Sareth'Tal Gnolls (Group)

The Sareth'Tal were a tribe of agrarian gnolls, completely peaceful, living in the area known as the Loping Plains . Then the Dwarven King, Stormhammer, sent an expeditionary force to establish military outposts and mining operations. The Sareth'Tal complained but took no hostile action, having no military. The brigade commander, Ranthok Redbeard, received orders from the King to negotiate a settlement with the gnolls but, instead, he ordered his troops to massacre the Sareth'Tal. The gnolls finally fought back but, too late, they are wiped out along with many dwarven soldiers. The ghosts of the Sareth'Tal and the Redbeard brigade soldiers can still be seen there where they fell. This act of Hate is the taint that haunts the Loping Plains . ^[1]]

1. Dialog of Tanath L'Vec , from the quest A Hatred Repressed .