Savraj

The Savraj are a race of intelligent Hunterborn native to Galimma. Originally a prolific and feared race, most were wiped out by the Gaulmar Empire due to war and enslavement. In the modern age, the Savraj exist in scarce numbers and prefer to live far and estranged from the other intelligent races.

Prehistory and Early First Era
The Savraj claim a heritage of being the most efficient and successful of the God of the Hunt's progeny, stalking and slaying all manner of other creatures since prehistory. The Savraj prides ruled vast tracts of hunting ground that other races either lived within out of necessity, protected as serf-like subjects, or avoided outright. The only races that could oppose them were either the truly large, such as the Maulgr or tribal Gaulmar, or equally cunning hunters such as the Lykoth or Hyenni. The cunning magicians among the Savraj were able to hunt down lone souls, either those long lost, recently departed, or even those of the parasitic demons, and add that to the power of the ruling prides.

Second Era
The Savraj prides remained relatively stable up until the rise of the Gaulmar Empire, which saw the most united and fearsome gathering of the brutish Gaulmar the world had seen. The powerful sorcerors, mighty warlords, towering citadels, and massive slave armies proved far more than any single Savraj pride could bear, and most fell to the encroaching Empire. Many subjects of prides joined the Gaulmar willingly, rising up against their Savraj masters to fight for the Empire, though ultimately remaining slaves for different masters.

Many Savraj warriors were slain by the swelling imperial armies, and most all prides crumbled. The captured were bound in chains, though they often proved too savage to employ as slaves and were instead used as gladiators in the Gaulmar's arenas. What few Savraj escaped the Gaulmar's expansion fled into the wilds, surviving far from their borders and in seclusion. By the end of the Second Era, the Savraj became almost a myth to those who lived under the Empire.

Third Era
With the fall of the Gaulmar and their world-spanning empire, many substantial power vacuums occurred throughout Galimma, and many factions vied to fill them. For the Savraj however, there remained so few to take part in this that they could not reinstate the prides of old, and most continued to keep to themselves, save for a few cunning sorcerers. Several notable Savraj magicians attempted to recreate the rule they once exerted, attempting to intimidate the newly freed slaves back into servitude through magic and violence, but the other mortals managed to halt or eventually oust most of these.

Fourth Era
As of the Fourth Era, the Savraj exist in numbers nearing extinction, existing as hermits far from civilization in the secluded untamed wilderness. The sorcerer-tyrants number in the dozens and are spoken of only in tall tales and local legends.