Ogre

Ogre
Basic Information
Alternative name(s)	Children of Kali
Creator deity	Kali
Type(s)	Humanoid
Lifespan	100 for males, 500 for females
Region(s)	Demon Realm (First Age) Onigashima (Fourth Age)
Language(s)	Ogrish, Common
Appearance
Height	Tall
Weight	Heavy
Hair color	Varies
Distinctions	Tall, muscular, brutish for males. More elegant for women.
Historical Information
Age	First Age Fourth Age

Ogres are a brutish race native to the Demon Realm who once hunted the demons for food until they were overthrown by the alliance of demons and apsara in the Ogre War. The surviving members of the race were imprisoned in Sheol for millennia until the Catastrophe set them free on the Land of the Living where their diminished numbers have since settled into Onigashima and formed an alliance with the human Kaen Clan to have their revenge on demons.

History

Origins

Scholars studying demon history believe that the ogres may have been the bandits or monsters that harassed the more peaceful demons until Mardük appeared in the form of Wolf of Chaos to fight against them. According to the Book of Kagetsu, ogres and demons were brought to the Land of the Living to fight in the War of the Gods until they were returned back to their home realm although this seems to contradict with other accounts such as The Legend of the Three Brothers which claims that Demon Realm did not get involved with other realms until the Chaos War.

Whatever the truth is, after Mardük's descent into madness, the transformed and corrupted demons attacked and slew anyone who called them monsters in their home realm, and this included ogres too as ogres had once preyed on the demons' predecessors, the daeva. Following the fall of the Ogre King Yama and the Ogre Queen Yamuna in the Ogre War, ogres were believed to have been killed off although a few dozen of them had been imprisoned in Sheol instead with Prince Astaroth Lucifer acting as their jailer.

The legacy of the ogres, which invading demons of the First Age might have brought with them, lived on among the Ryuugumi and the Yamatians in the Land of the Living who treated ogres as mythic monsters just like many other nations treated trolls. The name of the pirate ship Big Ugly Ogre was inspired by the legend of ogres, and the First Age hero Big Ogre Umaro got his name thanks to his immense strength and beastly looks.

Fourth Age

The Catastrophe that ushered in the Fourth Age to the Land of the Living brought in many demonic flora and fauna from the Demon Realm as well as allowed the ancient prisoners of demons to emerge as well, including surviving ogres. These ogres settled into Onigashima and were aided by a family of Yamatians known as the Kaen Clan who helped them settle into the new environment in exchange for the ogres helping them survive on the warped island. The ogres, led by the late Ogre King Yama's eldest daughter Onihime, adopted Yamatian-styled names and disguised themselves as humans known as the Douji Clan to not alert demons to their weakened presence, while Onihime took on the name of Higanbana Douji.

Ranks

All ogres are considered strong although the ogresses tend to be more powerful in strength and spellcraft than their male counterparts. Among the ogres are their elites called the kishin who would be comparable to archdemons of past ages. The known surviving kishin include:

• Higanbana "Onihime" Douji, Princess Royal of Onigashima and head of the Douji Clan
• Ibaraki "Binbougami/The Shroud" Douji, Spymaster
• Kane "The Wall" Douji, Captain of the Home Guard
• Kidoumaru "Centipede/The Fear" Douji, Spy
• Shuten "The Decapitator" Douji, Warchief
• Yuki Kaen, Princess Regal of Onigashima

See also

• Demon Realm
• Onigashima