Gnoll

Gnolls are a humanoid race that most closely resemble human-hyena hybrids within Mondum. They are carnivorous humanoids, known for their savage culture and warlike ways. Gnolls are extremely tall, with the average member of the race standing on average between 7′0″‒7′6". Though gnolls are relatively lean for their height, weighing in usually between 280‒320 lb, they cut an impressive visage. In part because of their height and lean musculature, gnolls are very quickly compared with many other races such as humans. Gnoll skin is greenish-gray, and their furry hide a light or dark brown hue, sometimes marked with spots or stripes. Many gnolls also have a dirty yellow to a reddish-gray crest-like mane that stands on end when they were angry. It is believed by some that gnolls have traces of demonic blood, which may be evidenced by unusual features found among some of the gnoll bloodlines. These may include talons, gleaming red eyes, or black fur with fiery orange spots. Female gnolls are indistinguishable from males by size, in spite of a reputation for being shorter. In fact, so similar are male and female gnolls in appearance that they are often mistaken for one another. The only reliable way to tell the difference, other than through a close physical examination, is if a female was pregnant or openly nursing. Gnolls have very short lifespans when compared with other sapient humanoids, living only 30 or so years on average and maturing to adulthood at a remarkable speed. Gnolls do not, however, age particularly dramatically except at the end of their lifespans, at which point the decline quickly ends in their death. When a gnoll dies, its bones are occasionally harvested by the other gnolls and animated by rituals into a witherling, a type of skeletal gnoll.

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