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OGRES

Ogres

ORIGIN & HISTORY

Ogres

Ogres

Solitary remnants of something older than history. Massive, slow to trust, devastating when roused.

Read more → are a strange mutation of the troll lifecycle. Like trolls, they begin life as goblins. But when a goblin undergoes pupation — the cocoon stage that normally produces a troll — something goes wrong. The creature that emerges is an ogre: massive, powerful, but mentally blank. Ogres

Ogres

Solitary remnants of something older than history. Massive, slow to trust, devastating when roused.

Read more → lack the instinct to descend into the underground troll civilization and instead wander out of the forest.

Ogres are living accidents — neither goblin nor troll, belonging to neither society.

They are living accidents — neither goblin nor troll, belonging to neither society.

CULTURE & SOCIETY

Ogres

Ogres

Solitary remnants of something older than history. Massive, slow to trust, devastating when roused.

Read more → have no culture of their own. They arrive in civilization as blank slates, and their identity is entirely shaped by whoever takes them in. A barbarian witch might raise an ogre as a guardian. An Ambria

Ambria

The young kingdom built by Alberetorian refugees north of the Titans. Seven duchies, twenty-one years old, expanding relentlessly.

Read more →n army might use one as a living battering ram. A goblin gang might adopt one as muscle. Ogres

Ogres

Solitary remnants of something older than history. Massive, slow to trust, devastating when roused.

Read more → are placid and docile by nature — obedient to those who show them kindness (or simply authority).

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Ogres

Ogres

Solitary remnants of something older than history. Massive, slow to trust, devastating when roused.

Read more → are enormous — towering over humans with thick limbs and dense musculature. Despite their size, they often have a childlike quality to their expressions and mannerisms, reflecting their lack of innate sophistication.

HOW OTHERS VIEW THEM

Most people see ogres as beasts of burden or weapons to be wielded. Few regard them as people. Barbarian witches tend to treat them with more compassion than Ambria

Ambria

The young kingdom built by Alberetorian refugees north of the Titans. Seven duchies, twenty-one years old, expanding relentlessly.

Read more →n taskmasters, but exploitation is common across cultures.