Loxos (also pluralized as loxoth[4]) appeared as large humanoid elephants with two trunks and bluish-gray skin. They roamed the Shaar in hunter-gatherer groups. Peaceful in nature, Loxos were an isolationist race and had little contact with other sentient races. They claimed to have first appeared in Faerûn around the 12th century DR, having arrived from another world.[2] However, they were found on Toril as far back as −23,040 DR.[9]
Combat[]
In addition to traditional weaponry, Loxos were known to fight with their trunks and trample smaller opponents. They also were known to go into a berserk state if a clan member was seriously harmed.[2]
Culture[]
Loxos typically stayed with their own kind, but would travel to cities for trade. They ignored the conflicts of the region around them unless it threatened their own people. To them, extremes in life were detrimental, whereas balance contributed to the survival of the herd. Although most Loxos on Toril lived in the Shaar, some could also be found around the region of the Golden Water.[2] By the 15th century DR, they could also be found further west in the Chultan Peninsula.[8]
Loxo clans, also referred to as herds, typically consisted of a few family units and unattached males. Defending the clan were a number of fithik (lieutenants), the lox-fithik (herd-lieutenant or chief), and the tannuk (wizard).[4][3]
Loxos spoke their own language, but also spoke Common and Shaaran to negotiate and trade with others nearby.[2]
They often worshiped their own version of the giant deity Hiatea.[2]
History[]
Loxos could be found on Toril as far back as -23040 DR, when small tribes of them lived in the Eastern Shaar and the Shining Lands, nomadically following the massive herds of cloven-hoofed creatures that roamed the land at the time.[9]
According to loxo historians, loxos settled in the Shaar and the Hordelands somewhere around 1118 DR after coming to Toril on spelljammers.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Ed Bonny, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter (September 2002). Monster Manual II 3rd edition. (TSR, Inc), pp. 144–145. ISBN 07-8692-873-5.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 14. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 David Cook (1991). Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (MC11). (TSR, Inc), p. 39. ISBN l-56076-111-3.
- ↑ David Wise ed. (December 1994). Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One. (TSR, Inc), p. 76. ISBN 156076838X.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 15. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 17. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Robert Alaniz (2018). Old Bones and Older Tomes (DDAL07-13) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Tomb of Annihilation (Wizards of the Coast), p. 5.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Ed Greenwood (2021-12-29). The Shining Lands in -23,040 DR (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved on 2023-05-08.