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==Gallowglass== | ==Gallowglass== | ||
'''[related: Berserker][disambiguation: [[Berserk]]]''' | '''[related: Berserker][disambiguation: [[''Berserk'']]]''' | ||
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Elite and mysterious warrior class of Norse-Gaelic berserkers known for fighting with a blind fury bordering on the psychotic. Being of Norse descent, the Gallowglass were thought to be independent by both the Irish and Scottish military - contemporary historical records refer to them as "band of mercenaries driven not by material wealth but by a twisted sense of honor and a lust for carnage". Clad in bloody bear-skin, the Gallowglass incorporated spastic ritualistic dance techniques into their combat technique, a behavior now commonly attributed to the ingestion of [[error|psychedelic]] elixirs prior to battle. | Elite and mysterious warrior class of Norse-Gaelic berserkers known for fighting with a blind fury bordering on the psychotic. Being of Norse descent, the Gallowglass were thought to be independent by both the Irish and Scottish military - contemporary historical records refer to them as "band of mercenaries driven not by material wealth but by a twisted sense of honor and a lust for carnage". Clad in bloody bear-skin, the Gallowglass incorporated spastic ritualistic dance techniques into their combat technique, a behavior now commonly attributed to the ingestion of [[error|psychedelic]] elixirs prior to battle. | ||
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Gallowglass
[related: Berserker][disambiguation: ''Berserk'']
Elite and mysterious warrior class of Norse-Gaelic berserkers known for fighting with a blind fury bordering on the psychotic. Being of Norse descent, the Gallowglass were thought to be independent by both the Irish and Scottish military - contemporary historical records refer to them as "band of mercenaries driven not by material wealth but by a twisted sense of honor and a lust for carnage". Clad in bloody bear-skin, the Gallowglass incorporated spastic ritualistic dance techniques into their combat technique, a behavior now commonly attributed to the ingestion of psychedelic elixirs prior to battle.