Faeblood Ogre

Art by Dire

The **Faeblood Ogre** is a brutish creature from the Faewunder. Driven mad after being cast into the Prime Plane, it caused havoc in the town of Lindow, only to be held at bay by a group of brave voyagers.

## Description

### Appearance

The Faeblood Ogre is a large heavyset humanoid with bright pink skin covered in green splotches and bulging blue veins. Its jowly face has humanoid features, including pointed ears, a flat nose and small beady black eyes. Perhaps its most notable feature is its extremely large drooping chin, which appears to operate almost like a sac for its poison. A series of blue grassy shoots grow from the top of its head down its back.

### Personality

The Faeblood Ogre is an aggressive and brutish creature, driven mad by its exile from Faewunder. Though it is dangerous and somewhat dim-witted, it is not without some cunning, summoning Faeblood Goblins and Faesap Shooters to assist it and targeting weaker members of the party when it can.

## History

### Background

The Faeblood Ogre, like many denizens of Faewunder, has been reincarnated numerous through the energies of its native plane. Eventually, it took the form of a large ogre, not dissimilar to ogres once found on Io. It is unclear what forms it had taken before this one. The Faeblood Ogre spent its entire life in Faewunder, though it is unknown what such a life entailed.

## Phase 3 Story

### Rampaging in Lindow

When denizens of the Shadow found their way into Faewunder, they began to destabilize the veil in order to create a gate unto Prime Plane. As a direct consequence of these machinations, several creatures from Faewunder were forcibly ejected onto Io, specifically the town of Lindow in Northern Ishtar. One such creature was the Faeblood Ogre. It and its kin were subsequently driven mad by the sudden planar shift and began to terrorize the town.

The Faeblood Ogre immediately found itself facing off against a group of recently-acquainted voyagers, already in the midst of combat. The Ogre joined the fray without hesitation. In addition to its immense girth and strength, it also utilized poison spray from its mouth to attack the voyagers. Several Faeblood Goblins also came to its assistance, granting it boons and dividing the voyagers' attention. The Faeblood Ogre successfully wounded several members of the party, especially the group's frontline defender Gloria Gladeblossom, giving her a minor concussion. The voyagers managed to hold their own rather well but did not damage the Ogre much in return. However, their battle was cut short by the sound of a horn from the west. All natives of Faewunder, included the Ogre, heeded to horn's call and immediately stopped their assault. They then transformed into orbs of blue energy and flew west towards the source of the sound.

### An Unexpected Rematch

The next day, the Faeblood Ogre had gotten lost on its journey west. As a result, it lost it ability to manifest as a blue orb and reverted it its physical form mid-flight. It then fell and landed head-first into the ground, temporarily stuck. Upon freeing itself, it found that it had landed right in front of the same adventurers it had fought the night before. The ogre immediately became hostile and began to attack. During the fight, it summoned a swarm of Faesap Shooters to support it with ranged attacks. The ogre began assaulting the party, taking particular offense to the antics of Pandora Amberoise and Kagami.

Though the ogre put the group under pressure, it began to gradually weaken. Eventually, the energy of Faewunder took control of the ogre's body and began to force it to teleport towards its original destination. This was noticed by Kagami, who warned the rest of his party to get clear. The ogre was then forcibly teleported, causing a huge explosion behind it. Thanks to Kagami's warning, none of the adventurers were hit by the explosion. This coerced transportation caused the ogre to leave part of its essence behind it. Kagami approached the lingering mote of energy and poked it with his longsword despite the protest of Gloria. The energy was then absorbed into Kagami, granting him a portion of Faewunder's power to use freely.

## Etymology

"Faeblood" is a combination of the words "Fae" and "blood". "Fae" is an alternate spelling of the Middle English word "fey", which literally translates to "fated to die" and is often used to describe fairies and things related to them.

An ogre is a monstrous creature from fairy tales and folklore, usually depicted as violent and greedy giants with a voracious appetite. Famous stories that include ogres as antagonists include *Puss in Boots* and *Hop-O-My-Thumb*. The word *ogre* is French in origin, directly derived from the Etruscan god of the underworld, Orcus.

## Trivia

* The Faeblood Orge is listed as a random encounter on the Random Encounter Table for the March on Faewunder adventure. If encountered this way, the Faeblood Ogre possesses the same amount of Hit Points as when it left the first encounter with the party.

## Images

### Official art

A Faesap Shooter, a minion summoned by the Faeblood Ogre.