The Skorn

Skorn, also known as halfmen or beastmen, are heavy set, pink skinned proto-humans, often scarred and heavily sunburnt. They would be 7 ft tall but for their stooping stature, with small eyes, flat faces and rudimentary ear holes. Skorn are dull witted cannibals, more beast than man, raiding outposts and caravans from nearby wildlands. They live to eat, breed and fight, inevitably bringing them into conflict with their neighbours.

Skorn females typically birth twins or triplets, and their children grow swiftly, developing into dangerous warriors by their twelfth or thirteenth year. Devoid of empathy, the halfmen prefer to eat humans before their own elderly or young, but will hunt animals if they must.

Skorn revere lycanthropes, and some tribes cultivate infection as a special reward for favoured champions. Such lycanthropy is a unique strain that infects their own kind only.