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Ents: The giants, a prehuman race exiled to the lands
beyond the four seas. Some also remain deep in the
earth, in mountains or glaciers, or underwater. They are
enemies of the gods, especially Thunor. Ents vary greatly
in size and abilities. Some are older and craftier than
gods, and some are dumber than oxen. Some are no bigger
than oaks: others are so huge that they fill the sky.
Cast, Ellorgast, Orcneas, Scinn: Various spirits, ghosts
and other disembodied phantasms. Ghosts and their ilk
are greatly feared by the Saxons, who prefer an enemy
who dies when hit with a sword, or at least takes
wounds!
Scucca, Death-scucca, Beorg-scucca: A shambling
bloated corpse, shedding maggots, its skin mottled with
bruises and pooled blood. Death-scucca are undead bodies
that roam the countryside, while beorg-scucca haunt
barrow-mounds and graveyards. Why a man becomes a
scucca is unknown, but berserks, the unavenged, and the
scucca-slain are prone to rise again. Superstitious ceorls
may behead such persons before burial, or plant ash
stakes through their limbs and chests.
Thyrs: A manlike troll. It walks stooped over, its hands
nearly dragging on the ground. Lank hair surrounds its
face: its eyes are solid black, and tusks jut from its jaws.
Its fingers are tipped with claws that can shred chainmail.
It is fast. Many thegns have been killed by thyrs they
never saw coming. The thyrs feasts on human flesh when
it can, or raids livestock. It normally roams by night,
sleeping in a cave or underwater by day.
Werwulf: A man who can change his shape to that of a
wolf. He may be a berserk, or he may own a magical
wolfskin activated by a spell. Some men can take the
forms of bears or boars, rather than wolves. In any case,
transformed men have human cunning and animal
appetites, and may be protected from normal weapons
by their magic. A werwulf is a better hunter than either
wolf or man, and better at avoiding hunters, too. His bite
spreads terrible sickness, but does not pass on the curse,
unlike Hollywood’s werewolves.