Homebrew Gillteardon Species Details

 As Verlast entered the house, sitting down on a bed, and feeling what could have been fear and fatigue for the first time in nearly 200 years, he set his gaze upon Ruby, who looked out the cabin's window and down at the crude torches that resembled the orc's camps; with her onyx sword in hand, and, to any other people, what would have been a dangerous light in her eyes.

"We're going to fight."

the voice that emanated through this cabin was what led to bloodied crystals and broken blades, but it was what led to peace in the mountains.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -From "A Story of Ringing Stones."

 

A Gillteardon resembles a human in a very crude way. They are composed of freezing-cold crystals that float in a locked creature-like form; they stand abo 6 to 7ft tall being but a bit larger than humans. Rather than having hands, they have tiny crystals floating in a small, controlled hemisphere. Their final feature is the crystalized rocks that sprout out of its back. these crystals can store energy and are a vital life source to them. they can wield weapons as any other creature would.

 

Gillteardon are crystal creatures that control the powers of ice and other types of power depending on what type of gillteardon they are. They are uncomfortable in the heat depending on what type of gillteardon they are they may be uncomfortable in other conditions, but content in the icy reaches of mountains and caves depending on what type of gillteardon they are, but they are all comfortable in caves. While they are hermits, they interact with most other creatures on a friendly level, but intruders may find themselves stabbed through with a sword of crystal/mineral made in the forges of the gillteardon.

The creation of Gillteardons

Gillteardon have a dark and mostly unknown history. But some suspect that they may have been a masterpiece of one of the dwarf gods, and the story goes that the Gillteardon were created in the forges of an ancient mountain and that after the forges were destroyed and abandoned, the Gillteardon were scattered, roaming the icy reaches, and instead of succumbing to the cold of the mountains, they absorbed its powers through some miracle of their craftsmanship. 

But the true history is much darker. Long ago, there was a great mountain home to a lonesome and darkly silent god who was its essence. There were no wars in these mountains, and they were peacefully quiet so much that not a single sound or voice was uttered, and the only sound was of the crystals that lined the caverns singing their song of stone. The mountain thought that their singing was so beautiful that they gave life to the crystals and made them into humanoid creatures to sing for them all day. 

The mountain gave these creatures a name that is lost to society today. The crystal creatures toiled daily singing without end until they succumbed to madness. They drove a knife crafted of their own crystals into the heart of the mountain and destroyed it. In doing so, all of the coldness and frailty in its heart was absorbed into the remaining crystals, and the shards of the ones that fell became stuck in the backs of the crystal creatures. Consequently, the shards became the first Gillteardon. Now all Gillteardon bear these shards on their backs as a cruel reminder of what their ancestors did. These shards are juvenile Gillteardon, and when the Gillteardon who bears them dies, they break off and absorb the energy of their parent's corpse. This is how they multiply, but to most people, they are but a myth.

Gillteardon Names:

Gilteardon names are taken after gemstones and metals. They mainly are picked depending on what kind of gemstone the Gillteadon hails from, and are normally simple and nt normally debatable

Gillteardon names: Verlast, Onyx, Ruby, Emerlay, Obsira, Quartz, Tundra, Steela, Agate, Everlast, Iro, and Mith. Gillteardon do not have Surnames or Clan Names.

 

Gillteardon Traits

These are the traits that are shared by all Gillteardon.

Age

Gillteardon can live to 500 but usually die before then. Once they die the crystals on their back fall off and absorb the energy from the corpse becoming more Gillteardon.

Languages

Gillteardon usually speak in deep speech when talking to each other but when talking to others they speak in common.

Size

Gillteardon are usually from 6ft tall to 7 ft tall more or less.

Ability Score Increase

Two of your scores increase depending on how you think your character should be increased based on your class, background, and backstory.