Saurosapient

The Tool Breeders were a sapient species that evolved from the livestock of the Lizard Herders, while the Herders themselves stayed non-sapient.

Like the planet of the Ruin Haunters, their world was littered with the ruins of the Star People and Qu. While they were seen as natural formations by the earlier Saurosapients, later generations found out what they really were, learned from their writings and adopted the cultural identity as "humans".

Through the ruins, they also learned that their pets and mounts are the biological descendants of the Star People and about their fate at the hands of the Qu. Some Saurosapients developed religions based on this premise, turning to gods to protect them from the forces from outside their planet. Others built on conservatism, while a third fraction decided to develop their technology further, even while there was such a powerful force that could potentially destroy them for this.

After centuries of wars, the progressive fractions won and expanded their spheres of knowledge, influence and activity.