Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

Masters & Marauders
the upper hand against his many enemies.
Only the fact that all other tribes would be
ready to drop their feuds to fight the
Greyslayers over their deep religious
differences (the Greyslayers follow
Jammudaru) has kept Kardat from uniting
the tribes. His current plan is to kill Prince
Bakghat and take over the Jagged Claws.
Meanwhile, he keeps his Greyslayers busy
kidnapping Hin from the nearby Eastshire
and selling them as slaves to the Iron
Ring.
Luzlug (Orc 9) is the chief of the Rotting
Snake Orcish tribe. This experienced
warrior is skilled with both the mace and
the javelin, and is a devout follower of
Kaarash. He is also more intelligent than
the average Orc, and a good strategist,
especially skilled in setting up ambushes
and hit and run tactics. Luzlug is looking
for any edge that could help him against
the Rotting Snakes’ longtime enemies, the
Blackstone Orcs.
Magdub (Ogre 4/Shaman 4 of Terra) is
the oldest and wisest Ogre in the Cruth
Lowlands. A wise but irritable character,
Magdub is not a formal chief among the
Ogres -- Cruth Ogres tend to gather in
small family groups rather than large
tribes -- but is the one Ogre to whom they
would go when (and if) they are
confronted with enemies or events they
cannot handle by just bashing them. In
spite of his choleric temperament, Magdub
does not believe in solving problems with
violence. He does not like when Ogres get
involved in other races’ plots as
mercenaries, but understands that Ogres
need to coexist with Orcs and Humans.
Okhlag Threefingers (Orc 4) is the chief
of the Broken Hammers, a smaller Orc
tribe that occupies a cave on the north
banks of the Achelos river. Following the
events of River of Blood, the Broken
Hammers do not have the strength to hold
their territories much longer, and will have
to align with one of their stronger
neighbours -- the Rotting Snakes, most
likely.
Rashak (Gnoll 10) is a strong-willed and
crafty Gnoll. He leads the Rashak’s
Reavers, a mercenary horde of Orcs and
Gnolls. He and his followers are
handsomely paid by the Black Eagle to
prevent the Traladaran people of the
Barony from escaping to Luln. It’s not their
forte (the Reavers are heavy infantry
combatants), but Rashak values Ludwig’s
goodwill and money, hoping for a greater
role when the Black Eagle decides to finally
strike at Stefan, and his Gnolls enjoy
terrorizing their ancestral enemies, the
Traladarans.
Sorhguul the Slasher (Orc 11), a
veteran warrior, is the leader of the
Blackstone Orcs, a powerful tribe that
controls rich iron mines under the eastern
Cruth Mountains. Sorhguul is a levelheaded,
rational commander, adhering to
the necessary amount of savagery needed
to deal with his fellow goblinoids, but
following the bravado with strategic
thinking and sound business decisions. His
tribe has a standing rivalry with the
Rotting Snakes, which rarely goes farther
than shouting matches and threats --
Sorhguul knows that a war with the
Rotting Snakes would close down the trade
route to the Hidden Market, the main
outlet for the Blackstones’ iron ore, as well
as their main source of pipeweed and
other goods.
Urgal Redhand (Hobgoblin 10/ Shaman
4), a fanatic follower of Alphaks, is the
chief of the Roaring Fiends. He and his
tribe are closely allied with the Black
Eagle, which allows them to maintain their
presence near the Westron Road in spite of
the Radlebb Keep garrison -- whenever the
Karameikan soldiers threaten the
hobgoblin, Urgal retreats within the
borders of the Black Eagle Barony, where
they cannot pursue him. The hobgoblins,
of course, are soon back to their camps,
from which they raid the Karameikan
caravans -- a lucrative business that is
making Urgal rich.
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