing a Half Saurian/ Half Orc. They both have incredibly interesting back stories, and we had a great time exploring them.
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Yes, the Saurian empire fell, but please tell me their brandy-manufacturing concern is still intact??
Who is the artist (or artists)?
Oh please let The Professorandmaryann be an actual race in this campaign. That’s too good not to use.
The Professor and MaryAnne are the proprietors of the Dick and Pickle. The Prof’s real name is Richard and MaryAnne thought it would be a memorable name.
Their signature drink is the electric Pina Colata which is served in oversized coconuts. They have a special straw that lights up when you drink from it.
They do have a massive pickle bar with all sorts of vegetables and pickled meats, and its all you can eat.
Its a great place to go, but has a real Mos Eisley (sp?) feel to it. The name tends to attract people from the other side of the tracks (and yuppies on Tuesday night.. Don’t ask.)
great artwork .. 🙂 more please .. 🙂
Why is the lizard pirate wearing a cummerbund made of wieners?
Its a series of tubes..
So… Orcs and Saurians are genetically related? Or is there some kind of hybridation technology that allows for two (very) different species to interbreed? I mean, half-elf/half-human I understand (I can believe they are closely related species), and orcs are traditionally related to elves (one way or another) so half-human/half-orc is as likely. But it looks like orcs and saurians wouldn’t even be in the same class, how do you get a half-saurian/half-orc? Are orcs related to reptiles in Valkana (that would be an interesting turn)?