Категория:Ратонга

Overview

The ratonga are a race of intelligent rat-like creatures approximately the same height as dwarves. Little is known of the ratonga's background. The race was first encountered in the Age of War; ratonga guides aided Freeport Militia troop movements through subterranean tunnels to the Desert of Ro, allowing supplies and troops to move while the great city was under a long siege. After this encounter, the ratonga vanished back into the depths they were found in. The ratonga did not reappear for ages, until the massive earthquakes of the Rending began to rip the continent of Antonica into pieces. Rumors surfaced that the ratonga were a tribe of rat-men related to the Chetari of Dragon Necropolis, a theory that the ratonga themselves seemed to encourage. However, it quickly became clear that these new arrivals were an order of magnitude more intelligent than the Chetari, leading many to speculate that the race's origins might lie in the Underfoot itself. On this subject, the ratonga say nothing.

The ratonga often emblazon a symbol on their chest. This symbol is always the same, whatever it may mean.

Mysteries

Most ratonga players probably do not know anything about their race's backstory as there has not been much to know, besides that they are often devious and deceptive as individuals.

Apparently most ratonga and all roekillik (ratpeople) are devoted to a mad god named Caertex, who is extremely powerful and intelligent but unable to block out the thoughts of nearby minds, which apparently bother him greatly. It is said he dwells deep in the plane of Underfoot in the "Endless Tunnels" which nobody has ever returned from.

There is a book ingame that hints at the current situation of the roekillik. The book details forming an army, uniting the feuding rat races, together with manipulated races, to destroy all surface life. Ther person who apparently found this book was murdered and had a strange symbol carved into his skin.[[1]]

Unless the ratonga are defectors, this could mean that the ratonga are part of their larger race of roekillik and are serving as spies and scouts for the coming invasion. The truth of this is not known.

Racial Traditions