Re: OOC: sixth form
Dusk Rat! From the Maganamund Companion (the tome of all things Magnamund):
Although among the lesser-Darklords, Xagash are powerful creatures. They are always involved in complex schemes and court intrigues in attempts to ascend their evil hierarchy. To maintain their physical strength, they must devour warm-blooded creatures (preferably humans), and many of the attacks launched from the Darklands are raids to gather 'food' for these loathsome beings.
Now seeing as you don't know what a Darklord is, the description 'lesser-Darklord' is probably not very helpful, but the picture looks very like that lizard monster that ran around after Captain Kirk in that famous Star Trek episode. But they'll be bigger than that - 10-12 feet high, I imagine, though that's just my guess. So a giant lizard-man, something like that. It may say something about complex schemes above, but most of the Darklords were quite stupid, so it's unlikely that the Xagash are particularly clever. I think if there is a Nadziran running around the dungeons too, we ought to be more worried about that. :)
My best guess is that the plural is the same word, Xagash, just as with helghast and kraan and sheep. Though we're probably not going to meet any sheep. More's the pity really, 'cause their Chew Cud attack is considerably less threatening than the xagash' Massive Axe in the Head manoeuvre.
As per my post, I wondered if to get into the dungeons, most of us could pose as prisoners, but - of course - low-priority, unthreatening prisoners, not Kai. That way, we might be guarded, but only lightly (by our standards) and could likely overpower our guards after we're safely away from the big room full of scary monsters.
