>Because the vast majority of us have no idea who the actual kidnappers
>are and because I have no idea what the Pfhor are like (Google was not
>my friend in the desired capacity this time), I hadda go on guesswork.
>They also seemed to crop up at roughly the right time... although now
>that I think about it (having more relevant information) they're
>probably just Surtur's grunt race, only there for the less desirable
>shooty-uppy-ness and maybe the transplanar equivalent of heavy
>lifting.
>
>I'm an idiot. I therefore put upon my head the Tea Cosy of Shame. If you're still confused and in the dark, perhaps some slightly-stronger Google-Fu of another may avail you. They're an enemy race of alien slavers from the Marathon series of video games, the ones that also gave us the rampant AI Durandal.
http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/Pfhor_(Race)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Trilogy
Those may be helpful to you.