Skulkers

Haggard and dirty, his clothes jagged and torn, a mixture between a young scarecrow and the crows it was supposed to scare.- Leonora Carrington, The Stone DoorOrcs live for battle, Hobgoblins for conquest, and Gnolls for chaos-worship. Skulkers pick through what's left. Skulkers are willowy, vaguely avian humanoids who live in ruins and survive on what they scavenge. They wear leather lashed with rags and telescopic goggles to magnify their vision. It is common for skulkers darken their beaks with charcoal to prevent reflecting light.They perch on broken columns in the rubble of bygone metropoli, bows at the ready, scanning for unsuspecting adventurers laden with treasure. They rummage through dungeons with brutal efficiency, black fingers searching in the dark, loot stored in voluminous cloth so as not to make noise when jostled in their sacks. A trail of rooms left behind like prey stripped to the bone. Skulkers are, in spite of their gawky appearance, incredibly agile. The way they…