You look up at the immense walls to see what look like far spiner versions of the zeek. zeek catches your glance and explains. There are a few different varieties of us gecokolds. Spineys' like those above tend to be guards and such.
Leopards like me make up most of the population and will fill in anywhere, there are others, but they tend to be quite rare so ill point them out as we go.
You tilt your head a little more as you pass under more walls. Each of these guards seem to be equipped with crystal axes, while having a similar shape, each are different colours. Matching the crystals they were on their chest and arms.
Magic crystals, eh... they must be worth a fortune.