The gnoll is the first-level creature of the Fortress in Heroes of Might and Magic III. It can be recruited at the Gnoll Hut, and the upgraded version is the gnoll marauder. Gnolls are a jackal/hyena-based humanoid creature. The basic Gnolls is clad only in a blue tunic and wields a one-handed and one-headed flail in battle, the upgrade Gnoll marauder has instead of the blue tunic a brown suit of heavy leather armor and wields a three-headed flail in one hand.