Bullywugs in Calphur

Interestingly enough, while bullywugs, also known as bullys, are typically considered evil beings. There is one clan that is considered good, and often send champions to the arenas to give themselves a good name. Their champions are the least bet upon and do not often win, but a very small few eventually become adventurers.

Suffering Racism

Only in the capital are they accepted freely. Other major cities treat them fairly but cautiously - they aren't the immediate suspect of crimes that may happen, but if they're in the area they're interrogated. These worst racism is suffered in the outer towns - some of them not even granting them entrance. These towns are best avoided for bullys.

Traders

Bullywugs are often traders, using the rivers and small tributaries. Therefore, they often had smaller more valuable items. They use small flat-bottomed boats to travel these areas, often only two or three bullys to a ship. They have a unique magic communication system set up that they use to communicate with one another.

They often gather high-value objects like gems and jewelry. They are known to always have one magic item on hand, and will only trade it with the wealthiest of travelers. They are also known to take requests in their capital city (though city is not an accurate description as it is much smaller) and will find these requests anywhere in the land.

Learning Common

A now long-dead ranger once spent time amongst them, teaching them common, as he had personally learned of their goodness and knew their language well. He did this so that their civilization might one day thrive. He then constructed a school for all bullywugs that they might be able to learn common - now they are all taught it from a young age.

Their common is broken however. Their vocal chords aren't structured for common, so the noises are a lot hard for them. 'R' sounds are often over exaggerated or rolled. Other consonants are stressed depending on how deep they form in the throat. For this reason, most vowel sounds are easily made, except for 'ee' sounds.

Traits not Left Behind

They are still a deeply routed in their aristocracy, and the noble family is known as the Grrokken family (the r is rolled when prounced in common). They are a noble family that rules justly, but they definitely collect a great deal of taxes from their laymen. The traders are most heavily taxed, but it is still the most profitable profession.

Additionally, Bullys do have a caste system of three different classes. There are the Fahg (pronounced fog): most of which are traders but only those that achieved a semblance of wealth. They're often spending as much as they can to keep up appearances or quietly competing with other members of the Fahg caste.

The Gollun (the 'go' makes a sound like an egg being swallowed; the u is a short sound) are the lower cast. They are not necessarily poor, but they do not gain great wealth.

Lastly there is the Crrall (the r is rolled and it is pronounced crawl). This is the noble family and consists of a few key players including the King and Queen, and many of their descendants, cousins, and brothers and sisters.

Visiting Qualn - the Bullywug City

Qualn is the so called Bullywug city. It is a rather small city in the marshes on the north eastern coast. As a coastal marsh there are a lot of waterways in the city. The bullys very rarely traverse their city over land, so the waterways are treated like streets.

Boats are the preferred method of travel, and those that are lucky enough to gain entrance to the city are usually forced to rent travel at exorbitant prices. It is almost rude to bring your own transportation in this city, and outsiders can sometimes find themselves shunned for doing so.

All prices are raised for outsiders. A nights stay can be up to 10 times as much in the capital, and that would not be at the finest establishment in the city either.

Different Types of Bullywugs

There are a few different subraces of Bullywugs. These subraces are each different then the rest and play key roles in Bullywug society. They typically fill these roles but not always - some defect from societies expectations. They are described below.

Any bully can reproduce and create any type of bully, although typically similar bullys have children of the same subrace as themselves. It would be quite rare, for example, for a Envenomed Bully to be born within the royal family (who are Large Bullys and only reproduce with Large Bullys).

The Large Bullys

These are those that live in royalty - and while some have been born to those of non-royal lineage it is quite rare. These bullys are strong and have a much larger build than others. Often the largest ones quickly climb their way in the Crrall social structure.

Their skin tone dark greens and browns. Sometimes, these are mottled together with the brown being the overlay. Some are strictly green and others are strictly brown. They have a stronger jaw and are able to use their mouths to hold their enemies to them.

They're adept fighters. Their inner circles are not built by politicking, but instead are built by intimidation. These cycles are set by the king and queen holding matches in their inner sanctums to determine the receiver of certain positions.

The Poison Bullys

These bullys are often warriors that protect the city. They also serve as guard. While it is rare for bullywugs to become adventurers, those that do are usually Poison Bullys. These typically belong to the Gollun, though some do climb into the Fahg with enough adventuring expertise.

They have a natural poison that they excrete in the saliva. One bite from a bully of this nature can easily cause the poisoned condition. Their poison does not lead to death nor severe bodily harm, but it can cause some additional damage.