"You won't see them coming. You might walk past a conspicuous looking rock formation to your peril. Next think you know you're body is broken against the wall in a single smash of their stoney fists."
- Harris Greywalker Prospecter about the Grottine
Little can be found of the Grottine culture outside of their structures. It is thought that they are an ancient race, one of the first, and that they were deeply in tune with the magic of the world. This has been deducted because, when harvested, the crystals that grow from places among the now feral Grottine still hold a magical energy that can be harvested. All that is known from the culture of the Grottine is that they were a very static species. They did not spread far from what is considered their origin, instead expanding and digging their home deeper, making their way through tunnels to deeper caverns and dark holes. Some people speculate that they may have never seen the surface, in the little art that survives there is no depiction of anything recognisable on the surface today.
Looks vary from specimin to specimin. Though most are broadly built and are usually bipedal in stature. All have strange crystals growing from them in varying areas. Colouration also varies.
It is unclear how the Grottine would have once reproduced, and it is unclear still. It is thought that they sometimes sprout from Azlyð itself.
Under the Azdari Flats, in the twisting cave systems that are mineral rich and full of magic crystals. Whether the Grottine consume the crystaline matter or minerals or both is unknown. Speculation has been made that what makes the Grottine crystals remain magic after harvest and the natural crystals mundane is the consumption of them by the Grottine.
It is widely thought that the Grottine consume the natural crystals in the caverns under the Azdari Flats.
It is unclear if the Grottine have eyes, though they seem to be able to find their prey when they come close.