The Serpentine are an ancient subrace of serpentine humanoids related to Yuan-Ti, spanning a massive subterranean river system known as The Delta Serpentine and the sinking city of Al'Adeaf.
Geography
The Serpentine's domain begins in the Fiddlehead Mountains, where a massive subterranean river system known as The Delta Serpentineoriginates. This river flows west, running directly under the city of Al'Adeaf before emptying into a vast subterranean basin governed by the Merca people.
About
Yuan-Ti, the primary members of the Serpentine, exhibit varying degrees of serpentine traits. They are known for their stealth abilities, with some utilizing green skin and war paint for camouflage, while others possess natural chameleon-like abilities. The ancient ancestors of the Yuan-Ti, known as The Serpentine, are sorcerers and practitioners of blood magic, maintaining ancient traditions. They mainly resided in secrecy around Al'Adeaf, descendants of the Merca civilization.
Gods
Serket
Serket, an ancient deity revered by the Yuan-Ti, led them in prehistoric times. Considered a lost god, Serket has minimal appearances in recorded history. However, ancient Serpentine peoples continued to worship and wage wars in their name. Another theory suggests Serket might be another name for the Yuan-Ti god Sseth within the Ta-Shedethen culture.
Types of Serpentine
Anathema
Anathema are nightmarish, nearly immortal Yuan-Ti abominations created or summoned for warfare. Known for their invincibility, they were often entombed in stasis due to the difficulty of killing them. They could still reach out psionically from their prisons, contacting beings underground in Merca or on the surface.
Many of them were locked magically behind a ritual known as The Copper Doors which physically manifested a door to an extradimensional space in which the Anathema was locked. Only with the right magical key and ceremony could the doors be opened or unlocked.
Serpentine Totems
As many of the Serpentine lived under or near Al'Adeaf, they sought to overcome the city's anti-magic defenses through Serpentine Totems and dark Yuan-Ti blood magics. Their goal was to revive Yuan-Ti anathema and reclaim lands for Merca and the ancient Serpentine people.
