Ogrekin Tribesman Ethnicity in Hogoku (The Sanctuary) | World Anvil
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Ogrekin Tribesman

Ogrekin Tribesmen (and Tribeswomen) are the ogrekin that have managed to put together their own society after being shunned by both their original parentages.

Naming Traditions

Family names

Ogrekin families would take on names that describe a deformity associated with them. More recent names have a trend of relating these deformities to a specific beast or monster.   Examples: Twohead, Hognose, Toadfingers

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

The most commonly used languages are giant (since it was used by their ogre ancestry) and common (since in general it's the most common language amongst their varying humanoid ancestries).   Some families retain the language of their non-ogre ancestry.

Common Dress code

Ogrekin try their best to prevent their clothes from covering up any of their signature deformaties, especially if the deformities associated with their family.

Ideals

Beauty Ideals

Just as their ogre parentage celebrate deformities as a mark of their evil gods, ogrekin tribesmen have similarly affirmed their own disfigurement as a gift from some higher power, blessing them with an appearance that strikes fear into their enemies and respect from their fellow tribesmen. Most ogrekin have an explanation of what each of their deformities means to them and how they elevate their appearance above those that don't have them.

Courtship Ideals

Early ogrekin would often breed with their kin, either as a habit learned from their ogre ancestry or out of lack of other willing mates.   Inbreeding would continue into later generations, but with less emphasis on familial relations and more emphasis on similar appearances. Ogrekin families pride themselves on certain deformities and other specific traits that have become affiliated with their kin, and they'd rather marry an ogrekin with those traits than one who was more closely related to them.   Ogrekin will rarely consider non-ogrekin as potential mates even if it were an option. They will ocassionally be tempted to mate with an ogre that has one of their family's value deformities.

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Author's Notes

This article was made as a submission for a WorldAnvil Summer Camp 2018 prompt: "Describe the most marginalised ethnicity in your world."


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