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Part 4a: Grimwald/lizardfold, notes from the files of Dr Histros

The Grimwald are an oddity in the galactic community, to the point that our species was believed to be two similar, but completely different species. In fact, we believed the same thing, as both Grimwald and Lizardfold had originated from different planets in a cluster of stars commonly known as Kaloth.

It was only about 3 generations ago that a third variants was discovered in the Kaloth cluster that a scientist thought to compare our genetics and discovered close to 97% was identical. Of course, this news caused a lot of controversy, and both our variants species argued, but it was ultimately agreed to merge both under the same name, the Grimwald.

The third variant has been left alone, due to them having not achieved space flight yet, so I will add notes if the do so within my lifetime.

Variant 1: The Grimwald.

The first version of my species to achieve spaceflight and join the council roughly 1842 GSY (Galactic Standard Years) ago. On average, a Grimwald, is between 4'9" to 5'4", sandy/brown scales, and a row of short, sharp spikes running from nose to tail tip. Original climate meant that they were adapted to high heat and sandy areas. Scales are oval with overlapping edges, allowing the Grimwald to essentially lift them to appear larger as a threat display.

Variant 2: The Lizardfold

My own Varient, we only joined the galactic community 500 GSY ago.

Average height can be between 3'7" and 4'5", making us the smaller of the two, and our scales lie flat, a diamond shaped look to them. Coloring of my varient is from light aquamarine to a deep green, thought to be due to camouflage. We also have pads on our feet and hands allowing us to scale surfaces with relative ease.

Both variants share several aspects, such as more activity In the sun due to our inability to regulate our body temperature, our gravitation towards insectoid food sources (see below) and our ability to shed our skins once a week.

One last fact to note, our species as a whole have trouble when it comes to speech with others. While we can talk, although with an accent, our hearing is rather poor, our species relying more on vibrations through the ground under us than the air. So while I can hear people talking, it is far quieter than someone walking past.

Due to this, most of us will communicate using text to speech programs or lipreading skills.

(Personally, I prefer the purple boomslang worms from the Craidos shop in the Eastern district, they have a nice pop to them).

Note to self. Anyone who sees this journal and doesn't get me boomslang worms for my hatchday gets an extra round of health checkups due to anomalies in their data.

Note to self 2: show more people this journal as I am running low on boomslang worms.

Note to self 3: delete notes before people read this page next time. Avrin was not impressed.

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