Gnoll

The sources say little about this yet. Everything known is on this page; add to it as the campaign continues.

Gnoll
also known as Gnoll Ambushers, Gnoll Saboteurs
Kind	Raiders and saboteurs
GM canon
first cited: [heralds-b#71]

Gnolls are a raiding people who fight as infiltrators and saboteurs alongside the Winter Elves during the Winter War. ^{[heralds-b#71 · heralds-b#94]}

Overview

At Hollowbridge, a band of Gnoll ambushers slips into the town under cover of night and plants explosives in the buildings still left standing, while Winter Elf archers fire into the town from outside, throwing the camp into chaos. ^{[heralds-b#71]} By EKREM's explicit direction, that fight is fought only between Gnolls and archer Winter Elves — no snowdrift spirits, frostcallers, or revenants take part. ^{[heralds-b#92]}

Alliance with the Winter Elves

Gnolls fight as allies of the Winter Elves against Snowshield's Forces, striking from within a target as infiltrators while Winter Elf archers support them from outside. ^{[heralds-b#71 · heralds-b#94]}

Related pages

• Winter Elves — the people gnolls fight alongside in every recorded engagement
• Hollowbridge — the town gnoll ambushers infiltrated and rigged with explosives
• Snowshield's Forces — the column of soldiers and Shieldmaidens gnolls and the Winter Elves ambushed together
• Snowshield — the county the ambushed force is named for
• Gnoll ambushers — this raiding band's entry on the minor peoples list

Unconfirmed ideas

The source conversations contain proposals for Gnoll that the campaign owner never confirmed. They are collected on Idea:Gnoll so they cannot be mistaken for canon.