Ogre
A race of Giantkin who failed in their attempts to remove the Curse of Stone.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Ogres are smaller than their giant Ancestors, though still the larger than Goliaths and Humans. Ogres have bulbous and swollen limbs that are covered in Stone scales.
Biological Traits
Ogre women at typically smaller and lighter, though not by much. Ogre hunting parties mostly consist of women, as they are faster than the men. War parties are comprised of both men and women, each filling different roles. Infants are given to wounded and elderly Ogres to raise, while their parents provide for the tribe.
Genetics and Reproduction
Ogres reproduce sexually, taking roughly 10 months to gestate and give birth to an infant Ogre.
Growth Rate & Stages
Ogres reach sexual maturity during their 20th winter, and can live to be up to 150 years old though they rarely live a full life.
Ecology and Habitats
Ogres tend to live in darker places, their many years in exile in the Deep Caverns caused their eyes to adjust to the lightless environment.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Ogres can go long periods of time without eating or drinking, their bodies using their thick layer of fat to survive. When Ogres do have to eat, they gorge themselves to replenish their lost fat layer.
Biological Cycle
Ogres begin life looking similar to Human toddlers, with pale yellow skin. Ogres wounds heal by developing Stone Scales in place of scars, offering them increased defense at the cost of mobility.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Ogres answer to a Chieftain who commands with absolute power. the Chieftain determines the role of other tribesmen, and their chain of command. Wounded and elderly Ogres are kept only to tend to the young, and are generally seen as weak, given just enough food to survive. Sick Ogres are killed, as they have no grasp of medicine or magic following their mutation.
Facial characteristics
Ogres have elongated face, nearly a snout, with sharp fangs that protrude from their mouth. their eyes are small, and very sensitive to light.
Average Intelligence
Ogres are warmongering brutes, while not overly clever or cunning they have a basic understanding of tactics that combined with their physical strength and durability make Ogre warbands formidable opponents.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Ogres have a very sensitive sense of taste, able to taste blood in the air from great distances. Ogres have developed a sensitivity to bright lights from their centuries hidden underground from their Wrathful kin.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Ogres have one name, followed by a title that reffers to their station among the tribe. Such as Akur Rootsniffer.
Courtship Ideals
Ogres may lay claim to any other Ogre in the tribe, That Ogre can accept the claim or fight for their freedom.
Relationship Ideals
Ogres sometimes enter into partnerships, where mates claim one another. While this does not forbid other Ogres from attempting to mate with them, it does often invoke the wrath of the one who has laid claim.
Average Technological Level
Ogres tend to use simple weapons such as Clubs and spears, as its easier to make such large weapons from stone and wood than metal.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Ogres speak Jotunn, and sometimes learn to speak Orcish.
Common Dress Code
Most Ogres wear large Hides that have been stitched together to form makeshift armor, Ogre Warlords occasionally forge a city to make them a suit of chain mail or a weapon.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
Ogre culture is centered around their hate, their hate for Giants, Dwarves, Dragons, and Magic. These things drive them, their need for revenge on those that have brought their mighty tribe so low and into the Deep Caverns like worms.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
Ogres never cook their food, their over developed sense of taste makes any spices overpowering. Ogre raiding parties that strike a convoy carrying spices will ransack the bolts and screws rather than take a barrel of spice.
Common Taboos
Any Ogre caught practicing magic is slain on the spot, Ogres who are born Sorcerers often flee their tribe before they are caught.
History
Ogres began their existence when their Ancestor tribe of Giants attempted to change the Curse of Stone. Over many years this Tribe experimented on their kin who were in various stages of the Curse, until eventually one of their Shamans determined the best method was not to change or remove the Curse but to change themselves. During their attempts to modify their physiology, Many of the Giants were lost, turned inside out or driven mad by the pain.Those that survived were changed, smaller and weaker than they once were, but alive. for a time it seemed that the Shamans planes had worked, and the Curse of Stone would no longer Plague the Ogre Tribe. Not long after, Stone Scales were found among the wounded, and the Shamans were blamed. Their sacrifice had been in vane, They were still Cursed. The Shamans of the tribe were hunted, and executed for their lies, from that point on the Ogres had a strong distrust of magic that has only relented in recent years. While no Ogre Shamans exist, they will partner with others who practice the Mystic Arts. The Ogres fled into the Deep Caverns where the Giants and the Dragons could not hunt them, and where the most hated Dwarves lived. Ogres have forgotten much of their past living off the rocks of the Deep Caverns, though they remember their hate for Dwarfkin. Even if an Ogre is starving they refuse to devour a Dwarf, letting the flesh rot away as an insult to their taste and worth. Ogres adorn their camps and armaments with Dwarven remains, many Chieftains have a collection of Dwarf scalps, and beards.
Common Myths and Legends
Many Ogre Tribes have a legend of Kersh who had a peculiar love of onions despite their overwhelming taste. Kersh left his Tribe to live in a Bog where he could enjoy his onions in peace, unfortunately for Kersh a herd of Donkeys made their home in the Bog and they brayed loudly in the morning, disrupting Kersh's peace and quiet.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Ogres have developed a tenuous alliance with Goblins and Orcs, trading with them for anything they can't pillage during their raids. Ogres often band together with Orcs and Goblins to from massive hordes to sweep through the lands and the hope of greater rewards.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Lifespan
100=150 years
Average Height
2.7m - 3m
Average Weight
247kg - 268kg
Average Physique
Ogres are very strong and durable, despite appearing as heavy set or even fat they have well developed muscles that can rend an armored horse with ease.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Ogres are various hues of yellow, brown, and other earthy tones.
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