Quetz is a Vek.

The Vek are highly intelligent anthropomorphic raptors that have obsessions with Stupendous Science and Ancient Earth technology.  Their scaly flesh ranges from vibrant red to bile yellow or forest green. (Quetz has vibrant red and orange skin with orange and sulfur-yellow feathers. Quetz is more feathery than most Vek, and he's very proud of his plumage. He feels they make him more sophisticated and more evolved/advanced than other Vek, though he has learned not to be too vocal about that opinion.) The Vek are a stubborn race with a proud heritage, and often consider themselves far more evolved and advanced than any other on the Ruined Earth. Vek live closely together in a hierarchical community called a Collective. Many Vek have been subjugated and enslaved by powerful Sorcerers, so naturally the Vek have become mistrusting of magic and those with the ability to wield it. Vek proudly trace their ancestry to the long-dead Ancient Earth dinosaurs, the Deinonychus... somehow.

“Mine is a proud people; descendants of the most powerful and ancient of Earth’s creatures. Our minds are keen, and technology is ours to know and to wield. Our flesh is strong and our teeth and claws are sharp. Were it not for the vile powers of Sorcerers, we would be the kings and queens of the Ruined Earth. Sorcerers suck.”

"I am a Vek, a flightless raptorkin with handsome feathers. Who are you?"