Loxodon

*The humanoid elephants called loxodons are often oases of calm in the busy streets of Sharn. They hum or chant in sonorous tones and move slowly or sit in perfect stillness. If provoked to action, loxodons are true terrors - bellowing with rage, trumpeting and flapping their ears. As they say, "There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man."*

There are three varieties of Loxodon known to exist: the Wooly Loxodon, the Sarlonian Loxodon, and the Loxo.

viking-like mamoth people who make their home in the frozen wasteland of the Frostfell, and the Sarlonian Loxodon, pious pacifists hailing from Sarlona.

and the . The Wooly Loxodon .

At some point before the Sundering, a small number of loxodon migrated to Sarlona and made their home there. Those Loxodon living in Sarlona eventually lost the thick layers of hair as an adaptation to their new enviroment.

## Wooly Loxodon

The eldest species of Loxodon is the Wooly Loxodons, which boasts an appearance more akin to the Woolly Mammoth. This no doubt explains why they felt they could survive the frozen plains of the Frostfell. Sages believe that the Wooly Loxodon was the first species of Loxodon to be found in Eberron. Most Wooly Loxodons keep most of their hair trimmed but leave longer strands of hair on the top of their hair or on their arms. Longer hair is almost always braided and adorned with trinkets, many of which have familial value. They survived off of the bounty of the ocean and are comfortable with sailing because of this. All Loxodon cities in Frostfell were on the coast and many Loxodons feel uncomfortable if the ocean is more than a half a days walk away.

The Wooly Loxodons lived in isolation in their tundran homes until the rest of the common races began exploring the great oceans and spreading beyond their own continents. Though never a common occurrence, the rate of interaction with the outside world steadily increased over the centuries. Around 500 YK, a movement had sprouted among the Loxodons to spread out to the rest of the world. Some decided to visit far off nations and learn what they could to bring back to Frostfell. Others recognized the raw strength they held over the smaller races, and wielded that power to pillage the countryside and take what they rightly deserve. The piracy and costal raids of the Wooly Loxodons rival that of the Lhazaar Principalities.

## Sarlonian Loxodon

At some point prior to the Sundering, a jarldom of sea-fairing Loxodon from the Frostfell discovered the continent of Sarlona. They pillaged the countryside and destroyed costal cities, until several kingdoms of Sarlona brokered peace with the mamoth-kin. In return for an end to the raids, the Loxodon vikings were granted titles of nobility and given parcels of land to settle. Those Loxodon living in Sarlona eventually lost the thick layers of hair as an adaptation to their new enviroment. Though the loxodon nobles were deposed with the rise of the Unity of Riedra, many still make their homes on the outskirts of the empire.

## Loxo

**Loxos** (also pluralized as **loxoth**) are large humanoid elephants with two trunks and bluish-gray skin. They roam Xen'Drik in hunter-gatherer groups. Peaceful in nature, Loxos are an isolationist people who have had little contact with the sentient races of Khorvaire. Loxos were largely considered a myth, until around the year 825 YK when sightings of them became prevalent enough that people began to accept their existence.

Loxos stayed with their own kind but would occasionally travel to Stormreach for trade. They ignored the conflicts of the region around them unless it threatened their own people. To them, extremes in life were detrimental whereas balance contributed to the survival of the herd. Loxo clans, also referred to as herds, typically consisted of a few family units and unattached males. Defending the clan were a number of *fithik* (lieutenants), the *lox-fithik* (herd-lieutenant or chief), and the *tannuk* (wizard).

Loxos spoke their own language, but a few among their tribes have learned to speak Common to negotiate and trade with Khorvairian explorers nearby. They worship a version of the Giant Pantheon.