List of Animals of The Edge Chronicles - G

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• Gabtroll - Bizarre, civilized creatures with faces resembling bat-eared slugs. It is not known whether they are in fact related to woodtrolls or other trolls, as they are quite different in appearance. They are known for their long stalked, green eyeballs that they constantly lick to keep them moisturised. Though commonly thought that they do not, in fact, have legs, they actually do, according to a picture in The Winter Knights. Gabtrolls are also known for their knowledge in the herb field.
• Gahtrog - A species of Trog mentioned in the introduction to Freeglader.
• Ghostwaif - Tiny, pale waifs with very long barbels. Amberfuce was a ghostwaif.
• Giant (tree) fromp - Enormous versions of the common fromp. Used as beasts of burden in the Ironwood Glades in the Deepwoods, and when handled by tree goblins, are used to harvest lullabee grubs and for battle. Do not cough, but are known for their deep, booming calls. They are bipedal, though presumably they can walk on all four legs. They are huge, dwarfing even cloddertrogs.
• Glister - They are the seeds of all life on the Edgeworld. They cannot be seen directly. Sometimes they hide inside old, dark, abandoned buildings. If a glister wanders into the open, or has a grain of chine (a mineral gathered from Riverrise) blown on it, it will crumble into dust. They react differently to different emotions; sometimes flashing, sometimes glowing or sparking. Any number of glisters may weave themselves a cocoon in a lullabee tree grove, however, only one caterbird hatches every 100 years.
• Glintergoblin - A secretive type of goblin which live an area known as the "Northern Mines". In Cloud Wolf, a leaguesman named Marl Mankroyd made a deal with glintergoblins to obtain black diamonds.
• Gladehawk - Birds of prey with disproportionately large talons. Quint and Maris glimpse one in the Deepwoods during Clash of the Sky Galleons.
• Gloamglozer - Trickster and a shapeshifter that was originally created by the Most High Academe of the time, Linius Pallitax, in one of his failed experiments that he carried out in the Ancient Laboratory; it can resemble any living creature, but believes itself to be the mythical gloamglozer after reading about it in a book. Its preferred form is a hideous, warty, sneering face, framed by two sinister curving horns, as well as a featureless robe that floats above the ground, long arms and calloused hands with sharp claws. The gloamglozer is said to feed on others' emotions; it most craves fear. It does not harm you directly, since it has no physical strength, but it uses a subterfuge of lies, trickery and traps to make you harm yourself. Its name is derived from the word "Gloam", meaning the time just after twilight and "Gloze" meaning flattery, or deceit.
• Gnokgoblin - Symbite goblins, slightly similar to gyle goblins. They possess huge, flat noses that take up most of their face. They are fairly common outside the Deepwoods. They usually dress similarly to Native Americans.
• Grey goblin - A race of goblins that originated in the Deepwoods. They have gray skin and large ears. The grey goblins of the Deepwoods are known to be fierce and aggressive, attacking in massive swarms. However, isolated individuals outside of the Deepwoods tend to be more peaceable.
• Greywaif - Smooth-skinned waifs with two short barbels. Cancaresse the Silent may have been one of these.
• Great Blueshell Clam - A presumably large clam found in the lake known as the "mirror of the sky", possibly the oldest living thing in the whole edge. Tended by webfoot goblins and rarely seen by fourthlings.
• Gyle goblin - Symbite goblins that live a colonial existence, similar to ants. They have huge, protruding noses, and skinny arms and legs. There is only one female in each colony, called a Grossmother. She is indescribably fat, and cooks pink honey to feed her colony.