Vul'gra Civilization

History
Although agriculture had existed for centuries on Centros, with barley, rye, pea, grape and olive being among the first plants domesticated by several species independently, the first civilization to arise on Centros was created by the Vul’gra, the reptilian ancestors of the modern troglodytes.

The first Vul’gra priest-king —only known as the ‘sun-anointed’— lead the unification of many tribes and the creation of the temple city of Las’runk which created the model for dozen more city states to follow upon.

In its expansion, the Vul'gra would come into conflict with the Cyclops of the Nol-Rodan civilization. In the face of the war, the Vul’gra civilization would shift away from its priesthood leadership and toward leadership under renowned warrior-kings which would unite once independent city states. To support their growing empire, the Vul’gra began enslaving beastfolk on a scale never seen through the golden age of their civilization. To face their mightier foes the Vul’gra would domesticate horses, create the first war chariot and composite bows.

Ultimately, the Vul'gra and Nol-Rodan civilization would meet their end not in battle but rather due to natural disaster. The Dawn age came to an abrupt close when the Starfall occurred breaking down the now mythical continent of Raselnoth and clouding the skies in darkness for centuries. The power of their solar deity lost, the Vul'gra would turn away from the Primordial faith and toward fiend worship to survive the darkness.

Society
The Vul’gra would establish a caste based society separating labor among priests, warriors, artisans, and farmers which supported the upper echelons by a proto communist economy with universal wages paid in grain to workers.

Vul’gra society was tightly regimented and had no concept of family, all eggs being raised communally in a large nursery in the center of cities and children assigned caste by their caretaker based on aptitude. Important cultural elements of the vul’gra included solar worship, animal sacrifice and communal bathing.

In the interest of keeping records the priesthood created the world’s first known writing system, first beginning with pictographic writing before evolving to a claw-scratch alphabet written on clay tablet.The Vul’Gra pioneered some of the most basic of technology such as copper and later bronze smithing, pottery, masonry and quarry mining.

Legacy
Early Vul’gra left very little ruins due to their structures being highly vulnerable to degradation due to their sun baked adobe construction methods. Late Vul’gra structures through the Centrosi arid regions have however conserved well.

Millenia of inbreeding, demon worship and have turned the might Vul'gra into the twisted beings now known as troglodytes, who hide in the depths of the underworld, dreaming of reclaiming their ancient glory.