GNOLE
"The senior gnole is a little like a Jerusalem artichoke made of India rubber, and he has small red eyes which are faceted in the same way that gemstones are."
"He had got past the sentence about cordage requirements and into an enumeration of the different types of cordage his firm manufactured when the gnole, by turning his head to the side, showed him that he had no ears. Nor was there anything on his head which could take their place in the conduction of sound. Then the gnole opened his little fanged mouth and let Mortensen look at his narrow, ribbony tongue."
"The senior gnole was there before him, his network of tentacles outstretched."
Margaret St. Clair, The Man Who Sold Rope To the Gnoles
I'm so glad you did the original Gnole! So much more interesting than the Hyena men that Gnolls became in D&D.
ReplyDeleteAbsolut truth, man. This looks a lot like a Gnome. I can understand why they got labelled as troll gnomes in first edition.
Deletewe read this tale as a child (Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum ) nice illustration !!
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