Races with Flavor: Attendants of Dawn
The Nahuas (nah’-wahz, singular Nahua) are also known as Attendants of Dawn and Dawnwardens. It is left to them to cleanse the world of the dregs of Evernight so that the path may be cleared for the sun. Nahuas are all animals– exceptional animals, but animals nonetheless.
There are three types of Nahua; the Couatls, Ocelotls, and Cipactli.
The Couatls are great feathered serpents with rainbow wings which patrol the skies. Couatls are the mightiest of the Nahuas, and also the least common. They range from 15 to 30 feet long and typically have a wingspawn as long as their bodies. Couatls are universally seen as a sign of good luck, hope, and protection and frequently featured in artwork. Each morning they come down from the clouds, and return back to them when their hunt is over.
The Ocelotls are exceptionally large jaguars, some standing at the shoulder as tall as a man. Their claws are like razors and their teeth daggers; they are canny and cunning hunters and the tribes of the Rathi Basin seek to embody the spirit of the Ocelotls in their hunts. The Ocelotls seems to come from the horizon, and when they depart they just run out of sight.
Finally, the Cipactli are small, but ravenous, alligator-like creatures, each about the size of your arm. Swarms of thousands of Cipactli patrol the waters and coastlines to destroy any evils lurking there. Cipactli embody the spirit of teamwork and cooperation, for even such small animals are capable of battling a megathon if they work in concert.
Nice extension of the cosmology.
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