Abridged Guide to Evil Wikia
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Description[]

According to Dread Empress Malicia:

Nim grimaced, thick lips pulling at thicker skin. All expressions looked exaggerated on ogres, by virtue of their size. It often made them seem foolish or stupid, so most who left the Hall of Skulls learned to school their faces into neutrality to avoid the impression – and so now their kind was known as being inexpressive instead.’

Ogres are not small creatures, standing around 15 feet tall, with a build to match. They are large bipedal creatures not popular for their looks. They are mainly used in PraesLegions of Terror as heavy infantry. Their size and strength makes them crucial for breaking shield walls as well as sustaining damage while defending mages who launch strikes against opposition.

Despite their immense muscle they do tire and can be overrun by infantry. Their immense size also makes them a target, and can be used against them to outmanoeuvre them. Also, Catherine mentions that two reliable methods of defeating Ogres are sorcery and Goblin munitions.

Low birth rates mean that they have begun to suffer serious population decline, as well as health issues due to unavoidable inbreeding.

Ogres have four lungs.[1]

Culture[]

‘“My people say that on the day we are born, our death is born as well. We run towards it, it runs towards us, and the most we can take from life is to steal a march on it before we meet.”’

-Marshal Nim

They are not native to Calernia, having been brought by the Miezans centuries ago. Despite popular belief the ogres do posses a religion they mostly pray to death as it is the only thing certain for their kind. Hune has also exhibited some form of miracle in praising of their god, by dissolving a piece of bread. Ogres are forcibly conscripted by the empire into service. Each year a set of tributes are chosen by the ogre tribes and sent to the War College. Whereas for goblins this is an honor and a chance to move up in the world, ogres see this as a duty and a death sentence. Despite this forced enlistments ogres understand that it is their lot in life to die and that their current status is only thanks to the empire having a use for them. Thus, they are proud to serve and die for their empire to protect their people from enslavement. 

Names[]

No Names have been seen, but early on in book one it was mentioned that Ogres have taken on Roles in the past, indicating that while rare, Ogres in Praes do receive names.

Confirmed in Book 6’s epilogue, where Dread Empress Malicia names Marshal Nim her Black Knight.

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