Gnolls

Gnolls are savage humanoids that usually form small tribes and raid settlements along the frontier. Gnolls are unpredictable nomads who do not build or craft, instead relying on foraging and scavenging. They do have a degree of skill in patching together armor and weapons from the folk they kill. There are no known agreements, treaties, or even negotiations between the civilized creatures and gnolls. Other brutish creatures, such as hill giants, have been recorded amongst a Gnoll pack but this is a very rare occurance, even the hyenas which trail a Gnoll pack seem to be more of lesser scavengers following the pack rather than incorporated into the Gnoll pack, though direct observation of Gnoll activities is extremely limited.

Civilization and Culture

Major Organizations

The Half-ear Pack
The Fire River Tribe
The Red Claw Clan
The White Hills Tribe

Average Technological Level

Gnolls are scavengers, who do not build or craft.

History

In the jumbled time before History, the Dark Elves led armies to the continent of Virendas - continent to subdue the giant nations. One of the Dark Elf Warlock-Generals decided to perform a massive blood ritual and summon Yeenoghu, the demon lord of the Death Dells and release him to attack the giant nations. Yeenoghu did appear and much destruction and death followed. Trailing the demon-lord were scavenging hyena's who were transformed into the first Gnolls. Yeenoghu was eventually banished to Hell, returning him his home in the Abyss, but the Gnolls remained. Ravaging packs of Gnolls, who destroyed the farms and plantations of the giant nations were as much responsible for the destruction of those nations as was the Dark Elf armies.