Varku'un

The Varku'un (pronounced Var-Coon) are a psionic race that live deep below the earth in The Darkhallow. However since the launch of the city of Castella, they have been pressing harder and harder towards the surface, the stout Dwarves their only opposition. Over the years, and over many battles, the dwarves have discovered quite a bit about this psionic race. The word Varku'un is dwarvish for demon.

They communicate only telepathically, sometimes entering the minds of the dwarves and attempting to unravel their loyalty, showing them frightening images in hopes they might flee. They have subraces, and a ranking hierarchy within. Some of the Varku'un are foot soldiers, rushing into battle on all fours with gnashed teeth and claw, while their leaders stand far back, observing as one hive mind, using levitation to travel in their slender tall forms. There are also larger beast like creatures who by brute strength and size burrow and muscle their way through dwarven lines.

Little is known about their society, but reconnaissance missions by the Dwarves have shown that they seem to reproduce by some sort of slime covered pod. Many variations of the race have been sighted, some with two arms, some with four, some big, some small. Their lack of facial features the one link that physically ties them together.