Ona

Ona is the orcish/ogre/oni goddess of strength, cannabalism, murder, and fire. She was once allied with the pantheon of Zafrielia during the time of the Chaos War (also called the hungry war or leviathan war) due to a mutual stress on territory that the leviathans were threatening. She was tasked with killing the head of the leviathans, Mator, but decided to allow him to live, hiding him deep beneath the ground of Nibar using a magical seal that would allow him to remain unseen by Nurbier.

“The gods pillage as they please, but it's not seen as murder. It is only fair that the rest of us would want the same power.” - Grohage Spitter

## General Information

### Titles

Goddess of HungerOni GoddessThree-eyed Troll (deragatory)

### Portfolio

Strength, cannabalism, murder, fire, bloodshed, human sacrifice, hunger

## Worship Information

### Holy Day(s)

Feast of FleshScourge of DroughtDay of Cleansing Fire

## Description

Ona, given her name, is most often depicted and seen as an Oni of dark red skin and three large orange eyes. Two horns sprout from her forehead just above her eyes with another two on the sides of her head like bulls horns, and finally a singular horn protrudes from above her third eye; the horns are all black in contrast with her skin. Her mouth is filled with jagged canine teeth with a set of prominent tusks jutting out from the corners of the mouth in addition to a secondary pair of tusks from her lower jaw. She is typically depicted as towering over all other individuals, though this is likely not the truth, with a muscular body only wearing a loincloth of tigerskin.

## Personality

Ona is headstrong and unfaltering, she participated often in battles among the exusians purely for her own fun and often injuring those on either side of the conflict. The Three-eyed Troll had a disdain for most of the other deities and the races that roamed the realms, consuming the flesh of all who crossed her path unabashedly, though she showed leniency to her creations, the oni, orcs, and ogre’s from which the tricky stealing god Kuliglig made the goblins and hobgoblins. Ona has held a personal vendetta against Kuliglig and as such many of her worshippers force goblinoids into slavery, demeaning them and their coward god.

## Relationships

### Allies

#### Mator

The Goddess of Hunger found herself allied with Mator after she spared him, choosing instead to lock him within Xaekla beneath the continent of Nibar. When she later aided in his release, it was clear to Mator the reason behind her actions.

Others

As an extension of her allyship with Mator, Ona was well acquainted with his son, Heqaj with both willing to go to a certain extent for the other.

### Enemies

#### Kuliglig

After Ona made her beautiful creations; the orcs, ogres, and oni; Kuliglig attempted to recreate her creatures as his own but he failed in the process and they were smaller and weaker but more cunning. Since then Ona has hated Kuliglig and goblins.

## Activities

Ona enjoys visits to the abyss often, challenging the demons and residing demonlord, Beliya’al. Other than that she spent her time feasting on the sacrifices provided to her by her loyal creations, her favorite meal being goblins as she enjoys imagining she is eating Kuliglig. Oni, orc, and ogre tribes often find each other easily and despite their goddess, are surprisingly helpful for one another; they may point out good hunting spots, towns ripe for pillaging far from kingdom eyes, or areas good for camping and sacrifice. There are few times that these tribes will turn against one another, those being: territory disputes, the most common as everyone wants their slice of home.

Sacrifices of blood and flesh are commonly done on the night of a new moon with Ona enjoying goblins more for the middle finger it gave Kuliglig than the taste, dwarves for the often perfect balance of fat and meat, and centaur for their equine excellence. She also likes gifts of treasure, she accepted coins but preferred something more, like a jade statue or a golden pocket time-teller.

## Worshippers

It is uncommon to see Ona not worshipped by a tribe of which the primary race was one she created, just as it is rare to see races of the other gods following this goddesses often archaic and murderous ways but it is not unheard of. Worship of Goddess of Hunger often took form in a long ritual performed before battle called the gudnak der, literally translating to battle go, and the battle drumming which accompanied and oni’s (orcs and ogres) charge into battle known as tadat hak yug vok, or body-hard-pierce-hard.

The head of a tribe which worships Ona is often a shaman under her domain, a sort of fusion between a druid and a cleric, typically a female of whatever race is prevalent and the strongest at that. The shaman communicates directly with Ona, receiving omens and commands for what she might wish of them and despite her brutish nature, she is quite a diligent and careful planner.

Ona favored the eagle and loved the feel of platinum weapons whenever she got the chance to use them, her famed platinum kenabo a primary example. She had a love for blackish-red, the color goblins - and Kuliglig - bleed.