<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>~Common Threats~</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Small Critters</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e6/2f7c78c4378b7aae8d237e083732884f.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/07/8d45c5bc9cdabc9d4e1d73e97b7e13f9.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/76/6f47b721642b3dc7d0f7c1ae1c7cec24.jpg)</div><br/>The bane of every neophyte adventurer.  They may look cute or creepy or cooky or all together ookey but don't let their small size or vile cuteness fool you.  They can be deadly.  Spiders, Rats, Moss Foxes, Snakes abound in the all lands.  They are deceptively dangerous and also a lucrative source of sustenance and copper pieces.  The greatest heroes of the land started out hunting snakes for nubile farms sons and daughters.  They will deny it but they did it all the same.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Bandits</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b1/Be96d29edb6b0d5c6cac4ddd0cbbf61e.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5a/27017e2b9c319303730ec916434aeece.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/79/Be4a0a805e09b8d29bcfbb3b94f32f92.jpg)</div><br/>Bandits are a problem throughout the lands that surround Amberdale but are particularly troublesome in the Farmlands where they run protection rackets for farms under the threat of Gnoll attack or raid the very farms they say they will protect.  They are the scourge of the local trade routes and there are constant bounties on bandits from the town watch.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Gnolls</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9d/E3250d5f2de2ff32cf9181ea754a7348.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a2/7e82f2cc0226e6ef5a25929ba4d6a5c9.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9c/Faecb83eb8f715c4387cc7e99d580fe6.jpg)</div><br/>The rolling fields of the Farmlands that surround Amberdale were once the domain of the demonically influenced Gnoll clans and they remain a threat to the local farmers and when a particularly influential warshaman comes to power they can be a threat to Amberdale itself.  Where as Goblin clans worship nature spirits (mostly) Gnolls have long been under the influence of ancient inhuman demon lords.  They are a ravenous group of scavengers that raid and rustle cattle for a living.  When they can't steal from the local farmers or goblin clans they fight amongst themselves for resources in leu of farming or agriculture.  Occasionally a Gnoll does break away from the demonically dominated culture of their family, but those are few and far between.