The first is the Gnoll Guard (level 29 - thanks to Laura, Zerekh and Neo for help in figuring this out). The Gnoll Guard spawns randomly alone. It is slightly more common than Ogres in DV, but less common than Scorpions. They drop a variety of items: Adena (very common), Emerald (uncommon), Sapphire (uncommon), Ruby (uncommon), Diamond (uncommon), Magic Gem (uncommon), Condensed Orange (uncmmon), Belt of Body (rare), Potion of Bravery (uncommon), blessed teleport scroll (uncommon), blessed scrolls of enchant weapon and armor (very rare), regular scrolls of enchant weapon and armor (rare), blessed halberd (uncommon). These drops were confirmed by Melantus at NC.

Gnoll Elder (level 39 - thanks Flameboy and Brandon) is a bit more rare (I saw two in my hunting). They always spawn with 2 Gnoll Guards and drop Adena, Quality Sapphire, Quality Emerald, Scroll of Enchant Armor, Potion of Bravery, Knight Visor, Magic Gems, Old Belt of Mind and Lumber. Rumored to also drop Scroll of Enchant Weapon, Bec de Corbin, Old Belt of Body, Blessed Scroll of Enchant Armor and Blessed Scroll of Enchant Weapon. (Thanks to brandon and KAN0 for that info)

If you want to know how hard it is, here's my (amer's) experience: On test, I was a level 30 STR knight with -29 AC and a +3 katana. The Gnoll Elder and two Gnoll Guards (I had them all to myself) killed my hasted/braved/skeleton morph when using reds. I teleported back with oranges, hasted/braved/no morph and when I held down oranges I died again. Bring a friend.

There is also a Boss Gnoll, which very rare: Faruuk. Faruuk seems to be 57+ (thanks Neo for the picture and ruben and KAN0 for the level information). If you have seen him and are 49+, please email me. He casts erupt (very fast), tornado and he cancels you. He is reported to drop all belts, all gems of all qualities, all scrolls (both blessed and not blessed), blessed Bec de Corbin, blessed Katana, Lumber, Plate Mail, adena, Magic Gems, Spellbook (Tornado) and Spellbook (Eruption). (Thanks DNA, Brandon and KAN0 for that info). Please email any drop info. He is also rumored to appear with one or more Gnoll Elders and one or more Gnoll Guards. Bring many friends. ^^

The key is Lumber. One or more of these monsters drop lumber. Lumber is a rare drop from the Guards, but not rare from the Elders, at least on test. They can be traded in at Weldern Town for some fancy items.

Looks like NC heard us about the useless Scroll of Destroy Armor and what we're supposed to do with all of our Silver Serpent Scales :)