The Unclean
On the edge of Skaeling territory was a cave-ridden hollow where the tribe discarded its failures. Most were warriors overcome by blessings, reduced to bestial madness by the afflictions of godly attentions; a few were cowards and traitors, soon devoured by their fellow exiles. When the Skaelings marched to war, the Unclean were dragged from their lairs and bound with chains, unleashed from bondage only when the scents of foes were heavy upon the air.[1a]