Monster Races
Goblins
Goblins are a race that inhabits Marmo and scattered areas of Lodoss. They are reddish-brown creatures who inhabit caves and other dark and damp places. Most humans, elves, and dwarves, however, consider them monsters for all practical purposes. Their sheer numbers are far greater than that of any other race in Lodoss, aside from humans.
Goblins are earth dwellers and live in the darkest regions of the earth, primarily caves, deep forests, or ancient tunnels. They are also quite sensitive to light, as they are so used to living underground.
The strongest goblin always becomes the leader of its group. Goblins stay in groups of ten to twenty, and independent groups do not get along well with each other. Often, it takes the power of a goblin shaman or goblin lords bring several groups together.
Large groups of goblins capture kobolds and used them as slaves. Even larger groups have a mix of ogres as well, and but these ogres are not slaves. Ogres lack intelligence, and often look to the goblins for leadership, joining the larger goblin groups.
Goblins worship the dark gods Falaris and the great goblin heroes of the past. Buajack, also known as "I am as rock", was known to have slain many dwarves and is greatly revered. Another goblin, Zak Urub, is also seen as a hero, though he was neither a shaman nor a goblin lord, simply an exceptional common goblin. He was able to become leader of over a hundred goblin warriors, and showed surprising concern for his people. Zak Urub had several human slaves and wore a cloak dyed with elf blood.
Goblin Lords/HobgoblinsOne out of a hundred goblins are born as a goblin lord. A goblin lord can command a large group of goblins, often fifty to a hundred. Goblin lords often rule tribes of goblins, or command goblin regiments in the Marmo army. Goblin lords are much larger than normal goblins, and are in fact bigger than most humans. They are cunning, intelligent, and highly skilled fighters; indeed, they are creatures to be feared. Goblin lords carry the same social stigma as goblins, and many of the other races simply think they are just bigger versions of the average goblin. On Marmo, however, goblin lords can find themselves in places of power, and in command of military regiments and camps.
Kobolds
Kobolds are basically wild, wolf-like beastmen who inhabit Marmo and some of the forests of Lodoss. They are semi-bipedal (standing and walking on two legs, but run on all four), and look very much like wolf-men. They have dark gray fur, tails, digigrade legs, and the head of a wolf. A kobold's hands are, however, fairly human-like, allowing them to wield weapons. Kobolds are often found wearing armor as well, and are somewhat skilled with a sword.
Ogres
Ogres are massive creatures, three times the size of a man. They have rough, dark brown skin, small bony horns on their head, and mouth with large canine teeth. They have poor vision with their small yellow eyes, but this makes them no less dangerous. Ogres are extremely strong, and usually wield large, devastating weapons such as axes or battle-scythes. Ogres are slow, stupid, and overconfident as to their own abilities.
Dark elves are known to tame ogres by enticing their loyalty through feeding them humans. In the past, it was common place for dark elves to capture humans here and there as ogre food. Unfortunately for the remaining ogres, current agreements between the Flaim nation and dark elven tribe forbid this practice.
Trolls
Trolls are vile creatures, of a similar species to goblins and ogres. Trolls are even less intelligent than the dim witted ogres. Their predatory instincts, however, make them a formidable adversary. Trolls usually travel in packs, and are nocturnal by nature. Goblins are known to use trolls in their armies, but do despise the wretched creatures as an inferior subspecies. When there are trolls in a goblin army, they are treated as little more than cannon-fodder.
Cyclops
A Cyclops is a rare type of giant, not native to the Lodoss Island. They are probably from Alecrast, or some other unexplored land. Cyclopes seem to like small islands, and are very solitary, living alone in a large dark cave. A few Cyclopes live on Blue Dragon Island, the Island of Marmo, and the scattered islands further north of Lodoss.
Giants
In the Central Mountains, south of the Deserts of Fire and Storm, are a race of huge humanoids who inhabit the foreboding cliffs and caves of the impassible mountain ranges. These massive people stand upwards of fifteen feet high, and can mass up to a ton. It is said their skulls are so large as to be used as hovels by goblins. Giants have rarely been seen outside the central region of their mountainous domain, but travelers making the journey through the mountain pass from Adan to Novice often speak of seeing giants watching them from the mountain peeks far above. Explorers who have ventured into the forbidden mountains have returned with tales of a great City of Giants and a valley of bones where the giants have buried their dead for centuries. Whether or not these rumors are true has yet to be seen.
Gillmen
Gillmen are a strange race of aquatic humanoids who live in cities under the ocean. These 'cities' are little more than undersea caves, coral reefs, ship wrecks. Indeed, they are very fond of ship wrecks, to the point that they actually attack ships to sink them. Gillmen look like human-fish hybrids, and can breath in water as well as in the open air. They cannot, however, let their scaly skin dry out, or they will begin to suffer from being out of water. They will eventually die if not returned to the sea. Gillmen are known to prowl the western cost of Lodoss, as well as the dangerous strait between Raiden and Blue Dragon Island.
Lizard Men
A race of reptilian people, they are distantly related to dragons. They have no wings, but long tails and inhabit the swamps of Marmo. They speak Karojit, a language shared with dragons. However, Lizard Men are just as intelligent as Goblins, if not more intelligent. They do not venture from their swamp and are quick to attack human or goblin interlopers. They have both shamans and fighters.
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