Grung

Grung are a race of Tiny Amphibian proto-humans that first appeared in the book The Autistic Hero 2: Worlds Clashing. They are a Subspecies of the Bullywug that made their homes in Tropical and Subtropical regions of earth before being sent to Reptaria in the past. They are smaller than their larger swampy cousins but did in fact survived longer than the bullywugs on earth but then after a food shortage in the ancient native american areas they were sent to Reptaria's Tropical regions. a Grung is seen in the chapter where the All Realms Meeting is initiated and a Blue Chieftain Grung is seen sitting next to a Bullywug Shaman in a high chair. They were actually bred on their own after several generations without the help of a deity.

## Biology

Adult Grungs usually stood at approximately 3 feet tall. Males were generally smaller than females which is seen in many animal and humanoid species before humans. They resemble small humanoids with strong toad or frog-like legs that ends in webbed feet. Their torsos and heads were less amphibian and more humanoid but still had that same lumpy texture. They had muscular forelimbs and their hands had opposable thumbs. These creatures stood upright erect and moved about in quick, short hops. Unlike frogs and toads, however, Grung were incapable of long leaps hence why their environment filled with low hanging leaves was perfect.

The evolution of grung gave them intelligence, opposable thumbs, and ingenuity, but took away their prehensile tongues, which were common among other amphibian races. This adaptation left grung with wide, sharp teeth-filled mouths which were laced with Poison. Their bright-colored skins were kept slick and wet as they breathed through it. Grung eyes were comparatively smaller than those of frogs or toads and were crowned with hard protective ridges. Their eye color was red with black pupils. Their colors are so bright and vibrant as to warn predators not to eat them because of their Highly deadly Poison.

Grungs reproduced by laying eggs, which hatched into grey tadpoles which metamorphosed into amphibious humanoids over three months, and into adults over another six to nine months by which time their skin had adopted the bright colors which would identify their castes. Grungs could have as much as 180 offspring in 1 setting. It is thought that this would have caused Overpopulation amongst their landscape so they were put away.

## Abilities

Poisonous Secretion: The Grung's skin was covered in this deadly poison which is as lethal as the toxins as the modern day Poison Dart frog, however these can have more than 1 property, Gold Grung Poison is able to Charm opponents, Green Grung Poison is able to Restrict movements, Blue Grung poison can cause a Victim to cry and scream in pain against their will implying a source of Neurotoxin, Purple Grungs will give the Sensation of Dehydration and make the victim painstakingly search for a water source and then drink until they get sick from all the water bloating and eventually bursting their belly, Red Grung's Poison awoke primal hunger in it's victim and caused them to become cannibalistic and attack each other, Orange Grung poison caused fear of one's allies causing them to break away from the group and thus be cornered easier, and a Rare all black poison dart frog will cause a victim's lungs to enhance in size until they become balloons of Poison which suffocate the victim and also cause bursting of the lungs after a minute of exposure.

Weapon Handling: Grungs could use weapons such as Daggers and Bows and they will wipe their poisonous secretion on their weapons to inflict these Ailments on a victim

Amphibiousness: Grungs can breathe in air and water.

Intelligence: Grung were as intelligent as their Bullywug Cousins.

Climbing: Grungs were also excellent climbers and could easily scale trees near the Marshy swamps with ease.

## Trivia

The Black Grung is considered a rare breed, as rare as the Albino Humpback Whale in Probability.