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Dracoliche -

Ages ago, when the Sathir dynasty united the iksar tribes and
created an empire that spread across Kunark, the dragons of the
Ring of Scale debated whether they should contest the growing
might of the iksar empire. After long debate, Jaled Dar pronounced
thatthe Ring of Scale would not intervene, but Trakanon
and other dragons in the Ring refused to obey. After destroying an
iksar naval fleet bound for conquest on Faydwer, Trakanon and
his allies were branded dissidents by Jaled Dar and the Ring of
Scale. A civil war erupted, and dragon fought dragon in the skies
above Kunark. Some say that Trakanon was mortally injured in this war and
called out to Bertoxxulous, the Plaguebringer, who spared
Trakanon's life at great cost to the mighty dragon. Similarly, a
mighty dragon named Kodezal was mortally wounded by Phara
Dar of the Ring of Scale. Kodezal called out to Cazic- Thule, the
Faceless, to spare him from death. The God of Fear heard the
dragon and responded, transforming Kodezal into an undead
dragon of terrifying power and bringing the resulting dracoliche
to the god's home plane to serve him.
The dracoliche has all but forgotten its own past, in which it
once stood against Cazic- Thule's iksar children and then against
its own kind. Now, it serves Cazic- Thule as his second-incommand.
Only the greatest rituals of Cazic-Thule's mortal
shamans or the God of Fear's own command will cause the
dracoliche to venture forth from its home in the Plane of Fear.
When it steps foot upon Norrath, terror and death surround,it~
passing.
More often, the dracoliche directs Cazic-Thule's minions on
Norrath. The undead dragon uses its magic to see into Norrath to
admire the cruelty and fear it has orchestrated.
The dracoliche looks like an animated skeleton of a dragon,
though it is incapable of flight, its wing membranes having long
ago rotted away. Its hollow eye sockets glint with a malevolent
light.



Drolvargs -

Drolvargs are a large wolflike humanoid species. Standing
between 7 and 9 feet tall, these creatures are covered in muscle
and brownish fur; they walk upright on their legs, and use weapons
in their forepaws. Although some similarities appear between
drolvargs and gnolls, no connection between the species isknown.
Drolvargs have a militaristic society, devoted to the expansion
and furtherance of the drolvarg race. "Ravishers," "growlers," and
"gnawers" make up the ranks of their army, devoted to the first
drolvarg general, Tomor. A drolvarg is indoctrinated to serve in
the army from the moment it is born. As drolvargs grow up, their
talents are determined and they are put where they can best serve
the army. Those who try to "buck the system" are killed and
skinned as a lesson for any who might try to follow some other way
than that of Tomor.
Most drolvargs serve in the military, of course, but many are in
the support fields, making arms and weapons. They will on
occasion trade with other races for more advanced gear, but
mostly drolvargs use the bronze weapons and armor they have
made themselves. If an occupation does not support the military,
it does not exist in their culture.
Drolvargs speak their own language, but most have begun to
pick up the Common language of Norrath in the last few years.
The drolvargs' primary home is the area of land in Kunark now
known as Firiona Vie. There they have a fragile peace with the
frogloks and giants that also inhabit the area, though this peace is
occasionally upset and combat will break out until peace is made
anew. The drolvargs have no such compunction against invaders
from beyond the sea, however. Elves and oth~r pilgrims who land
in Firiona Vie are open targets for drolvarg assaults. When the outpostofFiriona Vie was being established, drolvargs
made repeated assaults, but the defenses proved too strong and
thus no concrete effort has since been attempted, just continual
harassment. The leaders of Firiona Vie, however, do not care for
the drolvargs because of such things and have placed a bounty
upon drolvargs, paying gold and supplies for any sets of drolvarg
fangs returned to them.
Drolvargs do appear to have a few secrets, though, some of
which not even they are aware. Drolvargs may actually be
lycanthropes. Their entire race may have once been human or
human-like, and they were transformed into these hybrid lupine
forms long ago. Whether this is true or not, no one living may
know, and certainly the drolvargs will deny having anything to do
with an obviously weaker species. Another secret lies with who
truly rules the drolvargs and who may have been the one who
transformed them into such a state. Distant rumors suggest that
Vemit Sathir, once ruler of the iksar, has risen from the dead as a
lich and that he created and now rules the drolvargs.