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The '''Stone Spears Tribe''' was a [[Gnolls|Gnoll]] tribe led by [[Urksh]]. They were mostly wiped out in a clash with a [[Reiss|Goblin Lord]] army. 

== Overview ==
The Stone Spears Tribe resided in the southern half of the continent of [[Issrysil|Izril]]. They occupied the northernmost lands below the [[Bloodfields]], and mainly roamed the rocky slopes close to the mountain range that separates the continent in two.<ref name="2.28">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/24/2-23/ Chapter 2.28]</ref> A substantial portion of the tribe were miners. 

Stone Spears’ markings consist of slashes of gray markings on their shoulders and arms. These markings are only for older Gnolls, not the children.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/10/27/8-49-m-revised/ Chapter 8.49 M]</ref> 

== Chronology ==
Ryoka encountered the Stone Spears during her delivery of [[Teriarch]]'s present to [[Az’kerash]]. The tribe sheltered her from the [[Frost Faeries|Winter Sprites]], and Ryoka told both the tribe and the Frost Faeries stories from her own world, including some about superheroes. She made a good impression on both the Chieftain Urksh and the child Mrsha, who had found her buried in an avalanche.<ref name="2.28" />

As [[Ryoka]] returned from the same delivery run about a week later, the tribe was in uproar because Mrsha was missing.<ref name="2.34" /> Urksh also was clued in on something strange happening in the area - which turned out to be a staging area for the [[Reiss|Goblin Lord]]. [[Zel Shivertail]] went against the Goblin army, but could not prevent the whole tribe being slaughtered, except for Mrsha who had been found and rescued by Ryoka.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/11/2-29/ Chapter 2.35]</ref> 

It was the Frost Faeries who rescued Ryoka and Mrsha. While it seems like the Stone Spears Tribe would have been badly decimated or totally eliminated in any case, the Faerie's actions caused Zel to abandon his primary goal: killing the Goblin Lord. So he survived, which drastically changed the course of events in Izril.

[[Magnolia]]'s [Informants] believed, shortly after the disaster, that some tribe members might have survived and gone with Zel's army.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/24/interlude-3/ Interlude 3]</ref> Saliss later tells Erin that Zel had saved several Gnoll children and given them to Drake cities.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/11/04/interlude-saliss-the-adventurer/ Interlude - Saliss the Adventurer]</ref> Later, the [[Gaarh Marsh Tribe]] retrieved the surviving Stone Spears children and took them into their tribe.<ref>[[Chapter 8.66]]</ref> 

== Known Members ==
* [[Urksh]] - Chieftain <span style="color:grey;">''(Deceased)''</span>
* ? - [Shaman] (not high-leveled, able to help with healing and fighting)<ref name="2.34">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/09/2-28/ Chapter 2.34]</ref>
*Several dozen adults, and at least a dozen children
*[[Hekra]] <span style="color:grey;">''(Deceased)''</span>
* [[Mrsha]]
*[[Mrell]] (''Exiled'')
*[[Prha]] (''Exiled'')

== Trivia ==

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