Humanoid Races in Rhiada

[Kenneth New]

This thread will be for discussion of humanoid races that are not typically available as player characters.

Orog (Ogres)

The Orog are an ancient race that has existed on Rhiada throughout recorded history. Standing 220 to 250 cm in height and weighing 125 to 150 kilos, they are tower over most other races on Rhiada. They appear much as humans, but with coarser features. Their skin is yellowish in color (ranging from flax to mustard to gamboge to raw umber) and is typically covered with cutaneous horn.

Orog tribes live in deep forests and mountains. They are accomplished stone and leather workers, but have no tradition of metalworking. Many tribes will trade with other races to get metal weapons. They practice herding and hunting, but little in the way of agriculture.

Culturally, the orog have borrowed heavily from the trolls, but they practice little magic. Although they have a reputation for being simple minded, most scholars agree that this is far from the truth. Orogs are a practical people and have little use for useless knowledge or arts.

Orogs dwell in small tribes, seldom numbering more than a few hundred. They have little respect for borders or the property of other races. Raiding is a way of life among them, but it requires a truly inspirational leader to lead the orog to war.

Orog tribes dwell in the Niemocrands, the Umber Mountains, the Urhag hills of Lugash and the Plains of Acheron (among other locations). Young males will often serve as mercenaries among other races in order to win wealth to use in procuring a bride.

Orogs are one of the races used by the Scatha to create the orc race.

[Kenneth New]

Urzlin (Trolls)

The Urzlin stand 250 to 300 cm tall and weigh 200 to 250 kilos. They have skin in green or gray hues and bestial features. Their long and lank hair is thick and black.

True Urzlin (called the Mak'urzlin) are powerful beings similar to the Archfey. They dwell in the Twilight lands of Faerie bordering the Umbra and serve the Winter Court. The Urzlin found in the mundane world are called Doklo'urzlin. They share many of the characteristics of their true fey brethren, but wield fewer magical powers.

Urzlin live in caves, swamps and dark forests. They are expert stoneworkers and control magic of earth, wood and stone. They cannot die unless their bodies are burned or destroyed completely. Otherwise they regenerate. Like most fey, they are highly resitant to most weapons not made of iron. They dislike most other races, but the Ogrons and some tribes of humans have served them and been taught troll magic in return.

Trolls are strong, clever and command great magics in combat. They dislike sunlight, preferring the night, but most do not suffer any ill-effects from it. Umbral Trolls (Trond'urzlin) are even more powerful than their fellows, but are vulnerable to sunlight.

Because Trolls favor the wild places, they are seldom encountered unless traveling far off the beaten path. When humans outgrow their borders they will sometimes run afoul of nearby troll clans.

Degenerate Trolls (called Gimb'urzlin) are trolls who've become bestial and savage over the generations. They are encountered more often than other trolls in Rhiada.