I was going to go for a Mesoamerican theme, but decided to change my civ entirely and went with this instead. Very NOT Mesoamerican.

Let me know what needs changing! Enter Zaqir! Oh, and I'm putting the colors I want to use for them on the map in code below (which you can view at [url=http://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp]this HTML color website.[/url]

[code]Green color: [color=68b184]
 Red color: [color=d93f3f][/code]

Which looks like: [color=68b184]Green[/color] and [color=d93f3f]Red[/color]

[center][color=68b184][u][h2]Zaqir[/h2][/u][/color]
[sub][url=https://www.youtuberepeater.com/watch?v=rUzPSFwrg0U]Theme Music[/url][/sub][/center]

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[color=d93f3f][b]Name of Species:[/b][/color] Saurians
[color=d93f3f][b]Genetic Compatibility:[/b][/color] There are incredibly rare records of Saurians interbreeding with other reptilian humanoids. The children that hatch from such unions, however, are not as fertile as either of their parents.
[color=d93f3f][b]Physical Characteristics of Females:[/b][/color] Saurians (also known as lizardfolk) are a race of amphibious, bipedal reptilian humanoids. They resemble monitor lizards and have some obvious sexual dimorphism, but not in the mammalian way: their females are the stronger gender, tall and sinewy, and the males are smaller and seen as more delicate and gentle. Some saurians, both male and female, have scales that blend in with their surroundings. They are believed to have a destiny as warriors.

Female saurians are the more powerfully built and more dominant of the two genders. They typically stand between seven and eight feet in height, though there are outliers who are much shorter or somewhat taller. Their scales tend are typically brown, red, or sandy, and their bodies are muscular.

Some humans expect female saurians to have some characteristics belonging to human females, most notably some sort of breasts. Saurians, of course, laugh at this idea. They are reptilian. They do not have mammary glands. 

[color=d93f3f][b]Physical Characteristics of Males:[/b][/color] Male saurians are much smaller than their female counterparts, typically standing between five and six feet tall. They have a much wider array of scale colors - blues and greens and purples and blacks, for instance - and some even have a prismatic look to them, their scales shifting in coloration depending on the light. They often have spotted fins that display an array of shapes, and they take great care of their appearance so they may win the attention of female saurians with their beauty.

[color=d93f3f][b]Life-Span:[/b][/color] Saurians reach adulthood very quickly (around 8 years) and if they are not killed in battle may live between 80-120 years of age.
[color=d93f3f][b]Diet:[/b][/color] Omnivore - Saurians favor meat, but also eat fruit, certain greens, and insects (especially the giant variety of insect).
[color=d93f3f][b]Racial Attributes:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Comfortable in desert and tropical climates
[*]Incredibly uncomfortable in cold climates - extreme cold can kill them easily
[*]Moderate regenerative capabilities (slow regeneration, but can regrow limbs over the course of several (5-8) weeks)
[*]Amphibious
[*]Tough hide[/list]
[color=d93f3f][b]Age:[/b][/color] Saurians of today have existed for roughly one hundred thousand years. There are proto-saurians that existed before them.
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[hider=Zaqir][hider=Claim][center][i]Replace "Zapotep" with "Zaqir."[/i][/center]

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[color=d93f3f][b]Name of City:[/b][/color] Zaqir
[color=d93f3f][b]Population:[/b][/color]
[list][*]200,000 Saurians (roughly even numbers in favor of men)
[*]50,000 Humans freefolk (roughly even gender numbers in favor of women)
[*]50,000 Human slaves (roughly even gender numbers in favor of women)
[*]Negligible number of half-breeds[/list]
[color=d93f3f][b]Known For:[/b][/color] Nest of raiders, large fleet, sugarcane, exotic wood, fish, fine falcatas
[color=d93f3f][b]Culture:[/b][/color] The female-dominated society of Zaqir is not unlike the male-dominated societies of other realms. This reflects the nature of the saurians: their women are strong and warrior-like whereas their men are naturally smaller and slighter of build.

Fighting is a central component of Zaqiri culture, but that does not make them conquerors. Rather, the people of Zaqir are raiders and plunderers, attacking shoreline provinces for the sake of taking valuables and slaves to fuel their economy at home. This is not to say that expansionism is something Zaqir does not entertain. Far from it. However, Zaqir's tribes know better than to waste resources on holding onto distant foreign lands, and at the moment are far more concerned with going on maritime adventures for gold and glory.

Interestingly, Zaqir's people do not have any great hatred for foreigners, and indeed are also known to sail great distances to trade with others... including the Prometheans. They know when they have met someone they cannot bully, and those people they treat as equals.

Zaqiri clothing is airy and easy to breathe in as befits the sort of clothing one might wear in the desert. They favor long tunics that reach down to just above their knees, loose knee-length pants, and intricately patterned, colorful sashes. Their armor is likewise breathable: simple chainmail with cloth woven into it is favored when affordable, and otherwise simple clothing is seen as sufficient protection. Turbans are commonly worn by saurians and humans alike in Zaqir.

There is a great respect among the saurians for heroic exploits, especially those of battle, and a great many songs and stories are told of those brave few who fought against impossible odds. Whether or not such legends are true, they are the heart of Zaqir's culture. Zaqiri youths look forward to the day they can take to their ships, don their bronze mail, and bring their falcatas into battle against their enemies.

When captives are taken as slaves by Zaqir, they are expected to live for a certain number of years as slaves. After a certain amount of time - usually ten to fifteen years - they are released to live as freefolk in Zaqir.

[color=d93f3f][b]Religion Overview:[/b][/color] Zaqir's tribes still worship a pantheon of spirits that are clearly their own, but at the head of these gods is an overdeity that bears some resemblance to the the Great Ape of the Prometheans and the Grand Divine of the Regulii. Their name for this deity is simply the Divine, and their traditional patron spirits are seen as subservient to the Divine, or at times as its enemies. They worship the Divine with animal sacrifice... and human sacrifice on special occasions.

[color=d93f3f][b]Government Type:[/b][/color] Stratocratic-Republican Dictatorship - Only Saurian women may participate in the government, and even then only those who have fought in a war or in a series of raids. They elect tribal leaders who in turn elect a single woman to rule the city. This saurian rules over Zaqir with undisputed control, and the only check against her power is the possibility of a coup.
[color=d93f3f][b]Calendar:[/b][/color] Promethean
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