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Gigantic, four-armed humanoids, the Great Ogres truly deserve the name. Standing between eight and twelve feet tall, they are a bulky, muscular people with keen, sarcastic, predatory faces rimmed with a mane of black hair. They show a great deal of sexual dimorphism- the males are between ten and twelve feet tall and generally more muscular, with a tendency to become pot-bellied; they also have a small pair of horns. The females are smaller, between eight and ten feet tall and generally leaner, (although the image of the plump, good-hearted Ogress is one which is universally recognized) and lack horns. Their skin ranges from red to violet to pale white.

The Great Ogres, despite their fearsome appearance, are a generally peaceful people. Almost all follow one strain of Tumbruk or another; those that aren't actual pacifists follow a rigorous, ancient code of honor. Those outside of the main Ogre-country of Vabad Qhe are generally monks (steriotyped as being gentle and wise, if a little incomprehensible) and ronin (steriotyped as being good-natured, honorable rogues with an enormous apetite and a love of rice-wine).

Ogres are some of the greatest metalworkers on the planet, rivalling even the dwarves, because of both their great strength and their four arms. They produce massive, finely-made weapons, and often ceremonially blunt them for use in Tumbruk Rituals. They also produce grotesque, but strangely delicate and beautiful, sculptures in alabaster and marble. It is said that rivalry with the Ogres is what has driven Dwarven interest in clockwork.

Honor is very important to the Ogres- lying and cheating are frowned upon, and the value of Gul is constantly evoked. Gul is variously translated as 'bravery', 'integrity', or 'zeal'; it is a sort of application of military honor to personal, spiritual convictions. It is said that the greatest example of Gul was performed by the Prophet Kutu himself when the axeman Guthu was sent to kill him for desertion. As Guthu stormed the house where Kutu was staying, the latter emerged carrying a rock, and lay his head down upon it, saying 'Gag nodu bara tai, on bara kulu taidno midi. Taidno kimri ag szo. '- 'You can kill me, but you do not kill me for cowardice. And my ideas live on.' Guthu, it is said, converted on the spot, declaring that one so willing to face death could not be a coward.

The Great Ogres were frequent combatants during the Bloodstained Aeon, before the spread of Tumbruk. Even then, though, they were known as fiercely honorable warriors.

If Ogres have a weakness, it is for drink, and occasionally other stimulants. Many Ogre poets and musicians have composed when drunk, and Kekkad The Seducer is said to have stayed drunk one entire year to write his epic The Beauty of All Women.

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