It is quite literally, a ‘manual of monsters’ gleaned from mythology, folklore, and fantasy fiction. In 1997, when I began building Heroes 3 various rosters, TSR’s original hard cover Monster Manual was a primary resource. While there are clear evolutionary connections between Elves and Goblins, when it comes to the Gawker, there is one obvious question, “From what did the Gawker evolve, and what is its mysterious relationship to the other Zubhewen folk?” Where the Chimerans are believed to be the unfortunate remnants of archaic arcane experiments, the Zubhewens are a sub-human faction born from intentional evolutionary corruption.
