Batrachi

The batrachi were an ancient amphibious race that were counted as one of the Creator Races.

History
The batrachi lived during the Days of Thunder (−35,000 to −30,000 DR). The Batrachi Empires rose to power circa −33,500 DR.

The batrachi grew to the height of their power under the wise leadership of Zhoukoudien, the High One. However, their golden age ended abruptly when the High One was killed in battle by Omo, a titan thane, around −31,500 DR. The batrachi lord Bazim-Gorag later called Zhoukoudien a fool who unwisely made war against the Jotunbrud and lost the empire.

Around −31,000 DR, the batrachi were losing a war against the titans. In their desperation, the batrachi enacted a great summoning ritual that unleashed several once-imprisoned primordials. The gods swiftly opposed the primordials. The primordial Asgorath, the World Shaper, even hurled an ice moon or comet at the planet, in order to destroy what she could not have, in an event called the Tearfall. Disastrous earthquakes, fires, and windstorms swept across all of Abeir-Toril, erasing whole continents and rearranging the seas. Ancient sarrukh legends made cryptic mention of the "changing of the stars". But, before the world was destroyed, Ao split it into two twin worlds, Abeir for the primordials and Toril for the gods.

The extreme climate change swiftly led to the end of batrachi civilization. After a cold period called the seven-turn winter, many batrachi—among them Bazim-Gorag—left Toril for the plane of Limbo. There, the batrachi were changed, at least for the second time in their history, by their god Ramenos to serve his agenda. They created what became known as the Supreme Throne as their kingdom.

Legacy
The transformed batrachi lived on in Limbo, but were often confused with the similarly amphibious slaad who also dwelled there.

The debased descendants of the remaining batrachi lived on in the deepest, darkest swamps of Faerûn.

An intricate runic design theorized to have originated among the batrachi was used by the Imaskari, in the construction of their Bukhara Spires, during their Early Dynastic Period of −7975 to −6422 DR. Employing transdimensional magic, these were permanent two-way portals that allowed the Imaskari to cross the continent in moments.

A memory of a conversation between Bazim-Gorag the Firebringer and a member of the Order of the Black Flame, in which he spoke of the batrachi, found its way into the God-Brain of Oryndoll when that member was captured and consumed by the illithids in the Year of the Tankard, 1370 DR.

Geographical Region
At their height, the Batrachi Empires spread across the whole of the supercontinent of Merrouroboros, and included the realms of Kolophoon, Boitumelo, Nadezhda, Zhoukoudien, around the Black Sea, the sea of Pourounkorokale, and the Great Blue. Bazim-Gorag described his domain as "stretching from the depths of the Black Sea in the north to the fiery peaks of Lopango in the south". The Sea of Fallen Stars lay over the flooded lands of the lost batrachi realm of Kolophoon.

Deity
The batrachi who lived in the Supreme Throne worshiped a deity called Ramenos. Twice, he had changed the batrachi to serve his goals.

Notable Batrachi

 * The High One Zhoukoudien
 * Bazim-Gorag, the Firebringer