Ogre

Typical Attributes

Bod 9, Chi 3, Mnd 4, Ref 4

Schticks

• Bellow (#)
• Fortitude
• Rage
• Slap

Description

Adult ogres stand as tall as two and a half meters and weigh about 200 kilos. Their skin colors tend to be on the yellowish side, though a few individuals have a violet tinge to their skin, possibly indicating an ogre mage in their ancestry. Their eyes are purple; they usually have orange claws and teeth. Hair color ranges from blackish-blue to dark green, and the hair is carefully tended and often braided. Even the curdled milk odor common to other ogres is but a subtle undertone usually masked with other scents.

Ogres tend to be calm and rational, if slow, and they are greatly prized as workers and warriors because of their strength. Many are members of mamluk societies. Ogre mamluk eunuchs are popular as harem guards. Others are merchants or, rarely, sha'ir or pragmatists. Very few have any crafting skills.

Ogres are prized and made welcome in most parts of Zakhara, for they are strong and willing workers. They often live in the foreigners quarters or dwarven city, but rarely form communities of their own. Though sometimes feared, they are more commonly laughing stock, as their limited intelligence allows other races to manipulate them quite easily. Care must be taken that such manipulation does not go to far, as they are terrible in their rage.

Ogres have their ancestral home in the foothills of the world pillar mountains, but because they were greatly prized as slaves by the Alphatians in their heyday, were transplanted all over the world. Thus there may be found small enclaves of ogres almost anywhere.