The Enemies of the Edhel

This book is very thick, and appears to be many centuries old. It lists all the creatures and nations which had ever fought against the Elves, along with tactics for defeating them. Many of the creatures are long extinct, and you don't recognize most of the drawings. However, one of the longest entries catches your eye:
Of all the beings ever to plague the Edhel, the most devious are those which we call the Familiars. The great warrior Lorethal formed the Crimson Hunters primarily to resist the onslaught of these artful invaders. The fight against them has been difficult, and even now we do not know whether we have truly defeated them. Should they be encountered in the future, defenders of the Edhel should take heed:
These creatures cannot truly be killed, only disabled. Often, when wounded, they will feign death, only to rise when one's back is turned to attack even more fiercely. In our early encounters with them, we felled them quickly and mercifully, but the error of this tactic soon became clear: large groups of felled familiars can suddenly rise in unison to overwhelm unprepared forces. We met with more success fighting them one by one, holding off the main force until we were certain that each one was too injured to rise again.
Their immunity to true death has caused some scholars to suspect that these creatures are not even of this world—it is possible that they come from another plane. There are rumors that they are somehow connected to the treacherous Utgard Giants, but these speculations remain unconfirmed.
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