Had an interesting though as I read these musings: What if the Parshendi leave the corpses of their brethren out as an offering to the chasmfiends? After all, didn't Nohadon's writings mention that the Parshendi revered the chasmfiends as gods? Or was this simply Nohadon's speculation...? I also agree with Ryan -- the Parsh-races must be associated with Odium in some way or another. Nevertheless, how that correlation is manifested is beyond me.