Snakes

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This page is about the species. For other uses, please see Serpents (disambiguation).

Snakes are a common sight in Achaea found in many parts of the world. They are found in a variety of locations and are also part of a number of different quests.

Snakes around Sapience

The following is a list of locations of snakes and their species within Sapience.

Black Forest
Wood vipers
Belladona's Keep
Marsh vipers
Creville Asylum
Massive rat snakes
Barony of Dun Valley
Water snakes, poisonous snakes
Eastern Shore
Small sand boas
Lupine Hunting Grounds
Horned snakes, pythons, vipers, ebony snakes
Mhojave Desert
Rattlesnakes, sidewinders (See also: Concoctions)
Qurnok Village
Moccasins, anacondas
Siroccian Mountains
Flying treesnakes
Shala-Khulia
Rainbow boas, cat-eyed snakes, and vine snakes
Zaphar Isle
Rattlesnakes and tree snakes

Snake Hybrids

There are a few denizen populations which are at least partly snake in appearance. From the half-human Ophidians of the Great Rock to the Dyissans of Delmarin and the Qui'sas of Thera, they represent a mutated off-shoot of humanity with serpentine characteristics possibly going back to Loki and Ekanel.

Loyals

Most known as loyals of those of the Serpent class as part of the skill of subterfuge.

Each House has a different species of snake. All of them afflict with Loki.

The Naga
death adders
Cult of the Serpent Lords
green eye lash vipers
The Dawnstriders
mottled desert asps
Shadowsnakes
black cobras
Rogues
brown-grey rattlesnakes

Religion

Snake symbolism is not uncommon in the philosophies of some of the darker Divine Orders. In this context, the serpent symbol usually represents wisdom, cunning, or guile.

For instance, the Divine symbol of Keresis, Goddess of Vengeance was a sword pointing down with a large python twisting around the blade and a crow perched upon the pommel. This symbol was also found on Her shrines. The Goddess also owned a pet python named Pytho.

Similarly, the Divine symbol of Ourania, Goddess of the Moon is that of a waxing crescent moon surrounded by seven stars, above a tree of crystal with a white python wrapped about its trunk on a field of black.

Likewise the symbols of Indrani, Lady of Sin included a hooded serpent.