Lagartosian “Snouts”

Lagartosian “Snouts”
The Lagartosian “Snouts”, sometimes called Lagars, are second largest of the “Snouts”, at least with regards to general muscle-tone. They have snouts that are short, u-shaped almost blunt, with a distinct overbite. They are often used as scouts and archers. This is due, in most cases, to the fact that the Lagars are better and faster swimmers, are faster and can run farther than their cousins, and on average grow to be 8ft. to 10ft. tall. They do have tempers, but direct confrontation is usually needed to set them off. Something they do not go out of their way to find. They prefer to live farther from the ocean than any of “Snouts” and have a diet of almost of an omnivore.

History
The Lagars resemble their non-sapien cousins, alligators, in more than just appearance. These muscular and surprisingly fast and cunning hunters are respected for their stalking and ambush skills. Used as scouts in lower elevation watershed areas, as they are able to move fast and stealthily both on the ground and in the water than most races. They are well-known short range and pop-up archers, useful for their habit of hijacking merchant caravans moving through their territory without proper pay-offs. The Lagars are a territorial tribe, becoming aggressive when personal space or tribal territories are improperly crossed. This tendency to be territorial makes them excellent guards, scouts, and other jobs that require a constant vigilance. They also tend to participate in river piracy, using small skiffs and their ability to float unseen at the bottom of riverbeds to stealthily board ships as they pass or anchor the ship for the night. They have also been known to appropriate Ghar-ian's seine fishing nets to tangle oars and rudders of oncoming ships. Riverbed mounted, spring loaded, hull piercing apparatus is also a favorite of the Lagars to create defensive armaments for their stilt towns and villages. The Northern and Southern branches of the Lagars tribes did not alter as much as the Ghar-ians and other than speech pattern it can be difficult to tell them apart. Their hunting styles, food preferences, housing types, and settlement preferences were accommidating to both regions that were still livable after the "Elven-Dwarven-Aviarus Cataclysm War" began.