“ They used to be clans, like us. But long ago in the Great Hunger, they took to killing and eating people. The World Spirit punished them by decreeing that they must hide for ever, only coming out when no-one is near. That’s why you never see them. If ever you get close, all you find is stones.
—Juksakai about the Hidden People, Ghost Hunter, chapter 25
The Hidden People are a race of creatures. As their name suggests, they hide away from the Clans and animals, so they are never actually seen. It is said they were once a Clan, but during the great famine they turned cannibalistic and were punished by the World Spirit for it. The punishment meant that they had to remain hidden from the world. They live all over the Forest and the Mountains in areas such as Gorge of the Hidden People. The hidden people look like the people in Torak's world, but when they turned their backs, they are rotten.