Gargan

"'A hulking reptile bears close resemblance to a muscular crocodile, and stands massively over you. You feel its immense weight shake and crack the ground, only to realize it would be twice the size if it wasn't slouched over.' - Valengar's Studies on: The Torian Races and Culture"History:

During the first opening of Pliohbban's Conduit, the Island of Gaurude was transformed into a swampland, which was later inhabited by sentient reptilian race who battled their way to the top of the island's food chain. These crocodile-like beasts came to be known as Gargans, and they have ever since taken part in all events around Tor for their own personal gains. Many joined the vampiric purge of Duskar and the Crysillian war, only to feast on their fallen victims and pursue their own independent and primitive goals. After the war period, many were shunned and framed for much of the brutality during the previous wars until 2K BTE during the Phontondtan Crisis, where they proved to be the most effective force on Tor at moving back enemy forces and protecting their home archipelago. In the modern Torian Period, Gargans are valued for their clear goals, brutish strength, and unmatched skills in harsh and demanding combat.

Culture:

Gargans have built no cities, towns, or settlements of their own, choosing instead to occupy both the wild swamps of Gaurude and the settlements established by the Flemans. They are culturally very straight-forward and the most simplistic Torian race when it comes to values and desires. The Gargan bears the most lingering instincts and primal behaviors, seeking water, shelter, and prey. The modernization of Gaurude by the Flemans have helped them to understand the importance of maintaining social status, even though they only do so to get an easier hold of their primitive needs without much struggle. Gargans truly dedicated to a cause other than instinctual causes are very rare, but not impossible to find, the easier type being animistic and astute defenders of their home, and when it comes to it, the whole Torian Archipelago. Some higher races have even come to take in Gargans, training them the same way as pets in order to form close bonds and gain a strong and powerful ally. However, one must not mistake their strong instinctual ties to stupidity, for even though they choose not to show so, they share the same level of intelligence as any other standard race.