Ordu
Ordu: These are the highest order Nurthlings, their blood mixed with the taint of pure chaos (enthropy). The special breeding program designed by Gloom Bringer bred them to see the future, traveling along lines of probability. This made for some very powerful and highly unstable creatures, kept in check only with drugs and stasis sleep. It was the Ordu that planned and executed the uprising. These creatures are marked by a coat of hair over scabby skin, yellow eyes, black nails, and a massive strength with an appetite to match. These are sometimes called the ‘seared ones’ or ‘branded ones’, as they were all branded for their masters to know which were the most dangerous. This brand became the symbol of the species after the uprising. Most get it as a tattoo upon achieving adulthood as a sign of transition (though few understand its original meaning). The Ordu are nearly gone from Helca – bred out without the tight controls. Only in the darklands do they exist, and after they become willful beyond the age of 25, they are mostly killed as they pose too big a risk to keep around.