Hruggek
| Hruggek | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Portfolio: | Violence, combat |
| Home: | Windswept Depths of Pandemonium |
| Alignment: | Chaotic Evil |
| Class: | Cleric 15 |
| Superior: | none |
| Rules items | |
| Domains: | Chaos, Evil, Trickery |
Hruggek is the dominant deity of the bugbear race, though he doesn't rule the others.
Hruggek is the god of Violence and Combat. His symbol is a morningstar.
Description
Hruggek appears as a huge, powerful bugbear, 12 feet tall. He has great fangs and clawed hands and feet, and wields a 10-foot long morningstar.
Relationships
Other gods worshipped 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 doesn't 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.
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 didn't 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.
Worshipers
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.
Temples
Temples to Hruggek take the form of halls built in natural caves.
Holy Days
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).
References
- Redman, Rich and James Wyatt. Defenders of the Faith (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology (TSR, 1992).
- Smith, Lester W., and Wolfgang Baur. Planes of Chaos. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994.
- Ward, James and Robert Kuntz. Deities and Demigods (TSR, 1980).