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Nighon was not actually a race. It was a powerful faction rooted in the world of the Dungeon.
In simpler terms, a collection of Dungeon forces had banded together to form Nighon, usually identifying themselves as the Dungeon faction. When surface races spoke of the "Dungeon," they generally meant Nighon, but not every Dungeon force belonged to Nighon!
Nighon did not represent every race in the underground world. It was merely a powerful underground gang that held its own territory, composed of evil mages, warlocks, sorcerers, defectors from the surface races, Cultists, and various dark creatures such as Troglodytes, Harpies, Evil Eyes, Medusas, and Tauren. It could even tame manticores, red dragons, and black dragons.
As for exactly how many factions existed in the underground world, that remained unknown for the time being.
The surface races knew very little about the underground world and lacked ways to learn more. As long as its inhabitants did not emerge like Nighon and charge onto the surface shouting for blood, the surface races naturally could not be bothered with them.
After all, most races and creatures living on the surface were only buried underground after they died. At other times, few had so little to do that they would venture into the dangerous underground world. Even desperately poor adventurers rarely dared to enter it on a whim.
Nor was Nighon itself a united front. Internally, it was more like a loose federation governed by multiple lords.
Ordinarily, Nighon was ruled by numerous independent lords, each controlling a different territory. Friction between its members was constant, and swallowing up one another's lands or waging war against one another was commonplace.
In short!
Nighon was essentially a rigidly hierarchical federal military empire, ruled by powerful warlocks and Tauren, that expanded through a