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<blockquote data-quote="Gez" data-source="post: 765102" data-attributes="member: 1328"><p>In basic D&D (Mystara/Known World), the evil Nithian empire, roughly a grittier version of ancient egypt, made all sorts of funky magical stuff to obtain races of servitor.</p><p></p><p>"<a href="http://www.dnd.starflung.com/gnomtime.html" target="_blank"><em>1050 BC: Great wizards of the Nithians, inspired by the Immortal Pflarr's servant race (the Hutaakan), create the gnoll race by magically blending trolls and gnome. (GAZ 10)</em></a>"</p><p></p><p>"<a href="http://www.dnd.starflung.com/gnomtim2.html" target="_blank"><em>1050 BC: Evil Nithian necromancers research a way of creating a servitor race resembling the Hutaakans by reincarnating gnomes using the blood of trolls. The entire Northern Reaches have been conquered in the attempt to get more specimen. After a few years the first hundred gnomes are turned into gnolls. (GAZ10)</em></a>"</p><p></p><p>Hutaakans are "<em>a haughty, callous race dominated by their priests. The tall, slender, humanoid Hutaakans have jackal-like heads but otherwise resemble ascetic humans with narrow hands and feet. Hutaakans often decorate or carve their heavy, clawlike nails to represent their rank and station in life. Even the most simple and unassuming of these creatures wears long, somber robes, with the occasional addition of a simple piece of jewelry. They speak in fluting, mellifluous tones using a complex language possessed of a haunting, musical quality.</em>" (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix.)</p><p></p><p>"<em>Another strange episode in humanoid history is the creation of gnolls. Gnolls were created from the bodies of trolls and gnomes, during atrocious and evil experiments by Nithian wizards. It appeared Nithians could create dozens of gnolls from one troll body and a pint of gnomish blood, through proper alchemic formulas. The entire Black Moons tribe was altered this way to become gnolls, and then spread out to become common humanoids.</em>" GAZ10, the Orcs of Thar.</p><p></p><p>"<em>1050 BC: Odious experiments in Nithia turn Black Moon trolls into gnolls. Gnolls rebel; they escape and later invade Karameikos. Nithian priests visit the Shamans of Oenkmar. Atzanteotl is increasingly offended.</em>" GAZ10, the Orcs of Thar.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Finally, the Flind appeared in the Fiend Folio, and are credited to someone called J.D. Morris. I found nothing about the Flind's origin, the FF just says that "they speak the tongue of gnolls; are on friendly terms with orcs, hobgoblins, bugbears, and ogres; but dislike trolls and won't cooperate with them". J.D. Morris is also credited for the Norkers, hobgoblins with tough skin ("a form of exoskeleton") and large 3" fangs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gez, post: 765102, member: 1328"] In basic D&D (Mystara/Known World), the evil Nithian empire, roughly a grittier version of ancient egypt, made all sorts of funky magical stuff to obtain races of servitor. "[url=http://www.dnd.starflung.com/gnomtime.html][i]1050 BC: Great wizards of the Nithians, inspired by the Immortal Pflarr's servant race (the Hutaakan), create the gnoll race by magically blending trolls and gnome. (GAZ 10)[/i][/url]" "[url=http://www.dnd.starflung.com/gnomtim2.html][i]1050 BC: Evil Nithian necromancers research a way of creating a servitor race resembling the Hutaakans by reincarnating gnomes using the blood of trolls. The entire Northern Reaches have been conquered in the attempt to get more specimen. After a few years the first hundred gnomes are turned into gnolls. (GAZ10)[/i][/url]" Hutaakans are "[i]a haughty, callous race dominated by their priests. The tall, slender, humanoid Hutaakans have jackal-like heads but otherwise resemble ascetic humans with narrow hands and feet. Hutaakans often decorate or carve their heavy, clawlike nails to represent their rank and station in life. Even the most simple and unassuming of these creatures wears long, somber robes, with the occasional addition of a simple piece of jewelry. They speak in fluting, mellifluous tones using a complex language possessed of a haunting, musical quality.[/i]" (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix.) "[i]Another strange episode in humanoid history is the creation of gnolls. Gnolls were created from the bodies of trolls and gnomes, during atrocious and evil experiments by Nithian wizards. It appeared Nithians could create dozens of gnolls from one troll body and a pint of gnomish blood, through proper alchemic formulas. The entire Black Moons tribe was altered this way to become gnolls, and then spread out to become common humanoids.[/i]" GAZ10, the Orcs of Thar. "[i]1050 BC: Odious experiments in Nithia turn Black Moon trolls into gnolls. Gnolls rebel; they escape and later invade Karameikos. Nithian priests visit the Shamans of Oenkmar. Atzanteotl is increasingly offended.[/i]" GAZ10, the Orcs of Thar. Finally, the Flind appeared in the Fiend Folio, and are credited to someone called J.D. Morris. I found nothing about the Flind's origin, the FF just says that "they speak the tongue of gnolls; are on friendly terms with orcs, hobgoblins, bugbears, and ogres; but dislike trolls and won't cooperate with them". J.D. Morris is also credited for the Norkers, hobgoblins with tough skin ("a form of exoskeleton") and large 3" fangs. [/QUOTE]
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