Salamander

Salamanders were large elemental, reptilian humanoids. They were counted as serpentfolk by other Scaled Ones. Despite the names, salamanders were not related to frost salamanders.

Description
Salamanders were serpentine creatures with a humanoid torso, head, and arms, albeit with spines rising from their head, arms, and spine.

Personality
Salamanders tended to be greedy and cruel.

Combat
Salamanders often wielded spears. They used their tails to constrict their enemies. Their skin was so hot that even the merest touch caused burns.

Society
Salamanders had an excellent culture of metalsmithing and creating weapons that utilized the power of flame.

Salamanders formed feudal societies led by kings/queens and dukes/duchesses. Slaves and lesser elemental creatures made up the peasant class.

Life Cycle
Salamanders reproduced asexually, producing a single larva every ten years. These larvae, called fire snakes, were small and unintelligent. Many went on to become the somewhat larger and more intelligent flamebrother salamanders, although others remained fire snakes for their entire lives. From there, some flamebrothers became average salamanders, and those few average salamanders that were lucky and powerful enough to survive a thousand years became noble salamanders.

Homelands
Salamanders originated on the Elemental Plane of Fire. A significant population of them migrated from the Plane of Fire via portals to the Firelands and the Peaks of Flame in Chult. These salamanders posed a threat to the Mines of Segol and the Hazur Mountains. In the same manner salamanders also settled the sun of Realmspace.

Relationships
The Blade Kingdoms were blessed with plumbing technology. The palaces and nobles' homes had intricate networks of copper plumbing set throughout and the hot water was generated via salamanders who stoked the boiler flames with coal and their own immense body heat. A group of salamanders lived in the Palace of Sumbria's higher floors and pumped hot water to the kitchens, council chambers and bedchambers.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * The Runes of Chaos • Princes of the Apocalypse
 * Novels
 * The Council of Blades • Gauntlgrym
 * Video Games
 * Curse of the Azure Bonds • Gateway to the Savage Frontier • Icewind Dale
 * Board Games
 * Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Faces of Fortune