The Hunters
A southern people, distinct from Allik's Malwish — Allik says they grow into a single mask given them in childhood and only change it once, as adults, by earning it. Long ago they sent a great expedition to find the Sovereign's temple here in the northern mountains, and reportedly succeeded, though only one of their skimmers ever returned. They are the *Hunters* the southerners speak of with respect tinged with fear. MB2:BoM:Ch 21
Known facts
- came-north-with-ettmetal-bombsAllik tells Marasi that the Hunters' expedition carried great ettmetal bombs north intending to destroy the Bands outright — believing the Sovereign had left them as a test of whether his people would take the power when they should not. They did not, by story, succeed; what actually happened, no one in the south knows.MB2:BoM:Ch 22
- temple-betrayal-and-execution-arcWax reads the evidence in the temple's dead and outside: the Hunters' expedition split — most refused to destroy the Bands once they got here and were killed by their fellows for it (the corpses frozen by the ship outside); their killers in turn died one by one to the temple traps; a handful retreated to the surviving skimmer and brought home a manufactured blizzard story, only to be executed quietly back home when their superiors caught them planning a second attempt.MB2:BoM:Ch 23
Backreferences
- summaryMB2:BoM:Ch 21
- summaryMB2:BoM:Ch 22
- factThe Hunters
- summaryMB2:BoM:Ch 23
- factThe Hunters
- factHunter Mask
- factThe Hunters' Wreck
- summaryMB2:BoM:Ch 25