Ogre
From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings
The ogres were a race of savage creatures from the Shadowlands.
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[edit] The Mythical Ogres
According to legends, the Original Ogre, Muhonarak, was created when the blood of the earth-giant Kjald met the sea. He was born to be Ningen-Do's Champion, and from his first hundred steps, a hundred Mikata were birthed. Before reaching Rokugan, Muhonarak fought many battles in the north, until his tribe grew too big for the harsh north. They came to Rokugan in order to create a new kingdom.[1]
[edit] The Five Races
Following his arrival to Rokugan, Muhonarak was confronted by the Five Races. The Ogre claimed he came to defeat the Champion of Evil. The five Races did not know of any such thing, so they challenged the ogres to two challenges. After Muhonarak successfully completed the challenges, the ogres were accepted and given rule over the nezumi lands.[1]
[edit] The First Champion of Evil
Two hundred years after the Mikata came to Rokugan, a massive attack came from the western jungles. An army of undead and demons overpowered the Five Races. The Mikata, however, stood strong; and finally Muhonarak challenged the invader's Champion: Rakshasa. After three days, Muhonarak finally defeated the sorcerer-beast, but was gravely injured.[1]
[edit] The Uprising of the Nezumi
While Muhonarak was recovering from his injuries a nezumi attacked him with a dagger made out of the talons of the father of Wyrms. The Ogre was able to kill his attacker but died soon afterwards. In the Chaos tht followed, the nezumi revolted against their leader-less masters, and the ogres were scattered, and the nezumi used their name magic to conquer most of them. However, Muhomono, the eldest son of Muhonarak remained free and fought an endless war to free ogres.[1]
[edit] The Curse of Fu Leng
The remnants of the ogre society was destroyed with the falling of Fu Leng. Because Muhumono refused to let the Mikata become slaves of the Dark Father, the new Champion of Evil cursed them, making them lose most of their intelligence and driving the Ogre Lord Mad. For a long time, this was believed to be the end of the Mikata.[1][2]
[edit] Ogre Society
Ogres were huge and strong, but lacked the capability of organizing into large social groups. They lacked the skills to make tools and resulted to surviving on hunting and banditry. Their battle tactics had no finesse, and relied on terror to win. They were solitary creatures, and only gathered in times of great upheaval. They lived off of waylaying travellers and hunting the great beasts of the Shadowlands. Due to their small numbers it was easier for one of them to slip through the Crab's defenses. This lead to the occasional occurence of one being sighted loose in Rokugan. Trained samurai however did not have problems finding ways to defeat them. [2]
[edit] The Free Ogres
It was observed that, when an Ogre somehow wandered from the Shadowlands into Rokugan, it seemed to slowly recover some of its wits. The farther from the Festering Pit the ogre traveled, the sharper its mind became. After a few months without exposure to the taint, ogres began to learn language and seek out social groups. [3]
After the defeat of Fu Leng during the Second Day of Thunder, more and more of these Free Ogres surfaced, and there are records of at least one tribe, calling themselves the Mikata composed only of intelligent, unbound ogres. [4]
[edit] Known ogres
| Muhonarak Pre-Calendar, the first ogre |
| Muhomono (I) Pre-Calendar, King of Ogres |
| Chutoburo 12th Century, bushi. |
| Kayobun 12th Century, leader of the Mikata. |
| Kayomasa 12th Century, guardian of Daigotsu's scion. |
| Kayosai 12th Century, leader of the Mikata. |
| Moshangoru 12th Century, enlightened. |
| Muhomono 12th Century, bandit leader |
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Dawn of the Ogres, by Lucas Twyman
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 L5R RPG, 3rd Edition p. 282
- ↑ The Way of the Shadowlands p. 41
- ↑ Souls of Steel, Part 2
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