The Gnarl is a creature of the forest like no other.

Away from the walls of New Sheoth, they are called

the Walking Trees. Gnarl are known for their affinity with the elements. If a Gnarl is struck by
elemental forces of fire, frost, or shock, it uses that energy to grow stronger and larger. Fortunately, this
effect only lasts for a short time.
It is the will of Sheogorath that the Gnarl confuse and bewilder the unwary mage. To that end, it gains
resistance to the element it is struck with, but becomes weaker to the other two. The wily mage will
uickly switch between elemental s!ells to take ad"antage of this. #esser wi$ards will suffer if they
continue to use the same s!ell o"er and o"er.
In recent years there ha"e been rumors of smiths that are able to use the amber sa! e%tracted from
Gnarl to make sturdy armor and wea!ons. As of yet, this gossi! has not been confirmed.
&ore is not known about the Gnarl than is known. No'one has been able to determine the gender of
Gnarl, or if they e"en ha"e them. (oung or immature Gnarl ha"e ne"er been seen. )ne academic
suggested that Gnarl are born full'formed from trees that are struck by lightning. This absurd
suggestion has not been confirmed.
Similarly, we ha"e no knowledge of their diet or social habits. *resumably they feed directly from the
sun and earth, like trees do. There are no re!orted cases of them communicating, e"en among each
other. +owe"er, they do seem to ha"e a truce of sorts with other woodland creatures such as the
,aliwog and -lytra.