"Before Elves, before Dwarfs, before Men, the Old Ones arrived upon this world. Then came Chaos and the Great Plan of the Old Ones was unmade. We are the last of their servants, and only by our hand shall the Great Plan be restored, with the total defeat of the usurping younger races." —Inscription upon the eastern boundary stone of the temple-city of Hexoatl.[2a] The Lizardmen, also referred to by Men as lizard-folk[5a], and sometimes known as the "Cold Ones" or the "Children of the…
