Hordes: Trollbloods - Kriel Warrior Standard & Piper

Teams of Kriel Warrior Standard Bearers and Pipers accompany Trollkin Warriors in battle to motivate and lift the spirits of fellow warriors. Each Kriel has its own customs and traditions, often expressed in the unique quitari patterns on their clothing and in the music of their fell callers and pipers. When a Kriel’s warriors go into battle, they march in time to the music of their people and beneath a great banner that speaks to them of their entire extended family.

Each Kriel inscribes its history into stone, but it also records it upon cloth and when a kriel is forced to move, not all of its stones can be transported. Thus their banners become potent symbols that remind them of their shared past and the kin for whom they fight. A standard whose brazier is fully fueled and burning brightly is visible from impressive distances, its colors readily recognizable to all inspiring many warriors to battle or march on despite fatigue or heavy injuries beyond the limits of even Trollkin endurance. 

Pipes have long been the favored instruments of the Trollkin, who possess the hardy and huge lungs. Lively songs coordinate steps on long journeys and reinvigorate Kriel warriors on forced marches in order to arrive where needed with good speed while after battle mournful songs echo over the fields after battle to remind all who survived the fight of the cost of victory.