Muhonarak, leader of the Ogre, were given rule of the nezumi lands by the Alliance of the Five Races when he arrived in Rokugan from the frozen North. Using powerful Name magic, they gave one of these beasts the first Name. The Transcendent found the ancestors of the Nezumi: large ratlike beasts of burden left behind by the Naga. The Transcendent had seen the day when the Naga retreated from Ningen-do into their Great Sleep, leaving room for the Nezumi race to truly be born. Following the rule of the Naga, who were in their slumber, the Nezumi built a vast empire, governed by the Nezumi Shamans. The ratlings' exposure to the shaping power of pearl magic during that time accelerated their development, and the nezumi quickly became an intelligent, independent species without the naga to oversee them. They served as pets, guardians, and even food. Nezumi and the Naga īefore the Naga's Great Sleep, the Ratlings were nothing but simple animals to the Naga race. The Nezumi remembered that dark time and avoided the Burning Sands, where they believed evil spirits would destroy them. History Kaleel ĭuring the First Jinn War, the jinn Kaleel and his legion enslaved humanity and other races. They were notorious for their short attention spans and lack of long-term memory. Their lifetime was between twenty-five to thirty-five years. They were extremely resistant to corruption and disease. Nezumi had excellent senses of smell and exuded pheromones from glands near their tails in order to convey scent messages to their kin. They were double-jointed and were capable of dislocating their shoulders and hips, allowing them to crawl through any opening that could pass their head. Ratlings appeared as furry bipeds, roughly mansized, with pink tails and the heads of rodents.

2.6 Race Against Tomorrow: Age of the Nezumi Tribes.

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