Ogres

Ogres are gigantic creatures that superficially look like humans, albeit twice the height and weight of an average man. However, they are twisted and brutish in appearance, more often than not showing severe mutations and deformities due in no small part to centuries of rampant in-breeding. Ogres are brutal, aggressive and grotesque in nature, seeming to enjoy violence, hedonism and barbarism instinctively. They eschew civilization almost entirely in lieu of small family groups or war bands of like-minded individuals, not unlike goblins; more civil societies often mistake them as kin to goblins, what with their similar disgusting, blood-thirsty lusts for desecration and destruction. 
While often viewed as goblin-like, ogres are actually descendants of humans, created by twisted enchantments and curses not unlike the magics that made the elves. It is thought that they were made by the Runelords in the distant past as weapons to invade and destroy the Arroyitans, and their in-bred descendants live on to this day, living wherever their masters had abandoned them so long ago.
Ogres are only found in localized areas of Akroum in small, in-bred troupes or clans, where they fight among themselves and prey mercilessly on the unlucky communities that live nearby, creating the sorts of fear and mayhem that goblin tribes could only dream of. Permanent military outposts are often erected to contain ogres where their territories intersect with other races as they are almost impossible to eradicate: though they lack the high breeding rate that keeps goblins from ever being properly exterminated, full-grown ogres are extremely resilient, often very powerful, and take a lot of skill and effort to kill. Since they live in semi-organized groups, often in mountainous fringe land, it is beyond the means of most adventuring or military groups to deal with a clan, and not worth the effort for others.Category:Race