LizardianThe Survivors
The Lizardian is the survivor variant of the reptilian archetype: a hardy, adaptable people portrayed in fiction as refugees from a lost world rather than as conquerors. It is catalogued as fiction.
At a glance
- Home system
- Various
- Avg. height
- 5′11″ – 8′2″
- Appearance
- Scaled, reptilian, mottled green-brown
- Reported lifespan
- 300 – 800 years (lore)
- Social structure
- Described as clan survivalists
- Technology
- Described as rugged and improvised
- Primary traits
- Resilient, adaptive, wary
- Relationship to Earth
- Unclear
Physical profile
The Lizardian is the reptilian archetype in survivor form: leaner and more mottled than the Reptilian, with green-brown scales, a ridged skull, slit pupils and a wiry build suited to scarcity rather than dominance. Renderings give it worn, practical dress and a wary expression.
Reported origin
No home system. Fiction usually makes the Lizardian a refugee or survivor of a lost world, which is the source of its subtitle.
Culture
Clan-based, resourceful and cautious in fiction, without the imperial ambitions of the Draconian.
Technology
Rugged and improvised.
Craft
Not described.
Communication
Spoken in fiction.
Earth encounters
None. The Lizardian is a fictional variant included to represent the sympathetic reptilian, a common figure in games and novels that the conspiracy version overshadows.
Lore & history
XenoAtlas lists the Lizardian as fictional.
Sympathetic reptilians appear in Mass Effect, Star Trek and many tabletop settings, where the scaled survivor is a stock character. The Lizardian is the archive's placeholder for that tradition.
Source notes
- Reptilian humanoids in fiction (various) · fiction
- Robert E. Howard, The Shadow Kingdom (1929) · pulp fiction, serpent-men originFind on Amazon
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