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{{Deity|
image=[[Image:Hruggek.jpg]]|
caption=Hruggek, as depicted in ''Deities & Demigods'' (1980). Art by David S. LaForce.|


name=Hruggek||titles       =The Decapitator, Master of Ambush|
home=[[Pandemonium|Windswept Depths of Pandemonium]]|rank         =Intermediate|
gender=Male|
class=Fighter 15, Priest 9 (avatar)|
alignment=Chaotic evil|
portfolio=Violence, Combat|
domains=Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic, Mysticism, Strength, Tyranny|
alias=|
super=none|
}}
'''Hruggek''' is the [[bugbear]] deity of Violence and Combat. His symbol is a morningstar.

==Description==
Hruggek appears as a huge, powerful bugbear, twelve feet tall. He has great fangs and clawed hands and feet, and wields a ten-foot long morningstar.

==Relationships==
Other gods worshipped or feared by the bugbears include [[Grankhul]], the god of hunting, senses, and surprise; [[Stalker]], the god of darkness and death; and [[Skiggaret]] the god of fear. Hruggek and the other gods of his pantheon have an understanding—they don't act contrary to his interests, and in return he leaves them alone. He has a slight alliance with the the goblin god [[Khurgorbaeyag]], and urges him to work against [[Maglubiyet]], chief of the goblin gods. He does not get along with [[Bargrivyek]], who seeks to unite the goblins and hobgoblins, something Hruggek sees as dangerous. He urges Maglubiyet to act against Bargrivyek, and thereby he attempts to keep the goblin pantheon divided, and less of a threat to him.

[[Meriadar]] is particularly opposed to the gods of the bugbears, including Hruggek.

==Realm==
Hruggek's cave in '''Hruggekolohk''', his realm in the second layer of [[Pandemonium]], Cocytus, is surrounded by severed heads of various races, which continually cry his praises or beg for mercy, and gift him with powers against their respective peoples. Hruggek did not make the heads—they were already there when he arrived, remnants of more ancient gods who carved the plane's tunnels. 

Hruggekolohk is unusually honeycombed and filled with many standing pools, interspersed with bones and garbage. These pools are magically heated, and various forms of pallid, grublike life grow within them. The petitioners congregate in villages on the banks of these pools, often hunting the sickly pond creatures. 

==Dogma==
Hruggek delights in savage combat, but he believes his people are too small in numbers to make mass warfare practical. Instead, he urges that stealth and wiles be used to pick off foes in small groups.

==Worshipers==
Hruggek's worshippers are the warriors of their bands, who use stealth and wiles rather than mass combat to acheive their goals. 

===Clergy===
Hruggeks' priests dress in black and wear skulls on their heads. They're warriors and leaders, and keep an eye on the priests of other bugbear deities. They cooperate casually with the priests of Khurgorbaeyag. Hruggek will occasionally send his priests omens in the form of gruesome utterances from severed heads. Their favored weapon is the morningstar. 

==Temples==
Temples to Hruggek take the form of halls built in natural caves.

==Holy days and observances==
Sacrifices of blood are made to Hruggek once a month, when [[Luna]] is full.

==Creative origins==
Hruggek was created by [[James M. Ward]] for the ''[[Deities and Demigods]] cyclopedia'' (1980).

==Bibliography==
*Conforti, Steven, ed. ''Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign,'' version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LG_Deities.zip]

*Redman, Rich, and [[James Wyatt]]. ''[[Defenders of the Faith]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.

*[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[Monster Mythology]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.

*Smith, Lester W., and [[Wolfgang Baur]]. ''Planes of Chaos.'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994. 

*[[Jim Ward|Ward, James]], and [[Robert Kuntz]]. ''[[Deities and Demigods]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.

== External links ==
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*[http://jeffdee.deviantart.com/art/Hruggek-330711869?q=gallery%3Ajeffdee%2F33586135&qo=10 An illustration of Hruggek at ''DeviantArt'' by ''Deities and Demigods'' artist Jeff Dee].


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[[Category:Goblinoid deities]]
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