Hostile Species to Man

Hlüss
Kind of aquatic scorpions eight feet long. They paralyse victims and lay their eggs in the body. Think of “Alien”, only not so tough. (Barker dreamt these up before the Alien films were released.)

Hlútrgu
Amphibious “Swamp frogs.” Vicious; attack in hordes. Not overly bright.

Mihalli
-Sources: The Blue Room

>I want to send you a list of Mihalli lexemes I would like to have "translated" - along with a request for a simple set of sentence patterns: declarative, interrogative, and imperative. That way, I can just generate Mihalli text titles to my heart's content. I think that it was the Mihalli themselves that brought the "sorcerous" potential of Nexal energy to the stranded races of Tekumel after the Time of Darkness. First acting as instructors...then gradually perceived as "too dangerous to be trusted", and finally almost completely wiped out by the last of the great planetary bombs...Is this possible?

Proably not. It can't be proved one way or the other of course -- too much time has passed since the Latter Times. Most human legends show the Mihalli as alien, whimsical, and quite uintelligible. They never did show much interest in human society or in "teaching" humanity. A VERY, _VERY_ few have ever even bothered to talk to us. This is why Aiya in "Flamesong" is so unique, but, then, he's under the baleful influence of Lord Fu Shi'i.

What the Tsolyani temples teach as "Mihalli" language is probably a joke to the Mihalli themselves: "Pidgin Mihalli." On the level of "Great White Father teach- um brain surgery!" There are only a few texts (that are readable), and these may be later simplifications and distortions by people like the wizard Metallja.

Sure, I can help you with some lexemes and a little grammar, but it is going to pretty sorry stuff. The "Great" Mihalli inscriptions (in the caves out in what is now Mihallu -- occupied almost exclusively by humans, as you proably know) are still 99% unintelligible. You should have heard the silly theories last year at the conference the Temple of Thumis held at Paya Gupa!

The Shunned Ones
Weird mysterious chlorine-breathing aliens who dwell in sealed cities in the north. Technologically powerful but few in number.

Ssú
Four-legged and two-armed. Smell of cinnamon and speak in high chiming notes. Capable of hypnosis. Well organized.