Loxodon

The humanoid elephants called loxodons are often oases of calm even the busiest or roughest environments. They hum or chant in sonorous tones and move slowly or sit in perfect stillness. if provoked to action, loxodons are true terrors- bellowing with rage, trumpeting and flapping their ears. Their serene wisdom, fierce loyalty, and unwavering conviction are tremendous assets to those they work with.

History

Loxodon tribes lived in Osirion from the time of Nethys and Azghaad's uniting of the tribes of Osirion. In the early days of the empire, they were instrumental in the construction of the first Pyramids and many Osiriani monuments. Learning from the ways of Old Mage Jetembe, the Loxodons learnt magic primarially in the form of druidism with many of their number forming the druids of Osirion.

Qadiran Invasion

After the Qadiran Invasion, Loxodons lost their two main professions in Osirion. They were hunted as magic users for being commonly druids, and, owing to their fierce loyalty, they would not perform their masonry on Qadiran monuments. Many fled Osirion to the Mawangi Expanse where many jungle dwelling Luxodons live, fled to other areas of the Osiriani empire, or relocated to other regions in need of druids.

As they live for centuries, many Loxodons remember the Qadiran invasion, or have heard of it first hand from their older generation.

Society

Tribes of Loxodon in Osirion today are rare, most you encounter have joined another group.

Relentlessly Loyal

Loxodons believe in the value of community and life. Loxodons believe that the members of a group have a responsibility to look out for each other. Once they joined a group, or bond with other individuals in any capacity, loxodons devote themselves to maintaining that bond. They coordinate their efforts and are often willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the group. They expect reciprocal loyalty and commitment from the other members of their communities and can be severe in their disappointment when their trust is betrayed. The primary difference between loxodons who join different groups is their sense of the size of the community they belong to.

• For the Druidic luxodons of old, their community was the world and all living beings in it-everything valuable, meant to live in harmony, and interdependent.
• For loxodons apart of a settlement, their community could be their gang, district, or the entire settlement. Some see it as the a society of different peoples who need adherence to law and order so they can function together.
• Some loxodons see Osirion as their community, weather that be just True Osiriani, all osiriani raced people living in Osirion, or even an amurrun who's family has lived in Geb for a thousand years.
• Other loxodons see their community as their close allies, gang or organisation alone, with its interests taking priority over those of any other group.

Gifted Stoneworkers

Loxodons are tireless, patient artisans with an unrivaled intuition about their craft. Although they make nurturing spiritual leaders, their gift for stonework is so ingrained that they are often at a loss when they try to impart that knowledge to others. Among the Druids of old, it often fell to loxodons to build their magnificent structures.

Loxodon Names

A loxodon's name includes subtle tones, produced in a loxodon's resonant nasal chambers, that indicate status, family connection, and community role. Since most non-loxodons can't distinguish these underlying tones, let alone produce them. loxodons often translate them into titles. such as Hierarch, Revered, Grandmother or Healer when interacting with other races.
Male Names: Bayul, Berov, Brooj, Chedumov, Dobrun, Droozh, Golomov, Heruj, llromov, Kel, Nikoom, Ondros, Radomov, Svetel, Tamuj, Throom, Vasool
Female Names: Ajj, Boja, Dancu, Dooja, Elyuja, Fanoor, Irij,jasoo, Katrun, Lyooda, Mayja, Radu, Shuja, Soofya, Totoor, Verij, Vesmova, Yoolna, Zarij, Zoorja

Physical Description

Lumbering Giants

Loxodons tower above most other humanoids, standing over 7 feet tall. They have the heads- trunks, tusks, ears, and faces-of elephants, and hulking bipedal bodies covered by thick, leathery skin. Each of their hands has four thick digits, and their feet are the flat-bottomed, oval-shaped feet of elephants. Like that of an elephant, a loxodon's trunk is a useful appendage. In addition to providing a keen sense of smell, the trunk can be used to lift and carry even heavy objects. The trunk can be used to carry both food and liquid to the mouth and can even act as a snorkel.

Loxodon Traits

Ability Scores: Bonus to Constitution and Wisdom. Penalty to Dexterity
Age: Loxodons physically mature at the same rate as humans, and mentally mature only slightly slower, but they live about 400 years. They highly value the weight of wisdom and experience and are considered young until they reach the age of 60.
Alignment: Most Loxodons are lawful, believing in the value of a peaceful, ordered life. They also tend not to be evil.
Size: fully matured Luxodons are Large, younger ones are still above 7 feet tall.
Speed: 20ft
Ancestry Options:Luxodons can gain improved abilities to carry, lift, push, drag, use their trunks, smell, have strong skin, or resist effects thanks to their Loxodon Serinity.

Related Organizations

• Osirion Resistance