"Wretched Sun" lore (c)
This one - is of Yaraga race (c)
Wretched and deformed, Leapers are victims of twisted rituals of bone
witches of Salatharash family, serving as entertainment for royalty
first - they grew up as a formidable and feared force, becoming family's
hounds.
No fear and no goal, they are brought to motion by one and
only thing itself - obeying family's will. Nothing more and nothing else
ever and ever - first, they are blinded by false desire for redemption,
promised by witches, and after - on;y quiet wish to meet their end to
stop such unbearable existence,
Leaper has a mind too weak to finish
itself off, yet bound my rituals too tight to disobey - so, one is
forced to obey in desire to find a blessing of it's masters - to be
redeemed and reduced to ashes.
Salatharash twist and bend bodies
of these things so badly and carelessly, to make a reverse process
simply impossible - this was a penalty first - and proven to be useful
after. Some of these beasts are even "rewarded" with carvings on their
bones, trinkets and armour - yet they never even understand that, of
course.
By a pact between nations and other seven families, such
penalty is permitted only inside the the family and among those, who are
exiled by other nations officially.