Alright: Race 2, the God Serpents.
Submission Name: God Serpents
Submission Type: Race
Description: The God Serpents are worshiped by the Anzi as the descendants of the Creator that made the universe. The God Serpents are large snakes, up to five meters long, who have quite a bit more intelligence than mere humans. Despite this, they are unable to speak anything other than heir own language of hissing, gurgling and such, and so rely on Blood Priests or their Champions to translate their speech.
God Serpents will, when they reach one year of age, choose an Anzi warrior to become their Champion. The choice could be based on past experience, a great act of heroism, or a display of power. Most often, however, a mighty competition will be held, where any warrior desiring to be the God Serpent’s Champion will participate in a grand, non-lethal free-for-all. The last standing man (or woman) is then taken on as the God Serpent’s Champion.
The God Serpent then gradually builds the power of their Champion through Blood Magic until their Champion becomes a half-snake, half-human hybrid. Their Champion then goes into the world, sometimes at the head of an army or alone, to explore the world and spread the name of the God Serpent. Should this Champion fall, however, the God Serpent will almost never take another Champion, if the pain of their Champion’s death does not kill them first.
An albino God Serpent is treated as a gifted individual who can partially see into the mind of the Creator. These albino God Serpents always rise to positions of great power, usually ending up on the Elder Council long before any other God Serpent would be eligible.
Average Age: God Serpents live for around a century, barring any unfortunate events that would kill the Serpent.
Physical Traits: God Serpents vary greatly in color, with brown, green, black, orange, red or even white scales.
Males and females are similar in size and power, although males posses a cobra-like hood.
Submission Name: Anzi Champion
Submission Type: Race
Description: Anzi Champions are Anzi warriors who have been chosen by a God Serpent. Through Blood Magic, they have been changed from their human form to a hybrid of snake and man. They gain little strength through their transformation, but their agility increases tenfold. They are capable of speaking all languages a human can, as well as the language of the God Serpents and snakes in general. Champions do not wear clothes, unless it is armor or a mark of rank.
In combat, Champions prefer agility to strength. They will dodge instead of blocking, circling their enemy until an opening presents itself. They prefer to use weapons that compliment this fighting style; curved swords and war glaives are common weapons. Champions will also carry knives with elaborate scabbards for use in Blood Magic rituals. If all else fails, they can use their poisonous fangs and sharp claws to attack. They will normally forgo heavy armor, preferring speed to the protection armor would give them.
Most Champions are users of Blood Magic as well as fighters, although the degree of mastery they have varies from individual to individual.
Average Age: Champions will live only as long as their God Serpent does, usually around a century.
Physical Traits: The appearance of a Champion changes depending on how old they are and how far their God Serpent has gone with the Blood Magic rituals. There are three base stages a Champion will be found in:
Early Stage. Here, the Champion is more human than snake. They might have reptilian eyes, heightened senses, large canines, or patches of flesh-colored scales. At this point, they are not much more powerful than a normal human.
Hybrid Stage. Here, the Champion is in-between snake and man. Their skin is covered in scales, they have fangs instead of canines, and they might posses tails or snake-like heads.
Full Transformation. The Champion is now more snake than man. They resemble snakes with human arms and slightly human facial features. Consult the picture below for a better idea of what a fully transformed Champion looks like.
A fully transformed Champion will have the same color of scales that their God Serpent does.
Males and females are identical in ability, although females will still posses slightly larger chests as a remainder of their human origins.
I don't want to have a whole entry for the Anzi jungles; can we just say that there is a thick jungle north of the Tuoreguro mountains? There isn't anything special about the jungle anyway, besides the fact that the Anzi live there.