Idrian Skirmishers are groups of Idrians skilled in both blade and rifle that have long guarded their homeland from enemies. For centuries the Idrians have survived in the barren desert of the Bloodstone Marches created by an apocalyptic event that wiped out most of their tribes. These brave nomads carve out a life they share with the many hostile creatures stalking the sands.[1]
Squads of skirmishes are led by a rhaz, a skilled warrior whose deadly cordination and adaptive cunning stems from years spent leading ambushes in silence. They rise from the desert landscape to intercept enemy forces sent to root them out and with a startling battle cry they wipe out the enemy before they can even react to the ambush. The skirmishes are armed with kopis blades which have been passed down from generations and have recently mastered the rifles picked up in trade at border towns like Ternon Crag.[1]
Though the majority of the varied Idrian peoples converted to the worship of Menoth a century ago, not all joined the Protectorate. Some tribes took up the word of Menoth but kept to the dunes and oases of their ancestors. While some skirmishers fight pragmatically for coin, others display true faith. They eagerly strive to end the lives of blasphemers by the explosive report of their rifles or the silent strike of a kopis.[1]