Cerati trace their origins back many generations to an
island in the Boundless Sea, where all cerati belonged
to a single tribe. Their tales tell of a vision that was
given to their elders - of a world much wider than
they believed, stretching far beyond the horizon. In
this vision, a being spoke to them and told them of a
world of adventure just waiting to be discovered. The
following morning, the cerati commissioned eight
groups of their strongest young adults to sail out in
the cardinal directions of the compass and make their name known throughout the world as they spread their
culture and tales along the way.
“As I’ve traveled the planes, one race that I have particularly enjoyed is the cerati. These dinosaur-like creatures are much more civilized than their beastial brethren, and are always good for a tale or two. One of my favorite memories with their people was traveling across the Boundless Sea and finding myself studying below deck all day and spending all night under the stars listening to the cerati telling tales of their history and the various islands they discovered. Their stories were often accompanied by songs sung in their deep growls while their tails thumped against the deck, providing an echoing cadence stretching across the sea. ” Excerpt from Dhelvouz’s Book of Lost Secrets
Cerati are a race of bipedal, humanoid dinosaurs
that are known for being seafaring folk. A cerati
has a distinctive bony frill across their skull, and are
immediately recognizable by the three horns upon
their heads - two protruding from their forehead and
one from their snout. They are known for sailing the
world far and wide, and the different clans of cerati
that have populated various parts of the world are easily
distinguished by their appearance. Cerati from tropical
islands tend to have skin in hues of red, maroon, and
blue, while cerati further from the equator who have
settled in the more forested coasts are normally colored
in browns and beiges. Still others have colonized further
inland, settling along the shoals and coastline of the
mainlands and tend to have darker greens and brown
tones.