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Chronicles of Arborell, Copyright Wayne Densley 2005 All Rights Reserved
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 It is said in the lands of Men that there is nothing feared more than the Hresh of the Horde. Roughly humanoid in size and stature they are weapons of destruction, purposefully designed by their long-dead masters to fight and die in the forgotten wars of the ancient world. Constructed from the dark earth of Arborell, and imbued with a spark of EarthMagic that sustains them, they are the ultimate warriors of their kind, lethal fighting machines who live without fear or the restraint of mercy.
The Hresh of the Horde are easily recognised from amongst their fellow Oera'dim. Slightly larger than most men they are heavily muscled with flat uncomplicated features. Each sports a long braided tail of black hair that trails from the nape of their necks, and all display the tattoos of their kin and status upon their right arms. As is the practice of all Hordim, Hresh also tattoo the sign of the Three Tears under their right eye. Why this is done is unknown to Men, the meaning of such adornment a mystery that has not yet been uncovered.
Unlike other members of the Oera'dim the Hresh have no specific skin colour, the ancients who created them having given them the ability to change their skin tone to match their surroundings at will. It is recorded also that Hresh have excellent night vision and acute hearing.
Since the end of the Third Horde War all Hresh live within the cold wastes of northern Arborell, in an area of tundra and crater lakes known as the Lands of Perdition. As is the case with most Hordim they maintain a strong loyalty to the Mutan of the Clavern'sigh. Only the Hresh of the Denmar Kraal have been known to operate independent of the dictates of the Sigh, and they have suffered much because of it.
Although it is not common knowledge, it has been ascertained that the ancients, whom we know as Trell, did not deem it necessary to provide their warriors with a finite lifespan. Unless killed by combat or accident Hresh are for all practical purposes immortal, and it is rumoured that at least one of their number has survived more than eight thousand years in the world.
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