No the speaker and various others in power thought that they needed to be exterminated. It was not until they were all gone that warlocks being the scholars and paleontologists they are found out they could use the scales and bones for armor with special affects. Warlocks used the armor got more powerful and kept their sanity. However, when hunters used it they got more powerful but, went insane or had their personalities warped.

It's a real shame they are all dead oh poster mine.