Editing Arcanis (section)

==Ss'ressen==
[[Ss'ressen]] are the [[lizardfolk]] of Arcanis, bred and shaped from humble reptilian stock by the [[ssanu]] during the days of the Yahssremoran Empire, and they continue to serve its successors, the Ssethregoran Empire.

...Well, ''most'' of them do. One subrace, the Black Talons, collectively found religion and, guided by the deity known as the Fire Dragon, grew disgusted with the cruelty and decadence of the Ssethregoran, causing them to flee to the swamps of Milandir and forge their own path as allies to ithe val'Holryn Dukes of Tralia who rule over their new homeland.

Only the Black Talons are discussed in the setting corebook, but the rest of the ss'ressen strains - both the Black Talon offshoots of Ghost Scales, Ashen Hides, and the Brood of Ven val'Sosi, and the Empire loyalists of Barbed Tail, Curled Tail, Dark Crest, Death's Head, Emerald Scale, Flaming Tongue, Ghost Scale, Horned Jowl, Long Claw, Razor Claw and Venomous Scale - are discussed and made playable in the Codex Geographica II.

Ironically, ss'ressen of different subraces, or "clutches" as they call themselves, instinctively hate each other on sight (except for the Black Talons and their offshoots), as their [[ssanu]] masters engineered this trait into them to keep them from organizing against them. Whilst it's clearly worked, one has to wonder how the hell the [[ssanu]] manage to organize them into an effective force.