The Birls were a witch clan of the Barrier Range that breathed life to their grotesque wooden carvings and lived in the forest of Birlhold. Sir Eclan the Lame, the first Spellknight, discovered that although the gargoyle’s hides turned their steel weapons, they were vulnerable to wood. His knights fashioned cudgels from the tree branches and destroyed the gargoyles. The Birls who were not slain scattered to the corners of the Shrouded Lands and made a living as artisans and artificers. Jossetta Birl is one of the most prominent descendants. She creates wooden gargoyles for Iraine (29.14.40), the Doge and others. Burglars and assassins fear her gargoyles because long, aggravating splinters linger in the wounds they inflict.
Birls
- Grant Birl claims to be the rightful Duke of Thring; he is suing the Collector in Thring v Jack Donne.
Hooks
- Who are some other Birls?
- Who else uses wooden gargoyles?