The Croquants
The Croquants are starving peasants who assail travelers in the country since a famine has begun . Numerous, they are walking in groups of 30, and are composed mainly of men, teenagers but also of some women. Thin, emaciated, they are particularly aggressive and quick. Dressed in rags, they fight with agricultural tools and rusted weapons . A band led by a short, stocky and cruel man, Diszno, will take the lead and organize the movement. A pretty and opulent village will be looted. girls and women captured and taken to their hideout...