Ophidian

The ophidian race dates back to the beginning of the Fanged Kingdom, roughly 1000 BC and were the ultimate inspiration for the creation of the dragonborn race. The gwerin rulers had uncovered hidden secrets from the aelvar--the techniques and patterns that were used to create humans and orcs. They applied these in lesser ways, breeding in traits of their favored animals, the serpents, into their slave populations of elves and humans. Almost all residents of the Jungle of Fangs descend from these experiments and alterations. The results varied tremendously. Over the 1200 years since then, the various groups have interbred primarily with similar kindreds and have created distinct lineages. The ophidians are one of these. They are the least human, the most altered. Ranging from the nearly untouched (but with serpentine eyes and lingering defenses against magic) to the heavily altered Ba, they live throughout the Jungle of Fangs but especially in the Serpent Dominion at the southern end of the region.