Ratonga (Character Race)

Race Information
Home Cities:	Freeport Neriak, City of Hate Gorowyn Qeynos Kelethin New Halas

Overview Edit

The ratonga are a race of intelligent rat-like creatures approximately the same height as dwarves. Little is known of the ratonga's background. The race was first encountered in the Age of War; ratonga guides aided Freeport Militia troop movements through subterranean tunnels to the Desert of Ro, allowing supplies and troops to move while the great city was under a long siege. After this encounter, the ratonga vanished back into the depths from which they were found. The ratonga did not reappear for ages, until the massive earthquakes of the Rending began to rip the continent of Antonica into pieces. Rumors surfaced that the ratonga were a tribe of rat-men related to the Chetari of Dragon Necropolis, a theory that the ratonga themselves seemed to encourage. However, it quickly became clear that these new arrivals were an order of magnitude more intelligent than the Chetari, leading many to speculate that the race's origins might lie in the Underfoot itself. On this subject, the ratonga say nothing.

The ratonga often emblazon a symbol on their chest. This symbol is always the same, whatever it may mean.

Recently ( Update:60 ), many of the Ratonga defected from Freeport to Qeynos. Their reasons for doing was not disclosed at the time, but the Ratonga are now considered a Neutral race, rather than Evil.

In Update:64 , much of the Ratonga history was revealed. The Ratonga are an offshoot of the Roekillik, the malicious and intelligent ratmen native to The Underfoot. They fled the Roekillik hordes, unhappy with the Roekillik way of life, and requested sanctuary within Qeynos. They were denied sanctuary by the Circle of Five, which considered them vermin and monsters. The Ratonga aided the Qeynos Guard as scouts in exchange for a hearing with the ruling King, but after their help the leaders of the Qeynos Guard refused to grant them the promised hearing. With no other choice, the ratonga turned to Lucan D'Lere and Freeport, who allowed the race to become a part of his city after their aid was given. Although many Ratonga were happy with Freeport, some still yearned for a freer way of life. Eventually they returned to Qeynos, now ruled by Antonia Bayle, who granted them sanctuary.

Mysteries Edit

Most ratonga players probably do not know anything about their race's backstory as there has not been much to know, besides that they are often devious and deceptive as individuals.

Apparently most ratonga and all roekillik (ratpeople) are devoted to a mad god named Caertex, who is extremely powerful and intelligent but unable to block out the thoughts of nearby minds, which apparently bother him greatly. It is said he dwells deep in the plane of Underfoot in the "Endless Tunnels" from which nobody has ever returned.

There is a book in-game that hints at the current situation of the roekillik. The book details forming an army, uniting the feuding rat races, together with manipulated races, to destroy all surface life. The person who apparently found this book was murdered and had a strange symbol carved into his skin. [1]

Unless the ratonga are defectors, this could mean that the ratonga are part of their larger race of roekillik and are serving as spies and scouts for the coming invasion. The truth of this is not known.

Ratonga Traditions Edit

Choose one of these every 10th level up to 90.
Name	Effect	Duration
Attribute
Fleet Footed	Grants a level-dependent increase to AGI.	Passive
Enhanced Intellect	Grants a level-dependent increase to INT.	Passive
Combat
Stabby	Increases Piercing and Ranged by 5.0.	Passive
Ratonga Reflexes	Increases Double Attack by 2.0%.	Passive
Wiggling Whiskers	Increases Disruption and Subjugation by 5.0.	Passive
Speedy Paws	Increases casting speed of hostile spells by 2.0%	Passive
Noncombat
Shadowlurker	Increases stealth/invisible movement speed by 15.0%.	Passive
Secrets of the Underfoot	Increases trigger count of poisons by 25%.	Passive
Bristlebane's Blessing	Increases duration of tradeskilled potions by 15%.	Passive
Swift Recovery	Increases out-of-combat power regeneration based on level.	Passive
Pools
Legacy of Brell	Increases your mana pool by 1.0% and health pool by 2.0%.	Passive
Resilience of the Underfoot	Increases mana pool by 3.0%.	Passive
Resist
Antidote	Increases noxious mitigation based on level.	Passive
Hidden Tricks	Increases elemental mitigation based on level.	Passive
Tradeskill
Brell's Blessing	Increases success chance by 2.0%.	Passive
Swift Scamper	Increases progress gain by 2.0%.	Passive
Instruments of the Underfoot	Increases Weaponsmithing by 5.0.	Passive
Power Play	Reduces power cost of Alchemist reaction arts by 10%.	Passive
Skillful Paws	Reduces power cost of Carpenter reaction arts by 9%.	Passive
Innate Abilities
Sonicvision	Highlights moving creatures.	2 hrs., recast 2 sec.
Rob	Attempts to steal some coin.	1.0 sec. casting, 5 min. recasting, 3.0 meters range
Thieving Ways	Grants the skill Disarm Trap.	Passive
Swift Scurry	Increases speed by 5.0%.	Passive