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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RSKennan" data-source="post: 1287944" data-attributes="member: 8256">One thing that got cut from the book for space reasons are details on Hrum Vaat. Hrum Vaat is ruled by Aberrations, in particualar, two new ones called Lreans and Gedge. Gedge are the workforce and lower class, and Lreans are the masterminds. A menagerie of other aberrations rounds out the empire, but they don't matter for this discusion. Gedge and Lreans are related classes of humanoid worm creatures.... still with me? Just as every spirit on Thraxis was once a numinus (proto-elemental spirit), so too were aberrations, after a fashion. Aberration spirits are the 'echoes' of souls that have been drawn into the Wheel (the magical Black hole, for those without the book ). As such they lack something, like undead do... they are alien, and their forms are twisted. OK. The Gedge (derived from the Dwarven word for 'Earthquake') are large musclebound humanoid worms... they have sonic powers... they speak by articulating throaty hums... Hence the name for their empire "Hrum Vaat". Lreans are smaller, frailer Gedge, who build Magical exoskeletons and living magical devices..... I wanted their name to have the impression of a 'higher pitch', but I agree that they are in need of a name that they are called by other races.  I know that the book doesn't have this info, and even if it did, you might still find it odd. I had more info written on them (including stats), but in the interest of space, it was cut. Even if it's not a reasonable justification, I figured you should know my rationale.</blockquote>

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