Ilujanka

The Ilujanka (ill-oo-yon-ka), also known as the Dragon Riders, are a highly spiritual race of reptilian humanoids from the world of Laia; who have a special gift that allows them to connect with other beings and share experiences. The race is faced with extinction; since the Second Age their numbers have been dwindling due to low birth rates, they have managed to survive since then up until now, but it their numbers are down to but a few villages.

Brief History
The ilujanka originate from the world of Laia, where they used their gifts to connect with the world around them and live in harmony with the beasts of their naitive plane. The most noteable are the gurhs, which are beasts similar to dragons that the ilujanka tamed and lived symbiotically with: the gurhs helped their riders plow the fields and with other laborous work, while the Ilujanka took care of the gurh's eggs.

Where once they numbered in the thousands they were suddenly struck by a strange affliction; their people began having trouble producing offspring. The affliction started some time in the Second Age, and it was during that time that the god Zaros came to them; promising them a cure in exchange for a service. The ilujanka agreed and some of them were taken to Gielinor while many were left behind, the ones that arrived on Gielinor were tasked by Zaros to use their special talent at connecting with other living beings to tame and ride dragons for his army.

The ilujanka that remained on Laia managed to survive up until the Sixth Age, but their numbers have dwindled down to but a few villages, and they have prepared themselves for extinction: celebrating their passing from Laia and growing a great tree from their villages, which they are carving their history into for whatever race may replace them. Due to the vagueness of current events, it is unknown if ilujanka will be able to survive much farther into the future.

Accepted Lore

 * The ilujanka are a highly spiritual people, and can be considered good, having only been forced to serve Zaros for his promise of a cure for their low birth rates.
 * The ilujanka believe in a force they call the Olun'dai, which is beyond their ability to control. The best comparison to the Olun'dai that can be understood is it is like a painting, each previous brush stroke just as important as the ones happening, and those to come. The individual is but a small stroke of paint on the large canvas, and it is best to accept what has happened rather than try to change it, and instead look to the future. Their faith is more or less a belief in fate and the life force of their world.
 * The ilujanka have a natural ability to connect with others and share life experiences, this has allowed them to tame dragons where other races are unable to do the task, as they do not necessarily tame other creatures so much as become one with them.
 * The fairy rings do not connect to Laia, the ilujanka's homeworld.

Debated Lore

 * With the race's low numbers, they are unlikely to be encountered, and there are few ways off their remote homeworld of Laia, even the fairy ring network does not connect to their home.
 * The same could be said for the gorajo race in remoteness, however rare circumstances have occured that have let gorajo enter gielinor physically: most noteworthy is the Ramokee Skinweaver. Even though the fairy ring network does not connect to the gorajo world; energy that connects to it sometimes manifests itself in strange places, in this case on the gorajo homeworld, and the Skinweaver fell through this spacial rift and found herself in Zanaris, to which she eventually managed to make it to Gielinor. Such an event could possibly bring an Ilujanka to Gielinor, but the occurance of misplaced fairy teleportation magic is very rare.
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Trivia

 * Lore and concepts for the race have been around quite some time from Jagex, but in the earlier days of the game the developers were reluctant to add them in due to similariities to the dragonkin.