Codex >> Bestiary >> Wilderkin
Wilderkin is the name given to the broad range of intelligent but somewhat bestial races of the world.
Barghest archer
Just moments ago, this goblinkin was a wolf, hot on your tracks. Now it's standing and drawing a bead upon you with its bow.
Boggart
The simple boggart is the most common of the wilderkin. This boggart is a common instance of its kind, with rough clothing, a sword in hand, and some sort of tribal marker on its tunic.
Boggart necromancer
The common boggart is among the most curious of the wilderkin - and that curiosity sometimes leads boggarts to dark pursuits. A few boggarts find fascination in the Heresy of Necromancy, taking a twisted sort of pleasure in "returning to life" both dead foes and dead friends. Some stories tell of goblins who collect and reanimate corpses for "puppet shows;" critics and hecklers are invited to join the ensemble in their performance.
Boggart raider
This boggart looks meaner and a bit better equipped.
Boggart scavenger
This hungry-looking boggart seems down on his luck, and desperate enough to be dangerous.
Boggart scout
Though among the smallest and most common of wilderkin, boggarts can still be dangerous foes. This boggart is armed with a spear, and looks to be hunting something... perhaps you.
Boggart thug
This young boggart grew up on the rough streets, and it's made him tough and quick to anger.
Boggart warrior
This boggart bears the faded scars and well-tended blade of someone who has seen their share of battles.
Ettercap
Ettercaps are wilderkin with a strange mix of arachnoid and goblinoid features. They have eight limbs, using the two back pairs as legs, and the two front pairs for fighting and carrying. The limbs end in small pincers, which are too clumsy to wield tools and weapons individually, but are sufficiently dexterous when working in pairs. Multiple beady eyes, fanged maws, tough exoskeletons, and noseless faces are among their other spider-like traits. Ettercaps are not particularly smart, but hunt well together in packs, favoring ambushes of their animal or humanoid prey. Ordinary ettercaps are not poisonous, nor do they weave webs, though there are rumors of extraordinary sorts capable of both.
Ettercap hunter
Ettercaps are wilderkin with a spider-like form. More alien than most wilderkin, they tend to keep to themselves, and their ways are not well understood.
Ettercap twinfang
This ettercap licks its paired daggers as it advances, each dripping with venom.
Feral ettin
Loremasters debate whether the two-headed ettins are distinct ogre-kin, or aberrations of the firbolgs and fomor. A few ettins use their double intellects to wield two weapons or better solve problems, but most are forever distracted by their own bickering and indecision.
Feral firbolg
Left without direction from other wilderkin, many firbolg fall back to a primitive state, wearing hides, wielding simple clubs, and hunting down prey to eat over a simple fire. This firbolg looks like it's contemplating how your meat would taste.
Firbolg enforcer
Large and hunchbacked, firbolgs' bristles and small tusks give them a vaguely porcine cast. Too big to get pushed around, but too dumb to take charge, many firbolgs find themselves in roles like this one: a rough, tough guard.
Firbolg guard
Larger even than the forgeborn, firbolgs are squatter and often hunchbacked, with odd asymmetries to their features. Commonly considered ugly, bad-tempered, and not too bright, firbolgs sometimes serve as muscle for other wilderkin.
Firbolg hurler
This menace isn't smart enough to understand how to use a bow or sling, but he throws rocks with the force of a catapult.
Firbolg soldier
Though its armor is unkempt and its hide unclean, this firbolg holds itself with a sort of martial dignity you've not seen before among its kind.
Hob archer
Hobs tend to prefer weapons they consider "sophisticated;" the bow is a favorite.
Hob beastmaster
This powerfully-built hob looks like he can wrestle any of his "pets" to the ground - and probably has done so with each.
Hob enforcer
A hob slaver, willing to capture and sell his own kind for some coin.
Hob patroller
Though its gear is worn and its body coated in dust, this hob is clearly battle-hardened and not to be trifled with.
Hob sharpshooter
Nocking an arrow with notable speed, this hob aims an arrow carefully at your head.
Hob skirmisher
A wiry, lightly armored goblin that's thinner and nimbler than most of its fellow hobs.
Resolute fomor
Your theft of the Mogru Dauth has given rise to this force of implacable fomor, mighty in their size and fury.
Skavie
Small and a bit cowardly, these rat-kin tend to be solitary scavengers or the bullied minions of stronger wilderkin. Encountered in their warrens, however, they can be aggressive, almost feral. As crows are drawn to shiny things, so are skavies to colorful and outlandish costumes, with each seeking to outdo the others in its scavenged regalia. Some skavie broods have turned to the Heresies to compensate for their unimposing physiques. Conclave scouts have reported seeing lone skavies trailed by skeletal or plague-carrying rats.
Skavie knifepitcher
Naturally agile and fond of shiny things, most skavies love knives, and a few stay focused long enough to become truly skilled with them.
Skavie scavenger
This ragged scavie has seen better days.
Skavie spiritgnawer
This emaciated skavie goads its brethren on with its glowing, purple rod, screeching high-pitched commands. Magical energies play across its paws and arms. A battered scimitar hands from its belt.
Troll chanter
This wizened and scarred troll wears poorly cared-for robes.
Troll chant leader
This wizened troll wears elaborate but poorly cared-for robes.
Troll fanatic
Wild-eyed, this troll's skin is painted with geometric patterns.
Troll headhunter
Despite its size, this troll moves lightly on its feet, moving its spetum in a slow circle as it considers your defenses.
Troll incanter
This wizened and scarred troll wears poorly cared-for robes. In one hand she carries a length of knotted cord, an implement some Wilderkin use to practice Hex magic.
Troll knot-witch
This wizened troll wears elaborate but poorly cared-for robes. In one hand she carries a length of knotted cord, an implement some Wilderkin use to practice Hex magic.
Troll raidleader
Scars paint the skin of this leather-clad troll, which barks out orders with authority.
Troll shaman
Draped in knotted ropes and trinkets, this troll maintains a constant chant even as it waves a bell-covered staff at you.
