Traces of Gro-goroth

*Proceed at your own risk!*

This being is what is left of what was once Gro-Goroth, the Old God of human sacrifices. He serves as the final boss fought to reach Ending B in Fear & Hunger.

## Lore

Gro-goroth is an Old God who originated from the green hue. Being the god of destruction and human sacrifices, he wishes for blood to be spilled in his name and embodies death and all it encompasses — chaos, anarchy, sacrifice, and war. Destruction is seen as a part of the natural order, with death being necessary to pave the way for nascence and growth, as described in Studies of Gro-goroth. He gifted blood magic to mankind and almost all spells that are associated with him (Hurting, Black Orb) are used offensively.

The player gains alignment with him by sacrificing teammates in ritual circles or taking part in the Wolfmasks cult, where its participants maim each other and feast upon their own flesh in honor of Gro-goroth.

He grants his followers and disciples incredible power but also corrupts them - the Black Witch and Yellow Mages are incredibly powerful beings in the realm of magic, but physically fragile. The Black Witch is described by the New Gods as a "slave to Gro-goroth".

Since humankind took over Ma'habre, the Old God, like most of his kindred, began to distance himself, disgusted by the selfishness, narrow-mindedness, and ambition of mankind as they have no understanding of the purity and beauty of the concepts he represents, as each human interprets the pure ideas of the Gods differently. Following this departure, Gro-goroth relocated to the darkest depths of the Dungeons of Fear and Hunger, past the Altar of Darkness, within the body of the God of the Depths.

His symbol is the intersecting of two rings, seen on the tails part of the coin flip.

In *Fear & Hunger 2: Termina*, he and Sylvian are revealed to have mated and he sired a son called Vinushka, the God of Nature.

## Location

Gro-goroth can be found at the very end the Gauntlet inside the body of the God of the Depths, past a landscape of corpses stretching into the dark. He only appears if the Girl is not present in the player's party.

## Strategy

As a representation of one of the Old Gods - the literal god of destruction - and the final boss for ending B, he is extremely powerful, has a high amount of HP and possesses several dangerous, powerful attacks.

The biggest source of danger are his claws, which, using the skill *Claw of a God,* deal high damage and cause limb loss. His five eyeballs, if left open, will squirt Molten upon a random party member, causing medium damage with a chance to inflict burning.

His spells are equally threatening- *Burning gaze* attacks the entire party with moderately low damage, and his other unique attack*, Whispers of Gro-goroth*, causes a random party member to suffer more damage from attacks and begins a timer that will kill the afflicted once it reaches zero after a few rounds. Gro-goroth casts this immediately at the beginning of the fight.

The encounter can be easily conquered by using poison or burning as each effects deals 1000 damage every round.

If the player has Nas'hrah in the party while beginning the fight, Nas'hrah will spurt a short dialogue about destroying the deity, after which Gro-goroth will instantly obliterate Nas'hrah and force the player to face the battle with one party member short. As Nas'hrah appears in *Fear & Hunger 2: Termina* in a severely burned state, that might imply the encounter between him and Traces of Gro-goroth canonically took place, as well as Ending B itself.

## Trivia

* Gro-goroth's name may have originated from Gorgoroth, a desolate region in the Lord of the Rings. Gorgoroth is located in Mordor, a heavily fortified volcanic land that serves as the stronghold of evil forces such as orc armies and other monsters.
* His name may have also been inspired by Gol-goroth, a Lovecraftian Old One.