The gnoll share distinct similarities with hyenas, while firbolg has some vaguely bear-deerlike qualities, though with long, floofy-ended tails and large ears (which may have some other races assume a relationship to the elves, no matter that this isn't actually true). Firbolg also have various bits of plants growing out from around their hair; gnoll might be harder to pick it out on, but they have mushroom features, though spread out more (one easy place to spot it is their palms, where it looks like they have a mass of very thin, white veins right under the skin. This is visible mycelium).
Originally, the gnoll and the firbolg were both much more plant/mushroom-like, and they were grown in their creator's garden, at the dawn of the world. They helped cultivate the young planet, only starting to change into more animal-like shapes as the elves were created. Their populations were also greater in the beginning; they're much more reduced now, but still exist in some numbers (greater numbers than what other races know or assume, certainly), because they are necessary for the world's ecological well-being. There are two isolated (from other populations of their respective species, as well, not just the rest) populations of highly corrupted and maddened gnoll and firbolg scattered out on the shattered remains of the elven origin continent; they look sufficiently dissimilar to the current looks of gnoll and firbolg they aren't recognized for what they are. Ironically, they look and are closer to what they once were, undoubtedly prompted by the massive magical-natural calamity the elves managed to set off in their civil war.
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Beast peoples - Gnoll and Firbolg
Date: 2022-08-21 02:36 pm (UTC)Firbolg also have various bits of plants growing out from around their hair; gnoll might be harder to pick it out on, but they have mushroom features, though spread out more (one easy place to spot it is their palms, where it looks like they have a mass of very thin, white veins right under the skin. This is visible mycelium).
Originally, the gnoll and the firbolg were both much more plant/mushroom-like, and they were grown in their creator's garden, at the dawn of the world. They helped cultivate the young planet, only starting to change into more animal-like shapes as the elves were created. Their populations were also greater in the beginning; they're much more reduced now, but still exist in some numbers (greater numbers than what other races know or assume, certainly), because they are necessary for the world's ecological well-being.
There are two isolated (from other populations of their respective species, as well, not just the rest) populations of highly corrupted and maddened gnoll and firbolg scattered out on the shattered remains of the elven origin continent; they look sufficiently dissimilar to the current looks of gnoll and firbolg they aren't recognized for what they are. Ironically, they look and are closer to what they once were, undoubtedly prompted by the massive magical-natural calamity the elves managed to set off in their civil war.