1. The female thing actually depends, many interpretations actually state that females are smaller than the males. Some D&D websites stated that the males can grow to 8 ft while females only to 6 1/2 ft.

2. I did mention a steel sword but I didn't describe the sword itself so I will describe it better and decide to go with the traditional European long sword.

3. I never stated that his physical attributes were "super duper better" I stated that they were greater. 

4.as the life span, I wasn't able to find how old they really got which led to the number you see for age, I'll change it.

5. Being that the armor on his right arm is thicker and heavily plated, this will slow down his speed with a wielded weapon in that arm, however, it would usually depend on the weapon, being that it is a whip, which are usually light in comparison to other weapons, it wouldn't do much, however, there still is the motion it takes to actually effectively use a whip which will be slowed.

6. With the herbs, that is my fault that I didn't specify symptoms and not the sickness itself, I will fix that.

7. It was stated that the raiding was a result of being hunted by the inhabitants of the land, thus it required more resources to defend themselves and survive. As for What the pack does now, I did state that the Gnolls inhabit the lands surrounding the cities, Gnolls usually stick to living in forests and plains and tend to avoid mountains. I can specifically state that they live in the plains if that is what is needed.

8. As said, "Paul" revealed the intention of the previous and killing them. Gnolls usually respect and respond to those who show power. Being that he killed the previous pack leader and has demonstrated his strength through the conflicts his pack endured, this made him well respected among the pack and so when he proposed his idea of the alliance, it was respected and believed that coming from Paul that it might be a good course of action.