Shadowspawn
The Dark One's creatures: Trollocs, Myrddraal, Draghkar and gholam.
Shadowspawn are the array of creatures brought into the world by the Dark One's growing influence. Trollocs are brutal humanoid monsters with animal senses who kill for pleasure and eat any meat, including humans; they are led by the Myrddraal, or Fades, eyeless creatures who can vanish into shadow but will not cross running water. Gholam are constructs that look human, possess superhuman strength and are designed to hunt channelers.
Lore & Background
The Forsaken Aginor, an amoral biologist in the Age of Legends, created the Dark One's army of Shadowspawn, including Myrddraal, Trollocs, Draghkar and gholam. Shadowspawn hunt the Dragon Reborn from the first chapters of The Eye of the World, and Fades and Trollocs will not enter the cursed city of Shadar Logoth.
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