Editing Gnolls (section)

== Relations ==
Many other races dismiss Gnolls as crude, uncivilized barbarians,<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7.10 K" /> and do not pay much attention to them. Unsurprisingly, the Gnolls do not appreciate the sentiment.

=== [[Drakes]] ===
Gnolls currently have a formal cooperation agreement with the Drakes,<ref name=":23">[[S02 – The Antinium Wars (Pt.2)]]</ref> with whom they share southern Izril. In the eyes of the world, they are essentially allied; in fact, Gnolls generally get tacked onto the Drakes as if an afterthought. “Drakes and Gnolls” do this, “Drakes and Gnolls” will react that way, and so on. In truth, the cooperation doesn’t go nearly that far. For example, it does not extend to following the Drakes into their feud with the Humans.<ref name=":18" /> The agreement was only signed quite recently, during the first Antinium War, and is little more than a generic non-aggression pact.<ref name=":23" /> During that war, the Gnolls mainly defended their own holdings, never counterattacking, and only participated in coalition efforts to destroy the Antinium when it benefited them as well.<ref name=":23" /> The Gnolls are also not integrated into Drake society, but rather have their own lands, and keep separate from them by their own choice even when they do decide to settle in a Drake city.<ref name=":24" /> Which happens very rarely to begin with. Finally, despite the treaty, there is occasional strife between Drake city-states and individual Gnoll tribes,<ref name=":40">[[Chapter 4.26 M]]</ref><ref name=":29">[[Chapter 5.18 S]]</ref><ref name=":7.10 K" /> and the Gnolls still have not forgotten the mistreatment suffered in ages past.<ref name=":65" /> There are areas in the Drake lands that Gnolls do not go near, where ancient customs like making clothes out of Gnoll pelts remains popular to this day.<ref name=":71" />

=== [[Humans]] ===
Gnoll relations with Humans are strained, and many Gnolls harbor more or less open resentment towards them.<ref name=":0" /> This is due to the Human invasion and subsequent conquest of northern Izril, which involved falling into the backs of the Gnolls while they were close to winning a war against the Drakes, and nearly resulted in their extinction.<ref name=":18" />

Another reason why Gnoll hate Humans is because they can be as bad, or sometimes even worse, then Drakes. This is mostly because while Humans don’s call Gnoll savage beasts as often as Drakes, they still see Gnolls as if they are animals. Meaning to them, Gnolls are less than people.<ref name=":7.31">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/06/28/7-31/ Chapter 7.31]</ref>

However, there is currently a formal (if grudging) peace treaty in place.<ref name=":18" /> When the Drakes and Humans feud and clash in the Blood Fields, the Gnolls abstain from participating.<ref name=":18" /> However, the Gnolls have never forgotten their ancestral lands in the north, and have designs to eventually return - be it in peace or in war.<ref name=":18" />

=== [[Antinium]] ===
Few, if any, mentions are made in the source text about Gnoll-Antinium relations. The only direct statement made on the topic is that the Gnolls feel hemmed in by the land claimed by the Antinium Hives.<ref name=":6" /> But it’s probably a safe bet that there is no love lost between the two species.

=== [[Goblins]] ===
Gnolls consider Goblins to be naturally occuring pests<ref>[[Chapter 2.14 G]]</ref> and don’t really think about them beyond that... unless a large tribe or Goblin Lord needs to be dealt with.

=== [[Raskghar]] ===
The Gnolls are formally at war with the Raskghar. An eternal, no-holds-barred, species-wide, total extermination war. It was declared thousands, if not tens of thousands of years ago, but since it was never cancelled, it is still in effect.<ref name=":18" /> After Raskghar were discovered in Liscor’s dungeon, a number of Gnoll adventurers journeyed there for the express purpose of fighting them.<ref name=":16" />

=== [[Selphids]] ===
Gnolls don’t like Selphids.<ref name=":21" /> We can assume that, in addition to being squicked just like everyone else by the concept of a parasite moving a dead body around, Gnolls can also smell said dead body constantly. Gnoll history further remembers them being enslaved by Selphids in ages past, and joining the war to overthrow them.<ref name=":6" />

=== [[Beastkin]] ===
The Beastkin, especially those from Baleros, are traditional allies to Gnolls, and some Beastkin even visit the Gnolls, but they are a minority.<ref name=":7.31" />

=== [[Wistram]] ===
The Isle of Wistram is under a formal, species-wide boycott, due to the rude humiliation and dismissal of one of their best [Shamans].<ref name=":3" /> No Gnoll will travel there, or trade with them, or with anyone known to sell to them.<ref name=":22" /> Wistram would never openly admit it, but rumors among students say that this boycott actually causes significant problems for the academy.<ref name=":22" />

=== [[Reim|Kingdom of Reim]] ===
King [[Flos Reimarch]]'s widely publicized call for all those who claim allegiance with him to travel to Reim inspired a few small and destitute Gnoll clans from southern Izril to seek a new life on [[Chandrar]] as his subjects. When a number of these Gnolls were persecuted and slaughtered with extreme prejudice on their way to Reim, Flos reacted by visiting harsh vengeance on those who had committed these crimes, going as far as to declare war on another nation.<ref name=":7.10 K" /> This has caused Gnolls all over the world to view Flos with great respect, shedding previously held prejudices about the infamous King Of Destruction.<ref name=":71">[[Chapter 7.11]]</ref>

=== [[Harpies]] ===
Gnolls used to have an enmity with Harpies, like they do with Drakes and Raskghars.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/05/03/8-85/ Chapter 8.85]</ref>

=== Others ===
Gnolls have very few other political relationships, as they rarely ever leave Izril in the current age.<ref name=":22">[[S03 – Wistram Days (Pt.3)]]</ref> Those few Gnolls that do travel are individuals, and might be [[Feshi|sent to attend a prestigious academy]], or simply decide to strike out on their own.