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The '''Gn'icht' Tyaacht''' (AKA "Nuwandans", "Tree Spirits", "Children of Nuwanda", "Guardians of Nuwanda", etc.) are from [[Pete Tamlyn]]'s "[[The Horror of the Glen]]".

==Description==
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...A humanoid creature some seven feet in height but thin and lanky with a long pointed head. The creature has huge claws at the ends of its fingers, and prominent, sharply pointed teeth.
<br>— [[Pete Tamlyn]]'s "[[The Horror of the Glen]]"
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Gn'icht' Tyaacht - the Children of Nuwanda - are a carnivorous, man-eating race of humanoid tree "spirits" which are spawned by a sacred, black-leafed alien tree called Nuwanda or Grandfather Nuwanda or Old Man Nuwanda, found deep in the jungles of Africa.  A local tribe, the [[Ikambi]] cult, worships the tree and its Children, sacrificing human victims to them by hanging the victims and draining them of blood.  For the first five years of life, the Children are extremely voracious and dangerous, but can be tamed by the cultists by controlling them with magic and feeding them sacrifices until they have matured, settling into an existence as guardians for Nuwanda.  The Children - Gn'icht' Tyaacht in the native tongue - take the form of humanoid creatures about seven feet (over two meters) tall, thin and lanky, with a long, pointed head, huge claws, and prominent, pointy teeth.


==Heresies and Controversies==
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* The "tree-god" Nuwanda seems to be otherworldly, and perhaps originated on another world, or even another dimension, such as the [[Dreamlands]].  (YSDC)
* [[Cthugha]] was once invoked by a wizard in the nearby (now lost) city of [[T'gaorl]] to tame the "tree-god" Nuanda, who now serves the [[Ikambi]] tribe in Cthugha's stead as the tribe's god on Earth.  (YSDC, from limited info in ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'')
* These tree-man entities are suspiciously similar to the [[Tree-Men of M’bwa]], and might be a related (or the same) species.  (YSDC)


==Associated Mythos Elements==
* deity: Nuwanda, the "Tree God" from which the Gn'icht' Tyaacht are spawned
* cult:  [[Ikambi]] tribe, which worship Nuwanda and its tree-spawned children/guardians
* race: [[Human Cultist]]s
* location:  [[T'gaorl]], a lost African city near grove, home in antiquity of a wizard who summoned [[Cthugha]] to tame Nuwanda
* deity:  [[Cthugha]], considered an enemy of Nuwanda


==References==
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* fiction: [[Pete Tamlyn]]'s "[[The Horror of the Glen]]"
* sourcebook:  ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''


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