Nagas
A beautiful naga resting on her branch after a good meal. Picture by hyakkidour4n from his Deviantart gallery
Nagas are half human, half snake people. There are many different species and sub-species on Felarya, from the enigmatic diamond nagas to the rare Hydranagas with three human bodies attached together; there are far too many naga species to be listed properly. Their size varies a lot, ranging from 6 feet "head to ground", to about "120 feet head to ground", with varying total body lengths.
Giant nagas are very dangerous and pose an enormous threat to adventurers on Felarya. They are fast and agile predators, surprisingly silent for their size and possess huge appetites. They love to ambush convoys and small groups of humans. A typical giant naga eats about 5 humans a day to stay healthy, and many more in order to feel satiated. If the hunt is going poorly, they will start eating animals, and some have even included fruits and vegetables in their diet.
Nagas have very strong stomachs. Not only it can digest just about everything, but it's very resistant to damage as well. Once an unfortunate adventurer finds himself trapped inside one, there is really only one thing that can happen.
In battle, nagas mostly use their tail, along with their bare fists and sometimes a weapon. A naga's tail is tremendously strong, and can do great damage when swung, crushing their foes between the ground and their tough scales. In spite of their physical powers nagas are usually peaceful towards other creatures and are not really a war-like race. The major exception is when dealing with dridders, who have been their natural enemies since time immemorial.
Most nagas are potentially powerful spell casters, though their talent appears rather late in their life (aside from ice and emerald nagas, to whom magic is as natural as breathing).
Nagas usually have a favored element, which means that they feel more at ease and focused when in contact with that element. They are also more prone to learn magic based around this element, and more resistant to being damaged by it as well.
The naga Sola, object of an unwanted attention ^^. Picture by Sartana-kun from his Deviantart gallery
Contents
Known nagas grouped by elemental alignment
Nature: Crisis, Namesta, Terra
Ice: Rin
Lightning: Anna
Unaligned/alignment not known: Katrika, Malika
Hydranagas
A very rare, almost legendary species of naga. They are said to live in the deepest portions of Felarya, that very few explorers have ever reached. From the tales describing them, hydranagas have a multi-colored snake part and three humans bodies attached together, each of them with their own personnality and skills. For example, an hydranaga could be composed of a patient and quiet strategist, a fierce and impulsive warrior and a cute and shy spellcaster. This make hydranagas an extremely powerful and versatile creature when the three bodies are in accord, which is not always a given...
Like one could guess, hydranagas have an enormous appetite. As a matter of fact, from the tales depicting them, it appears that each time a hydranaga was seen, they were pushed out of their zone by hunger, rampaging and gorging themselves on entire villages before taking off once satiated.
Diamond Nagas
Like hydranagas, they are a very rare species. They live only in caverns or near minerals and your best chance to meet one would be to find the legendary cristal forest.
Diamond nagas are the absolute bane of spellcasters. Their entire body attract spells like a metallic bar attract lightning in a storm. The naga can then choose to reflect it back to the caster, which is what happens by default, or absorb it to strenghten their own magic. Indeed, diamond nagas are excellent spellcasters themselves.
Their magic is strange and always very unpredictable. It's based on "real illusions" and transmutation. Diamond nagas also posess the ability to make part of their body become pure diamond during a few seconds. For example, a diamond naga punching an ennemy would make their fist become diamond just before the impact.
A diamond naga manipulating some mysterious and powerful energies with her mage friend. Picture by Shyguy9 from his Deviantart gallery
Pit Nagas
Pit nagas have demonic blood, thus they wear various demonic features such as horns, spiked golden scales and sometimes red skin. It's not uncommon for some specimens to have additional pairs of arms as well. Pit nagas usually live deep underground and possess a perfect night vision.
Like one could figure, they are very friendly with demons in general and succubi, especially the silver. It's common for a pit naga to have a pact with a succubus so they can summon each other if needed.
Pit nagas are formidable warriors. Unlike other nagas, they don't use much their tail and prefer weapons such as sabers. Their snake-like reflexes and speed combined with great strenght makes a deadly combination. Moreover, the dark blue blood of a pit naga has a very strange and rare property of pain reflexion. In short, if you draw blood of a pit naga, you will suffer the exact same pain, which become lethal as well if you kill the naga. Obviously, confronting a pit naga is a much more suited job for an elemental spellcaster.
Pit nagas of Felarya very rarely come to surface, unless they are really starving. And even then, they would usually just use their pact with a succubi to be transported to the location of their friend and hunt together.
Pit nagas are dreaded by elementals and ghosts for their natural ability to see and feed on wandering spirits.
