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Lizard Lord
Reptilis Seyhrain. Planar animal lord [he/him] N
Realm: Beastlands / Karasuthra / Lizard Lord’s Slither
Aloof from any of the politics of the Beastlands, the Lizard Lord lurks in the shadowy darkness of Karasuthra, waiting with his slithering minions the snakes and lizards. The current Lizard Lord is not really one to to talk much, and berks who stumble upon his realm usually find themselves dead by serpentine poison within the hour. Lizard has an unusual hatred of mortals that stems back to the fate of the last Lizard Lord, who was considerably more open and friendly to visitors. That Lizard Lord was intrigued by the non-reptiles, and had the reputation of being one of the most friendly of the seyhrain to the Outsiders. Of course, he still hunted the Mouse Lord with the usual fervour that both Cat once did and the Owl Lord does now.
Then one day, some judgmental primes took it into their heads that Lizard was a ‘dangerous beast’, and did that thing that primes always seem to end up doing—made their point with magic and steel. They were able to ambush and slay the Lizard Lord, but he put up quite the fight—and the lot of them got their own pages in the dead book after they found themselves poisoned by his venom.
The new Lizard Lord vowed not to make that same mistake, but has taken this to an extreme, and killed any mortals who’ve sought an audience with him. There’s no great loss: Lizard realm, known as the Lizard Lord’s Slither by the foolish Outsiders, is largely bereft of anything that a visitor would want—unless a body’s come looking for a rare reptile the venom of a snake. Of course, they’d have to make it in and out alive, first…
Canonical Sources: Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1 [2e] p12,15; On Hallowed Ground [2e] p50. AD&D 2e stats for the lizard lord can be found here.
Source: Dave King aka Heregul, Jon Winter-Holt. Canonwatch: The Lizard Lord is one of the four animal lords detailed in Planescape MC1.