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Chrean
thes things are one of the driving forces of the horde.they are what lead it to attack oter places. why do they do it, anyway? simple. to preserves their own lands. the Chrean are creatures of the night. they usually avoid attacking by day, althugh wheter it because they cannot stand daylight or the dark hides them better, it is impossible to tell. they're not creatures. i nfact, they have a terrible, alien intelligence (i don't mean little green men from mars, i mean something not human. they feed on the flesh and blood, as well as hte mind. the mind is probably the reason they attack mostly sentient creatures, because their brains tend to be more complex, and therefore makea better meal for them. most of the other creatures of the Horde fight and take over lands, with sentient creatures, to avoid, being "eaten" themselves. the Chrean have no real forms, instead they take the forms of others. anyone could be a Chrean, the person who has a bunk next to you, anyone. the natural form of a Chrean is a sort of black, formless entity. when adjusting, they keep these forms until they can find another one to use. of course, that does not mean they can't assume other colors. in rare cases a Chrean will be bron with a speical gift. they can seperate bits of their mass from them, and access it, no matter how far away it is. over time, the mass seperated from them grows, and they can convert bits of that mass to magic. if one of these rare Chreans show a skill for leadership, they become a Chrean Lord....however, Chrean lords are not the only type of chrean around. below is alist of some of the basic types of chrean:

Cannon fodder:
these litte fellas are in essence, grunts. not too bright, or all that strong, mainly its the sheer numbers of them that can cause you grief.
about 65% of chrean population

Elites(looking for a better name):
these buggers can be trouble. they're faster, stronger, and smarter than the Cannon Fodder. the only real way to tell them apart from the cannon fodder while stationary (when their moving, you'll be able to tell) is a red band somewhere on them. it goes all the way around wherever it is. most wear this on an arm, or ankle. the bands actually part of their skin, and can't be removed, save when they shapeshift. about 27% of the chrean population.

Siege Chrean:
these guys are big. and i mean big. they are elites who got lucky and ate well for quite a while. as chreans eat, their mass grows. some of that mass is consumed in feeding themselves, but the rest of it stays with them. when an elite gets to about the size of a avearage closet (and thats filling every inch of it. nothing else would be in the loset), they are deemed unfit for field work, and are taken in for training, of a sort. something is done to them , so they no longer need to eat something alive. rock will do just fine. those elites are the pre-siege chrean. a full grown siege chrean on average (sizes vary) is about the height and width of a tower. they're used mostly during, yup you guessed it, sieges. very handy for smashing walls and gates.
Makes up about 1% of the chrean population
sealed chrean-these little buggers are the worst. most chrean, even in a shapeshifted form, have giveaways. the way they move, the way they speak, things like that. thesguys don't. they don't even know their chrean. when a chrean has committed some crime, their mind is, in essence, wiped. over it they can transfer the mind of someone else (doesn't have to bea chrean, anything that thinks) into the newly vacated mind. then they just go back to what they were doing. a sealed chran is usually used frrpeople in power. kipnap, the person, seal themto a chrean, and kill the persons empty body after the chrean has taken his shape. thing is, the sealed chrean won't remember a thing about it. it'll run things just like it used to except for one thing. the chrean place certain overwhelming complusions in their mind, that once, confronted with acircumstance, they must follow through (ex:killing another high official).
makes up about 2% of chrean population

*remaining 5% are Chrean Lords.