Salamanders

## Definition

The Salamanders are omnivore and incandescent reptile creatures which originate from Black Forest alongside with the Molten Prowlers and others critters with fire/heat attributes. They can grow as big as a Bernese mountain dog, have a long tongue and their tail is the main weapon against any intruders. Female salamanders are the most aggressive creatures in the Realm, especially when it comes to protecting their nests. Males have very vivid orange coat, females are bigger and more brown colored. Their oil is very valuable across the Realm. It's not only good for fuelling fire for a very long time but it makes the fire completely inextinguishable. Criminal groups and guilds like to abuse this. Since females are aggressive, mostly the male ones are "harvested" for oil.

They are immune to fire and heat but they are **NOT** weak against water and cold. This fact makes them very valuable for the Core faction which always struggles against water and cold. However, salamanders are afraid of every feline-looking characters/creatures or even imageries/sounds, as they remind them about their natural predator, the Molten Prowler. They can also climb walls.

## History

### Prehistorical Period

In this time period, all the salamanders lived the Black Forests. Later, they became followers to the Core and joined its faction to fight against Atmos faction. It was the war betweet the Sky and Earth which weakened the Realm so much that CHAOS was able to gain power all over the place. Some early Alchemists started to use them as „ingredients” for their Homunculus experiments.  Mindweaver also has a salamander in his chest which provides him "Fire breath" ability.

### "Chaos" [Dragon Age]

Their status didn’t change, they were still in the Core faction but fought against CHAOS instead of Atmos.

### 1st Golden Age

Many salamanders started to leave the Black Forests. Other human groups started to discover the salamanders again and their many uses as fire, oil or food source. Moreover, their thick skin is fireproof, making it very useful against dragons.

### 1st Scourge

Goblins had a big trouble with dealing with female salamanders, later they completely gave up interrupting them. Remained salamanders also went back to the Black Forests where they were safe from Goblins.

### "The Calm Years"

Humans and Salamanders started to
contact with each other once again. Some mages and alchemists decided to domesticate them and created different breeds of salamanders.

### 2nd Scourge

The Second Goblin Scourge for the Salamanders was way more active than the previous one. They  supported the mages  and the alchemists in their battles.

### 2nd Golden Age

Nothing significant happened with them in this time period. They lived peacefully with other races.

### "Crystal rebellion"

The Crystal War between many races required them to take part in it. Salamanders joined to almost all sides possible. The Magistate used them in various experiments and made them cooperate with the remained Iron Golems. The Resistance captured a lot of them, later they released them back to their original home if the salamanders wanted. To show them gratitude, some of them joined to the Resistance.

By Zhin's request, The Thousand Hand Guild members started to adopt them, primarily for salamander oil in order to sell them to the Realm Black Market.