Physical Description: Most halflings appear relatively the same and nightlings vary only slightly from that stereotypical appearance.. Many hunters have tattoos and piercings intended to
Trang 1Physical Description: Most halflings appear
relatively the same and nightlings vary only
slightly from that stereotypical appearance They
stand about three and a half feet tall, weighing
between 30 and 50 pounds Their bodies are
covered with dark hair used both for concealment
and to help them keep warm in the chill of the
wasteland Their eyes are small and slanted,
almost elven in appearance And they seem to be
designed to utilize every bit of the moonlight with
their large pupils, colored in shades of gray
Many hunters have tattoos and piercings
intended to show their rank among their tribe
Generally the more ornate the tattoo or the larger
the number of piercings, the higher the position in
the pecking order
Alignment: Nightlings can be of any alignment
Within their own tribe they might be seen as
having a lawful nature, but those outside of their
own society see only the chaos of their rage and
ferocity
Religion: Nightlings have a complex
religion composed of a number of gods They
do not, however, perform complex rituals
They kill to honor Nibtenay and perform ritual scarring and piercings to honor Grestíka
and purge their bodies of pain and impurities In
general they honor their gods through actions not
through ritual Besides the gods, their shamans
hold great influence within the tribe, almost being
equal to the chieftain in power In some cases the
word of the shaman is taken over the chieftain in
matters of survival and when determining the rank
of the hunters These shamans are greatly revered,
as they are the only weapon the nightlings have
against the incorporeal creatures native to the
wastelands
Nightling Lands: The home of the
Nightlings on Relistan is in the wastelands that
surround the Illurian capital They are organized
into tribes with each tribe holding dominion over
a particular part of the wasteland They attack all
who they see as trespassers This is why Illurian
merchant caravans are so heavily guarded There
are always conflicts between the tribes, but this
is no more than another form of competition, to
determine the status order of the tribes amongst
themselves
It is possible that other nightling tribes exist
beyond the borders of the wastelands, but such tribes have not yet been discovered
Language: The nightling language consists
of a series of clicks and hoots This language is completely incomprehensible to most people, who think of it as the noise of savage animals When hunting, the nightlings actually mimic the sounds
of animals to communicate and set up ambushes, though they switch to their normal language after the battle has begun Very few people outside of the nightling race ever have a chance to learn to understand let alone speak the nightling’s native tongue
Male Names: Agach, Sargak, Xarkig
Female Names: Luknok, Rishta, Xersh
Adventures: On occasion nightlings are
sent by their shamans or chieftains on missions beyond the wastelands There are also those who have been expelled from the tribe for any number
of reasons They abhor killing members of their own tribe, but are more than willing to expel them from the safety of their homes to survive or perish
on their own should it be deemed better for the survival of the tribe
In the north of the continent of Slarinca lies
a strange forest that is saturated with energies leaking in from the elemental planes Energy from the Elemental Plane of Water has seeped into the natural ground water of the region The trees drink it and bear iridescent fruit The animals drink from the springs and change in strange ways The water and the food supply it affects have changed the gnomes native to the area as well It has granted them strange abilities and a skin tone reminiscent of the sea
While the Twilight Gnomes are a race unto themselves, they have much in common with their more mundane cousins They enjoy the art of invention and illusion as any other self-respecting gnome, but they have been forced to adapt to their strange environment, and the otherworldly powers that exist in the region, hidden behind the appearances, both mystical and mundane, of the Twilight Wood
Personality: Twilight gnomes are an
adventurous people by nature Some pursue
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