The Grass Stalkers

The Grass Stalker tribe earned their name from their hunting practice of stalking in tall grass before ambushing their prey. Taking on large game like aurochs and bison they do not let any part of the catch go to waste, bones and horns are used for weapons and hide is used for bindings. 

Other members of the tribe that cannot hunt instead forage or tend to their primitive farms. While they still value the meat of the mighty aurochs they also grow barley and rye for making into breads. A highly valued part of this tribe is their apple orchard for growing the delicious fruit.

To survive in this colder regions the grass stalkers dwell within turf houses partially buried in the dirt and sleep in vegetation beds. The rotting vegetation produces heat enough for them to sleep through the colder winter nights. While it allows them to sleep through the cold nights and wake up warm and awake, the scent of decomposing plant matter leads to putrid smells of decay for the tribe.

In order to smell nice the grass stalkers use scented candles made by the members that cannot hunt. Primarily making just apple scented candles, some lizardfolk become so skilled that they are devoted candle makers able to make unique custom shapes such as the shapes of alligators or dragons. These candles are also used in rituals for Semuanya, the lizardfolk god of survival.

Unlike most lizardfolk tribes, the grass stalkers do partake occasionally in currency, normally the grass stalkers trade with each other for goods and services. Crates of fur and animal pelts are exchanged for barrels worth of apples and animal meat. But when negotiating with outsiders they trade with actual pieces of currency. Most of the time the lizardfolk use the silvers and copper pieces to trade later with other outsiders.

If a person cannot afford to trade goods they can often negotiate working off the goods, such as through hunting, tending to crops, or skinning animals.

Outside folk have managed to find some common parts of this system, weapons and food are valued over other goods, one common example for trading is "Three fish for a dagger, five for a spear"