Hi everyone, I'm currently writing a story (more specifically, an arc for Herald of the Old Ones) in which a force of Druchii pirates and the Lizardmen of north-western Lustria are fighting a series of battles, and while figuring out locations for such battles, I came upon the "Xlaxgor Pools" in a few different maps of the Isthmus of Lustria. I have been unable to find info on this location, be it on the Warhammer wikis or the official books I own copies of, so I was wondering wether anyone has any idea for what they may canonically be, or any headcanons for them. Personally, I'm thinking of making them something based of the fact that the suffix -gor is used (if I can't find official stuff, that is). Maybe I'll make them an old swamp where Lizardmen remeber fighting an odd host of beastmen hundreds of years ago. Or maybe make them an abandonned series of a spaning pools, once used by the Old Ones to spawn the now lost caste of Xlaxgors. Thoughts? Ideas?
I've got some similar sounding or partial words from the lizardmen dictionary. It could lend some ideas Gor Rend/Slash/Strike Tlax City/Temple Xla Law/Thesis/Affirmation Something like a temple of affirmation to attack or strike. Pools in which great warrior heros are baptised. Maybe when gaining the rank of Scar Veteran or Old Blood?
I don't actually think it's necessary to know what the pools are for, for the purpose of story-telling. We know they are a part of a monument for the Old Ones, and not abandoned, so it surely has some importance to the Lizardmen. Given their cultural tendencies, the Skins would be viewing it as some sort of sacred site and like the other monuments, possessing some kind of magical power (the Mirror Pool, for example, according to 4th edition WFRP, is now home to a Coatl and can show visions of the future). Also apparently Total War Warhammer has a mechanic named Sacrifices to Sotek, there's a option to select "Sacrifice of Xlaxgor", and gain a Red Crested Skink Chief. Though the whole list of sacrifices are named after places in lustria so it may not mean anything to the lore