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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Winged Horde are a demi-[[human]] race, with large wings on their back. Their wings do not support sustained flight. Rather, they are used for gliding purposes. They use [[nerek]], a foul-smelling liquid to protect their wings and repel insects | The Winged Horde are a demi-[[human]] race, with large wings on their back. Their wings do not support sustained flight. Rather, they are used for gliding purposes. They use [[nerek]], a foul-smelling liquid to protect their wings and repel insects. | ||
Their largest known settlement is in [[Two River City]], although other communities apparently exist in the [[Grassland]]. They once had settlements in [[Tinto Principality]] but were | This and their custom of storing food for long periods of time, gave rise to a stereotype of Winged Horde as malodorous. They were also known as sanguine, which lent itself to mischief. | ||
Their largest known settlement is in [[Two River City]], although other communities apparently exist in the [[Grassland]]. They once had settlements in [[Tinto Principality]] but were forced from the area due to a combination of [[Tinto City|Tinto]]'s strip mining began to damage the land and attacks from the [[Highland Kingdom]] during the Highland-Jowston War. | |||
A displaced people, the Winged Horde were brought to Two River City by [[Genkaku]] in 432, where they were given land on the sandbar that divides the [[Lana River]] and recognized as citizens with the right to be involved in the civil process there. | |||
The reputation of the Winged Horde in Two River suffered to a lack of cultural understanding between the races there. However, their bravery during the [[Dunan Unification War]] was noticed and following the conflict, the persecution they suffered in the past has ceased. | The reputation of the Winged Horde in Two River suffered to a lack of cultural understanding between the races there. However, their bravery during the [[Dunan Unification War]] was noticed and following the conflict, the persecution they suffered in the past has ceased. | ||
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# [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 33-34 | # [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 33-34 | ||
# [[Marugoto! Genso Suikoden Book]] (ISBN 978-4-7577-3673-3), page 110 | # [[Marugoto! Genso Suikoden Book]] (ISBN 978-4-7577-3673-3), page 110 | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), | # [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 130, 282 | ||
{{GS00}} {{Short description|Race of winged, claw-footed demi-humans}} | {{GS00}} {{Short description|Race of winged, claw-footed demi-humans}} | ||
[[Category:Races]] | [[Category:Races]] |