Lycan

We can only guess at the appearance of the lycans from their name and shape the corrupted gnolls took. Likely some form of humanoid canine or intelligent wolf being.
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Sadly the lycans only existed for mere moments compared to the thousands of years that have passed since the Ritual. The Blackened Heart stole and corrupted them down the the last one, long before they we allowed to grow and proliferate across Aldun. Only their patron god remembers them and the potential lost.
Gnoll
Gnolls were the first of the Corrupted kin and the most deviant of all them, created when The Blackened Heart's anger and despair was the freshest. What was left of the lycan subjects after the transformation was truly horrible, unlike the source kin in any way but a superficially similar form. Gnolls look like rabid canines with mangy fur and lean, almost sickly bodies, though they are supernaturally strong and fast . Adorned with oversized jaws packed with razor sharp fangs, they are incapable of regular speech, forced to gibber and howl in their own twisted language. Gnolls live a life of chaos and anarchy, sharing a pathological aversion to following rules and leaders, except by force. They hold a deep hatred of anyone that appears to be living peacefully or comfortably.

© Rick Hershey
